1950's Vocabulary

Front

Many returning soldiers from WWII got married and started families. This refers to the ___________ of the 1950's.

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Baby Boom

Front

What did the G.I. Bill of 1944 provide?

Back

Veterans were paid to attend college + help in buying a home

Front

People moved out of the city and into ______, or Levittowns, to start families.

Back

suburbs

Front

What economic practice is being explained here? When advertising & cultural norms convince people that luxuries are in fact necessities.

Back

Consumerism

Front

What did Eisenhower implement in America's infrastructure to promote auto travel?

Back

interstate highways

Front

Following the end of the war, men returned to working in the _________ whereas women returned to working in the _____.

Back

factories; home

Front

What form of entertainment started in the 1950's?

Back

television

Front

What was a negative consequence of the rise of Suburbs and the Interstate Highway Act?

Back

It increased deforestation and damage to the environment

Front

What caused the Baby Boom, Interstate Highways, the growth of the Middle Class, and the rise of Suburbs.?

Back

1950S economic prosperity

Front

What was an effect of Rock and Roll on the United States?

Back

It created a generational divide between children and their parents.