Post War Boom

The massive increase in America's population after World War II.

• Fair Deal
• Baby Boom
• Beat Movement
• Consumerism

A social and economic order and ideology that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts.

• Suburbs
• Mass Media
• Consumerism
• Beat Movement

An outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.

• Fair Deal
• Suburbs
• Gi Bill of Rights
• The Beat Movement

A law passed in 1944 that provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in World War II. Benefits are still available to persons honorably discharged from the armed forces.

• The Beats Movements
• Consumerism
• Baby Boom
• GI Bill of Rights

After World War II, most women...

• Worked in factory jobs because of the high demand for consumer goods

• returned to the home as the men returned from fighting overseas

• were able to attend college for the first time

• earned as much money as men in the workplace

At the Nuremberg Trials, what were the Nazi leaders charged with?

• Planning the war and crimes against humanity.

• Using poison gas

• Forcing conquered people to work in munition factories

• Kidnapping children

What refers to hatred or prejudices against Jewish people?

• Anti-semitism

• Talmud Tormentors

• Stereotyping

• Pograms

This was started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-World War II era. The bulk of their work was published and popularized throughout the 1950s.

• Rock 'n' Roll
• Jazz
• The FCC
• The Beats Movement

Any of the means of communication, as television or newspapers, that reach very large numbers of people.

• Consumerism
• Beat Movement
• Mass Media
• Jazz

President Truman threatened to ____ striking workers to prevent strikes from crippling the nation.

• arrest
• sue
• draft
• deport