Unit 10 PLA

Question 1

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 1954

Answer 1

a 1954 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” education for black and white students was unconstitutional.

Question 2

GI Bill of Rights

Answer 2

name given to the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, a 1944 law that provided financial and educational benefits for World War II veterans

Question 3

Suburbs

Answer 3

a residential town or community near a city.

Question 4

Franchise

Answer 4

a business that bought the right to use a parent company’s name and methods, thus becoming one of a number of similar businesses in various locations

Question 5

Consumerism

Answer 5

a preoccupation with purchasing material goods

Question 6

Rustbelt

Answer 6

the area in parts of the NE and Midwest that suffered economically because of rusting factories left behind by declining industries as a large population moved to the Sunbelt states in the 1970s

Question 7

Sunbelt

Answer 7

the “belt” of warm weather states that stretches across the southern third of the U.S. from Florida to California

Question 8

Mass media

Answer 8

the means of communication- such a television, newspapers, and, radio- that reach large audiences.

Question 9

Federal Communications Commission

Answer 9

an agency that regulates U.S. communications industries, including radio and television broadcastin

Question 10

Interstate Highway Act of 1956

Answer 10

The act was funded in 1957 and authorized the building of a nationwide highway network.

Question 11

Immigration Act of 1965

Answer 11

a law that increased the number of immigrants allowed to settle in the United States.

Question 12

Great Society (programs

Answer 12

President Lyndon B. Johnson’s program to reduce poverty and racial injustice and to promote a better quality of life in the United States

Question 13

Causes of 1950s Postwar Prosperity

Answer 13

1) GI Bill of Rights helps veterans rebuild their lives 2) Increased demand for housing 3) Increased demand for automobiles 4) Increased production creates new jobs 5) The Cold War increased U.S. defense spending and employment

Question 14

Effects of 1950s Postwar Prosperity

Answer 14

1) Business expands rapidly (ex. franchise) 2) Sunbelt migrations (See Guided Notes on p. 7 below) 3) Suburbanization (many families move to the suburbs) 4) U.S. experiences unprecedented “baby boom” 5) consumerism develops 6) The Interstate Highway Act of 1965 is passed 6) popular culture explodes with rapid growth of television