Unit 8: The 1950s & Early Civil Rights

A time when there is a great increase in the number of babies born; the U.S. experienced an increase in birth rate in the period after WWII (1946-1964)

• Suburbs

• Baby Boom

• Conformity

• GI Bill

A 1950s youth movement rejecting societal norms, embracing Zen Buddhism, jazz, free sexuality, and experimentation, with writers and artists celebrating nonconformity.

• Beatniks

• Hippies

• Lost Generation

• Beat Generation

A network of highways connecting the major cities and regions in the U.S.; construction of the system was authorized by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Interstate Highway System

• GI Bill

Behavior or actions that follow the accepted rules of society

• Conformity

• Non-Conformity

• Beat Generation

• Traditionalism

Refers to the differences between younger and older generations, especially between children and parents, often seen in distinct styles, behaviors, and interests.

• Generation Gap

• Beat Generation

• Traditionalist

• Counterculture

A federal program that provides financial and educational benefits to veterans, active-duty service members, and their families

• Servicemembers Civil Relief Act

• Selective Service Act

• Hazelwood Act

• GI Bill

A town or other area where people live in houses  outside the center of a larger city

• Metropolitan Area

• Suburbs

• Interstate Highway System

• Outskirts

Following the arrest of Rosa Parks, a bus boycott was a protest against racial segregation on public transportation, resulting in the integration of bus systems a year later.

• Baton Rouge Bus Boycott

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Spartanburg Bus Boycott

• Rosa Parks Bus Boycott

African American students who attempted to integrate an all-white high school in 1957 led to the Arkansas National Guard being called by Governor Faubus.

• Little Rock Ten

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Rosenberg Trial

• Little Rock Nine