unit 10 hsitory

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 1954

a 1954 case in which the Supreme Court

ruled that “separate but equal” education for black and white students was

unconstitutional.

GI Bill of Right

name given to the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, a 1944 law that

provided financial and educational benefits for World War II veterans

suburbs

a residential town or community near a city.

Franchise

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.

Baby boom

the sharp increase in the U.S. birthrate following World War II.

consumerism

a preoccupation with purchasing material goods.

rustbelt

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.

Sunbelt

the “belt” of warm weather states that stretches across the southern third of

the U.S. from Florida to California

Mass media

the means of communication- such a television, newspapers, and, radio-

that reach large audiences.

Federal Communications Commission

an agency that regulates U.S. communications

industries, including radio and television broadcasting.

Interstate Highway Act of 1956

The act was funded in 1957 and authorized the building

of a nationwide highway network.

Immigration Act of 1965

a law that increased the number of immigrants allowed to

settle in the United States.

Great Society (programs)

President Lyndon B. Johnson’s program to reduce poverty

and racial injustice and to promote a better quality of life in the United States

Causes

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

Effects

1) Business expands rapidly (ex. franchise)

2) Sunbelt migrations

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