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Post-War American History: Key Terms and Events, Quizzes of United States History

Definitions and context for significant terms and events in american history from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. Topics include the verona project, g.i. Bill, levittown, national organization of women, richard and katherine gordon, beatnik generation, jack kerouac, taft-hartley act, a. Philip randolph, kennedy's communism response, flexible response, cuban missile crisis, and kennedy assassination.

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Uploaded on 11/30/2009

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TERM 1
Verona Project
DEFINITION 1
an interception of soviet telegrams that proved that Julius
and Ethel Rosenburg and Hiss were actually spies selling
atomic secrets. Julis and Ethel had a mock trial and were
convicted and killed in 1953
TERM 2
G.I. Bill (1944)
DEFINITION 2
Gave money to veterans to get an education Provided low
interest mortgages and encouraged housing boom
TERM 3
Levittown
DEFINITION 3
Levittown is the name of some large suburban developments
created in the United States of America by William Levitt and
his company Levitt & Sons: Replaced ethnic neighborhoods
Assimiation
TERM 4
National Organization of Women (1965)
DEFINITION 4
1965 1. Encouraged rights for women 2. Prevented
companies from playing maternity leave (airline Stewardess'
"needed" to quit by 25) 3. Low pay is easier to accomplish
TERM 5
Richard and Katherine Gordon
DEFINITION 5
Wrote book: The Split Level trap 1. called Suburbia
"disturbia" 2. Called out youth because they are growing eith
too much pressure to conform 3. this leads to breakdown of
values
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Verona Project

an interception of soviet telegrams that proved that Julius and Ethel Rosenburg and Hiss were actually spies selling atomic secrets. Julis and Ethel had a mock trial and were convicted and killed in 1953 TERM 2

G.I. Bill (1944)

DEFINITION 2 Gave money to veterans to get an education Provided low interest mortgages and encouraged housing boom TERM 3

Levittown

DEFINITION 3 Levittown is the name of some large suburban developments created in the United States of America by William Levitt and his company Levitt & Sons: Replaced ethnic neighborhoods Assimiation TERM 4

National Organization of Women (1965)

DEFINITION 4 1965 1. Encouraged rights for women 2. Prevented companies from playing maternity leave (airline Stewardess' "needed" to quit by 25) 3. Low pay is easier to accomplish TERM 5

Richard and Katherine Gordon

DEFINITION 5 Wrote book: The Split Level trap 1. called Suburbia "disturbia" 2. Called out youth because they are growing eith too much pressure to conform 3. this leads to breakdown of values

Beatnik Generation (late 50s)

  1. intellectual scene 2. tried to achieve a sense of "true" emotions 3. used drugs 4. looked to eastern philosophy 5. Broke Literary tradition TERM 7

Jack

Kerouac

DEFINITION 7 Wrote: The Naked Lunch talked about how drugs were important to unlocking the mysteries TERM 8

Taft-Hartley Act

DEFINITION 8

  1. National Healthcare 2. extended aid to education 3. would have extended his powers TERM 9

A Phillip Randolf

DEFINITION 9 1956 1. Set up a 41,000 mile system of highways 2. Aided in transportation of military goods 3. Encouraged Consumption

  1. Ruined small town businesses, there was no need for drivers to go through small towns if there were highways TERM 10

Kennedy's Communism Response

DEFINITION 10 Peace Corps: sent undercover CIA agents in with normals Alliance for progress: 1. Friendly Relations with Latin America

  1. Aid to Latin American countries