1950S

Dramatic increase in birth rate, especially in the years following WWII. This was due to so many people working and making a better living.

• Baby Boom ­

• Baby Gap

• GI Bill

• Transistor

Beatnik

• an elderly person in the 1920s who suffered financial loss.

• the fact or process of converting someone or something back to a former state.

• ­ a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation.

• This was a type of music which challenged earlier music and was popular to teenagers.

When soldiers returned home from World War II, what helped them get lower mortgage rates and paid for their continued education?

• The Consitution

• Veteran's Fund

• G.I. Bill of Rights

• Military Service Reimbursement Bill

West Germany was ______________________ and East Germany was_____________________

• communist/democratic

• democratic/communist

• awesome/not awesome

These "super" structures connected multiple states across the country. Built during the Cold War in case of a nuclear attack

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Amtrak Rail System

• Federal Highway System

• Old Town Road

This planned communities sprang up after WWII. They were usually located outside major market cities; families would commute to work with their new luxury cars and homes were "cookie cutter" and affordable

• Suburbs

• Inner City

• Ultraburbs

• Shopping Malls

The Increased demand in housing after WWII was due to the ...

• WWII baby boom and GI Bill

• Fear of communist influences inside the city

• Increased immigration

• Increased demand for automobiles

What body was created for the nations near the end of World War II to try to prevent future global wars?

• League of Nations

• Allied Powers

• Axis Powers

• United Nations

The fear of communism spreading:

• Red Scare

• Containment

• Nativism

• Democratic Whiplash

In 1957, the USSR successfully launched this satellite into space:

• Hubble Telescope

• Gemini 2

• Apollo 11

• Sputnik