American History Chapter 28 Part 2

Hippie Lifestyle

A movement to erode the values of traditional American culture

McCarran-Walter Act

outlined new American immigration policies

Theodore Geisel

popular writer known as Dr. Seuss

Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

Jackson Pollock

popularized drip paintings

Norman Rockwell

famous painter of scene of everyday American life

Walter Cronkite

“the most trusted man in America”

Jackie Robinson

1st black American to play on a major league team

Hank Aaron

best known for breaking Babe Ruth’s home run record

Walker Robinson

best pound-for-pound boxer of all time

Muhammad Ali

greatest heavyweight boxer of all time

Jim Brown

considered one of the greatest running backs of all time

Jack Nicklaus

golf’s greatest star of the television era

Miracle on Ice

American Olympic hockey team defeated Soviet Russia in 1980s olympics

1954

Congress legalized adding “one nation under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance; Eisenhower was president

Voice of the Martyrs

started by Richard Wurmbrand (prisoner in Communist Romania); a ministry to people living behind the Iron Curtain

Bicentennial Celebration

America celebrated her 200th birthday in 1976

Baby boomers

What was the generation of the 1950s-1960s known as

Suburbs

What became popular during the 1960s

Levitt and Sons

What company built Levittown

Toy industry

What industry in the 1960s tripled in size

Dr. Seuss

What was Theodor Geisel known as

Bonanza and Gunsmoke

What Westerns became popular in the 1970s and 1980s