50s Lecture

Question 1

US is the wealthiest country in human history

true/false

Answer 1

TRUE!

Question 2

symbol for the American spirit

Answer 2

Cars

Question 3

___of cars are in the US. We produce __% of worlds cars

Answer 3

¾

80%

Question 4

National income _____

Answer 4

doubles!

Question 5

Americans are ___ richer than Brits

Answer 5

2x

Question 6

The “great ______ spree” and malls

Answer 6

great shopping spree

Question 7

40% → __% own homes

Answer 7

60% own homes!

Question 8

Baby boom happens

Answer 8

yea

Question 9

Fast food and hotels like

Answer 9

macdonalds and holiday inn

Question 10

middle class prosperity leads Americans to think we are “ “

Answer 10

“class-less”

Question 11

If your poor,

Answer 11

it’s your own fault

Question 12

We think we are a “moral” nation becuase

Answer 12

we our prosperous

Question 13

In 1960, __% belong to a church

Answer 13

69% of Americans belong to a church

Question 14

manufactured suburbia neighborhoods

Answer 14

Levittowns

Question 15

“Family that ____ together stays together”

Answer 15

prays

Question 16

Christianity adds these verses/sayings

Answer 16

“One nation under god”

“In god we trust ($)”

Question 17

Free market and No major strikes

t/f

Answer 17

true

Question 18

Down payments on homes are as low as

Answer 18

$100

Question 19

Why question things when

Answer 19

everything is so good

Question 20

Everyone wants to fit in.

Answer 20

Uniformity.

Question 21

Working class →

Answer 21

middle class

Question 22

Anti-_______

Answer 22

Anti-intelectual

Intellectuals are called “eggheads” – shamed by Eisenhower

Question 23

kitchens become

Answer 23

central

Question 24

In kitchen ads women wear

Answer 24

heels/crowns

Question 25

highest importance to women

Answer 25

children

Question 26

____ of college women graduate

Answer 26

1/3

Question 27

Marital problems blamed on

Answer 27

womens ambitions

Question 28

Non-married women are

Answer 28

shamed

Question 29

AAs use bleaching creams, straighten hair

Answer 29

“Black no more” “become” white

Question 30

Jews tried to pass as

Answer 30

christian

Question 31

Gay people are called "_______" and “sick”

Answer 31

sexual perverts

Question 32

______ confirms conformity

Answer 32

Television

Question 33

1950, 9% of homes have TVs. 1959, ___% homes have TV

Answer 33

90%

Question 34

metaphor for america- truth justice and the American way

Answer 34

Super man

Question 35

The Korean War is called

Answer 35

“forgotten war”

Question 36

How many Americans die/are wounded during Korean War?

Answer 36

40,000 Americans die and 100k wounded

Question 37

US overthrows

Answer 37

Iran prime minister

Question 38

US initiates a coup in

Answer 38

Guatemala

Question 39

In Vietnam the US cancles elections and...

Answer 39

Instals a corrupt leader (Diem)

Question 40

“horror” movie of communism

Answer 40

The Red Nightmare

Question 41

1955 – USSR tests ______ bomb

Answer 41

hydrogen

Question 42

____ government employees are forced to take loyalty oaths

Answer 42

2.5 million

Question 43

McCarran Internal security act

Answer 43

Allowed detention for subversive activities. Broad. 6 Concentration camps.

Question 44

"Little McCarrans"

Answer 44

Teacher sfired. Education is battleground. Slavery is dimmed.

Question 45

People had to sign loyalty oaths. Hollywood hit. Red Channels list people and they are kept from working

Question 46

__% homes have bomb shelters

Answer 46

5%

Question 47

What did Americans not want in their water? why?

Answer 47

Anti water flouride b/c communist

Question 48

Cincinnati reds →

Answer 48

redlegs

Question 49

Journalist that took on macarthy

Answer 49

Edward R Murrow j

Question 50

mccarthy goes after army lawer (name)

Answer 50

Fisher

Question 51

Thin cloth/newspaper can save you. “Bathe” off the radiation

Answer 51

true

Question 52

Black family that buys house in levittown

Answer 52

Meyers family. Dad is a WW2 veteran. They are discriminated against

Question 53

Realtors deny black

Answer 53

homeownership

Question 54

_____ segregate communities

Answer 54

Highways

Question 55

Brown v board of education

Answer 55

de-segregates schools

Question 56

Little rock 1957

Answer 56

nine Black students require President Eisenhower's intervention with federal troops to ensure their safety and the school's integration

Question 57

Mongomery bus boycott

Answer 57

Rosa parks

Question 58

Emmet till

Answer 58

14. lynched. Magazine publishes emmett till's body in casket

Question 59

In the name of trying to protect freedom....

Answer 59

were we undermining it?

Question 60

The Beat Movement

Answer 60

Jazz poetry underground clubs

Question 61

Music: 2 new ways to listen.

Answer 61

transistor radio portable record player

Question 62

Rock n roll hall of fame in cleveland b/c of ____

Answer 62

Allen Freed Father of rock and roll. Integrated black/white. Dance parties.

Question 63

"If i could find a white man with a negro feel, i could make a biliion dollars”

Answer 63

Elvis

Question 64

White man with a “black soul”

Answer 64

Elvis

Question 65

Who liked/disliked elvis?

Answer 65

Kids loved him parents didnt

Question 66

What music event and genre is "banned"

Answer 66

rock and roll dance parties/listening under 18/removed rock and roll/tried to ban it

Question 67

Rebel Without a Cause – youth were misunderstood

Answer 67

(James Dean)

Question 68

Gory comic magazine that made fun of everything mainstream (__college students regularly read it)

Answer 68

EC comics Mad magazine 3/5