1950s vocab Flashcards
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Dramatic increase in birth rate during and (mostly) after world war 2
Baby Boom
Music that originated in the U.S. in the 1950s. It was influenced by African American music.
Rock and Roll
Similarity in form or character; agreement. Compliance in actions, behaviors, etc, with certain accepted standards or norms
Conformity
Right to open a restaurant or store using a parent company’s brand name and system
Franchise
Large corporation that owns many smaller companies producing a variety of goods and services
Conglomerate
The theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically desirable. Also a preoccupation with and an inclination towards the buying of goods
Consumerism
Tiny circuit device that amplifies controls and generates electrical signals
Transistor
The Iranian military, with the support and financial assistance of the U.S. government, overthrows the democratic government of Premier Mohamme Mosaddeq and reinstates the (western friendly) Shab of Iran
1953 Iranian coup d’etat
In the 1950s, a person who criticized American society as apathetic and conformist. Usually a young and artistic person who rejects the mores of conventional society
Beatnik
Law passed in 1944 that helped returning veterans buy homes (lower interest rates) and pay for college
G.I. Bill
U.S. pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children. Encouraged understanding of parents
Dr. Spock
Act that authorized the building of 41,000 miles of highways throughout the nation, which would be the biggest public works project in the nations history. It also allocated $26 billion to pay for it.
National interstate and defense highways act of 1956
The residential area in the outskirts of a city or large town
Suburbs
An unincorporated community of Southeast New York on western Long Island. It was the first of several low-cost, suburban housing developments built by a levitt and sons following world was 2
Levittown
The departure of whites from places (such as urban neighborhoods hoods or schools) increasingly or predominately populated by minorities
White flight
The unethical and discriminatory practice banks and lenders use to deny access to credit and home loans
Red lining
