Post-WWII American Society and Cold War History

Vocabulary flashcards defining key historical terms, legal regulations, and notable individuals from post-WWII American suburbanization and Cold War politics.

White flight

The demographic trend of people leaving multiethnic cities to move into suburban developments.

GI Bill

A congressional bill that provided World War II veterans with pensions, loans, tuition breaks, interest rate discounts, or outright grants.

Suburb

A residential area derived from the root 'urban', representing living environments outside of both the city center and rural farms.

Exerpts

Residential areas located so far out of town that the drive is extremely long, making it unclear whether a person can drive into the city.

Air Force Regulation 30 five-sixty two

A regulation stating that a man may be regarded as a security risk if he has close and continuing association with communists or people believed to have communist sympathies.

Lieutenant Milo Rudovich

A lieutenant in the Air Force Reserves whose security risk charges brought attention to accusations based on unproven hearsay regarding his family members.

McCarthy

A senator who brought hundreds of people before Congress, claiming to hold Manila envelopes containing proof that they were communists.

McKinsey report

A series of famous reports concerning gender and sexuality in the 1950s and 1960s, written by a subject later portrayed by Liam Neeson in a movie.

Doctor Spock

A physician who wrote a famous book on baby childcare asserting that mothers should stay at home.