Dwight Eisenhower

Question 1

Ended Korean War

Answer 1

Elected because he was a general and was deemed touch on communism

Question 2

Consumerism

Answer 2

Full employment leads to massive growth, lots spent on consumer goods

Question 3

Interstate Highway Act

Answer 3

Highways, created more consumerism

Question 4

Military Industrial Complex

Answer 4

Race between U.S. and the Soviet Union, who can create the biggest weapons

Question 5

Little Rock Nine

Answer 5

Segregation in public schools is unconstitutional - national guard escorted nine students through school

Question 6

Emmett Till

Answer 6

14 y/o boy killed in Mississippi - no federal response

Question 7

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Answer 7

After Rosa Parks incident, African Americans did not ride busses until they were desegregated

Question 8

Civil Rights Act 1957

Answer 8

Didnt do much, heavy southern opposition

Question 9

Levittowns

Answer 9

Suburbs created for WHITE families

Question 10

Nuclear Family

Answer 10

Stay at home mom, working dad, stereotypical children

Question 11

McCarthyism & Red Scare

Answer 11

Republicans feared Communism, all democrats became potential communists

Question 12

Rock n’ Roll

Answer 12

mix of black music (jazz) and white music (country) - represents development of youth culture

Question 13

Youth Culture

Answer 13

parents grew up during the great depression while children grew up in economic prosperity –> distinct differences

Question 14

U2 incident

Answer 14

Spy plane - U.S. caught spying on the Soviet nuclear capabilities, allegations denied then admitted