Chapter 19 History BLAH – Flashcards
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This is the preoccupation with buying material goods
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consumerism
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he developed a vaccine against polio
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Dr. Jonas Salk
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This is a company that offers the same products or services in many locations
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franchise
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McDonalds is one of the earliest examples of this type of business
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franchise
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this is a marketing strategy in which manufacturers purposely design products to wear out or become outdated in short period of time
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planned obsolescence
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this is a major corporation that includes a number of smaller companies in unrelated industries
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conglomerate
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the height of this unprecedented population explosion was in 1957
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baby boom
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this type of business seeks financial security through diversification, or investment in various areas of the economy
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conglomerate
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"White Flight" involved the mass exodus of white Americans from the nations
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cities
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The author of the influential book THE OTHER AMERICA: POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES was
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Michael Harrington
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Braceros were workers who came to the united states from
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mexico
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the longoria incident involved the refusal by town officials to provide funeral services for a world war II veteran because he was
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mexican-american
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the unsuccessful effort to assimilate native americans by moving them off their reservations and into the nations cities was known as the
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termination policy
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the nations poor in the 1950s were found in large numbers in every group except
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suburban residents
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one of the benefits that the GI Bills of rights offered to returning veterans was
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low-interest loans
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president truman threatened to WHAT striking workers to prevent strikes from crippling the nation
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draft
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The dixiecrats nominated WHO to run for president in 1948
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J. Strom Thurmond
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During the 1950s, WHAT jobs declined
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manufacturing
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A WHAT is a large corporation that owns a number of smaller companies
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conglomerate
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the vast majority of new homes in the 1950s were built in the
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suburbs
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with more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, WHAT became an American way of life
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consumerism
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most americans in the 1960s relied on WHAT as their primary source of entertainment and information
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television
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the expression of noncomformity by WHAT developed into the beat movement
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artists and poets
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most WHAT enjoyed the prosperity of the postwar period
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white Americans
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What was not an early effect of the conversion from a wartime to a peacetime economy
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the supply of good exceeding demand
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what were early effect of the conversion from a wartime to a peacetime economy
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increased unemployment, inflation and decreased wages
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what contributed to the economic recovery after the ward
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consumer demand, cold war, and the Marshall Plan
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what didnt contribute to the economic recovery after the war
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labor strikes
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the factor that most contributed to the upset win of Truman in the 1948 election was
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his relentless campaign against a "do-nothing" congress
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the first politician to skillfully use the new medium of television was
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Richard M. Nixon
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One disadvantage of standardization in American business was that it
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discouraged individuality
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the group that benefited most from the economy and culture of the 1950s was
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white men
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the dramatic increase in car ownership in the 1950s did not contribute to
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decreased usage of national parks
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the dramatic increase in car ownership in the 1950s contributed to what
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noise pollution, the interstate highway act, the widening gap between the middle class and the poor
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the longoria incident prompted mexican americans to do what
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promote politcal candidates who represented their interests, organize the GI forum, and found the unity league of california
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criticism of television in the 1950s was based on
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its prtrayal of an idealized society
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in the 1950s, both the beat movement and rock n roll were viewed as forms of
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rebellion
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called television a "vast wasteland"
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Newton Minow
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unofficial "King of Rock n Roll"
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Elvis Presley
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Prominent beat poet
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Allen Ginsburg
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innovative jazz artist
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miles davis
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popular fifties movie star
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james dean
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wrote beat novel On The Road
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Jack Kerouac
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attempt to improve a nations inner cities
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urban renewal
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southern democrats opposed to truman
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dixiecrats
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company with many locations
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franchise
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devised polio vaccine
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Dr. Jonas Salk
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Mexican hired hands in America
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braceros
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Trumans domestic program
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fair deal
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rapid population growth after WWII
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baby boom
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demand for materal goods
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consumerism
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followers of the beat movement were
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noncomformist writers who critisized the american emphasis on material goods
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manufacturers used the strategy of planned obsolescence to get people to
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throw away "out of dat" products and buy new ones
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the termination policy was
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a US government plan to give up responsibility for native american tribes
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the mass media include
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radio, tv, newspapers, and magazines
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urban renewal was
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a plan to rebuild the inner cities
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most popular sit come of the 1950s. the adventures of a housewife
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I Love Lucy
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pitched a perfect game for the NY Yankees in the 1956 World series
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Larson
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Otherwise known as the GI Bill of Rights
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service mens readjustment act
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admitted to the union in 1959 as our 49th state
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alaska
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sex symbol of the 50s. featured in high hefners new magazine
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marilyn monroe
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walt opened this new venue in 1955 for kids of all ages
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disneyland
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winner of the presidential elections of 1952 and 1956
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eisenhower
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fastest growing mass media of all time
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television
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our 50th state added in 59
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hawaii
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post-WWII population explosion
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babyboom
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formulated a polio vaccine that saved millions
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Dr. Jonas Salk
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southern democrats who formed a states rights party in 1948
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dixiecrats
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federal communications commission
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FCC
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first african american major league baseball player. joined the dodgers in 1947
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robinson
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city that hosted the 1956 summer olympics
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melbourne
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authorized by eisenhower, it created a nationwide system of expressways
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interstate highway system
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english professor who accused of cheating on a quiz show
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vandorin
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author of "on the road". describing nomadic search across america
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kerouac
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first man to fly faster than the speed of sound. did so in a jet in 1947
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chuck yeiger
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the music of miles davis and john caltrine
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jazz
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pediatrician who published a guide for raising kids
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benjamin spock
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set the standard for fast food. opened by brothers maurice and richard in 1948
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mcdonalds
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ended the reservation system. distributed indian land to individuals
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termination plicy
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manufacturing idea where products wear out or become outdated in a short time
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planned obsolecsence
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teen idol of the 50s. died in a tragic car accident at the age of 24
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james dean
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comic about a round headed boy and his beagle that debuted in october of 1950
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launched by the soviets in october of 57. sent the US scrambling to catch up
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some said he was too smart to be president. defeated in 52and 56.
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stevenson
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the king of rock n roll. recorded "heartbreak hotel" and "dont be cruel"
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elvis presley
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fastest growing area in the 50s. not quite city, not quite country.
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suburbs
