Ch 19 Vocabulary: "The Post War Boom" (1950's)

One of the Southern delegates who,

to protest President Truman’s civil rights policy,

walked out of the 1948 Democratic National Convention

and formed the States’ Rights Democratic Party

• Dixiecrat

• Fair Deal

• GI Bill of Rights

• Suburb

President Harry S. Truman’s economic program —

an extension of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal—

which included measures to increase the minimum wage,

to extend social security coverage, and to provide housing for low-income families

• Dixiecrat

• Fair Deal

• GI Bill of Rights

• Suburb

a name given to the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act,

a 1944 law that provided financial and educational benefits for World War II veterans

• Dixiecrat

• Fair Deal

• G I Bill of Rights

• Suburb

a residential town or community near a city

• Dixiecrat

• Fair Deal

• G I Bill of Rights

• Suburb

the sharp increase in the U.S. birthrate following World War II

• Baby boom

• Franchise

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

• Mass Media

a business that has bought the right to use a parent company’s name and methods,

thus becoming one of a number of similar businesses in various locations

• Baby Boom

• Franchise

• Federal Communication Commission (FCC)

• Mass Media

an agency that regulates U.S. communications industries,

including radio and television broadcasting.

• Baby Boom

• Franchise

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

• Mass Media

the means of communication —

such as television, newspapers, and radio —

that reach large audiences.

• Rock 'n Roll

• Franchise

• Federal Communication Commission (FCC)

• Mass Media

a form of American popular music that evolved in the 1950s

out of rhythm & blues, country, jazz, gospel, & pop;

the American musical form characterized by heavy rhythms & simple melodies

which has spread worldwide having significant impacts

on social dancing, clothing fashions, and expressions of protest.

• Rock ‘n’ Roll

• Franchise

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

• Mass Media

a Mexican laborer allowed to enter the United States

to work for a limited period of time during World War II.

• Bracero

• Termination Policy

• Urban Renewal

• Franchise