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WorksheetsCh 19 Vocabulary: "The Post War Boom" (1950's)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
the U.S. government’s plan, announced in 1953,
to give up responsibility for Native American tribes
by eliminating federal economic support,
discontinuing the reservation system, and redistributing tribal lands.
Bracero
Termination Policy
Urban Renewal
Urban Decay
. the tearing down and replacing of buildings in rundown inner-city neighborhoods.
Bracero
Termination Policy
Urban Renewal
Urban Decay
Dr. Jonas Salk
Delivered many babies during the Baby Boom
wrote a book on how to raise kids during the Baby Boom
Created the cure
for Polio
was a communist
Dr. Benjamin Spock
Delivered many babies during the Baby Boom
Wrote a book
on how to raise kids during
the Baby Boom
Created the cure for Polio
Was a Vulcan
on Star trek
Which of the following were true about Harry Truman?
He had
the White House gutted & renovated
He desegregated
the U S Military
He was from
the South
All of the choices
