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
