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18 Cards in this Set
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what did many soldiers expect to be a problem after WWII |
unemployment |
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List three things the GI bill provided |
year of unemployment financial aid gave loans |
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what two problems did truman face |
restless labor unions angry republicans |
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what did the taft hartley act theory outlaw |
closed shops |
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who ran for for the dixiecrat party in 1948 |
strom thurman |
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what was executive order 9981 |
integrated military |
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who was the popular candidate in 1952 |
eisenhower |
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who was william levitt |
developed a way to build homes fast and affordable |
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what happened to family income |
increased |
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who was betty friedan |
wrote feminine mystique and talked about what life was like for suburban housewives |
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name two popular shows during this time |
i love lucy leave it to beaver |
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who cured polio |
jonas salk |
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fair deal |
presidents truman’s programs to expand new deal reforms |
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what is interstate highway act |
1956 law that authorized the spending of 32 billion to 41000 miles of highway |
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what is sunbelt |
name given to region of states in south and southwests |
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what is AFL-CIO |
in 1955 the american federation of labor and the congress of industrial organization labor unions united |
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who is benjamin spock |
an american pediatrician whose baby book “baby and cold care” is one of the best selling books |
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what is beatnik |
small group of writers and artists in the 1950s who were critical of american society |
