U.S. History Chapter 22 Test – Flashcards
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What Did the G.I. Bills do for veterans?
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G.I. Bills gave loans for schooling, housing, and food to veterans of World War 2.
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What Act outlawed closed shop and featherbeadding?
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Taft-Hartley Act
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What is closed shop?
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Forcible hire of union workers
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What happened in the Election of 1948?
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Voters expected Dewey to win in a landslide over Truman, however Truman won, and democrats win control in congress.
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What program was made up by Truman, and named differently to set his program apart from the New Deal?
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The Fair Deal
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What are two things that Truman did achieve with his program "the fair deal", and two things he did not?
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He acheived social security and minumum wage for America, but did not acheive health insurance or civil rights.
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What president won the election of 1952 over govener Aldai Stevenson?
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Eisenhower
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What president will take over after Eisenhower?
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Nixon
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What highway program was made in 1956 and took 10 years and over $25 to create?
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Federal Highway Act
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What was some of the advantages of the new highway program?
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Account for more cars, and transport troop easily!
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What term was coined that means that the economy is barely hanging on?
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Economy of Scarcity
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What term was coined that means that the economy is advancing?
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Economy of Abundance
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By 1956 certain jobs outnumbered blue collar jobs, what were they and what does it mean?
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White collar, now working in offices rather than manual labor
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What corporations were created in order to get cheaper labor overseas?
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Multinational Corporations
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What does it mean when an individual owns a store or several stores; uniformity?
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Franchise
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What was is the belief that America should not go for individualism but rather be the same?
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conformity
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What are some inventions created to make life easier in the 50's?
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Refridgerators, Washing Machines, Air Conditioners, and more cars.
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What was the time period from 1945-1961 called, where 65 million children were born?
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Baby-Boom
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What was the first computer called and who was it made by?
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ENIAC, and by a team of scientists working for the army.
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What computer was made after the first computera and what was it used for?
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UNVIAC, business data.
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Who was the man who came up with the polio vaccine and solves the medical mystery?
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Dr. Jonas Salk
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Why were theaters and radios struggling during the 50's?
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The rise of television sets in peoples homes.
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What popular entertainment was created to make radios and theaters popular once again?
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3D movies, cinemascope, ads and invention of smaller radios(portable)
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What do concservative people believe?
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Conservative economic thought was that they came up with the working system and had to use unions, the do not believe in government control.
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What did teens do that was considered 'bucking conformity in society,' a time period where teens listened to controversial music and literature?
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The youth culture change
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What was a popular form of music in the 50's that the teens loved and adults hated, and was later banned in some jukeboxes? And who was a famous singer of the anti-conformity music?
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Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis
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Where was Elvis Presley born?
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Mississippi
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What was a cultural seperation between parents and children during the 50's called?
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Generation Gap
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What was the beat movement?
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A time period where people were anti-society and anti-conformity, they criticized American life, politics, and "empty" culture.
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What is it called when there is a break between poverty and prosperity?
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Poverty line.
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How many Americans were below the poverty line in 1959?
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30 million
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What was a program that destroyed slum & built high rises, and later kicked out those who could pay? And what was the problem with this program?
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Urban Renewal Program, they destroyed more houses that they built.
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What minorities were poor and in the lower class? (list 3)
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Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans
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What program brought Mexicans in as farm labor, and made them live under harsh living conditions?
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The Bracero Program.
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What was the poorest group in America during the 50's?
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Native Americans.
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What was it called when Americans take land for developers and push Native Americans out of their homes?
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Termination policy.
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What group was left behind and had the worst schooling in America during the 50's?
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Appalachia
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What group was in charge for most of the criminal behavior in the 50's?
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Middle Class
