Chapter 26: The Affluent Society

Americas consumer economy

________ reshaped how Americans experienced the culture and shaped their identities.

Mississippi

In the summer of 1955, two white men in ________ kidnapped and brutally murdered fourteen- year- old Emmett Till.

Keys v Carolina Coach Company

On December 1, 1955, four months after Tills death and six days after the ________ decision, Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat on a Montgomery city bus and was arrested.

NAACP

In the early 1930s, the ________ began an effort to erode the legal underpinnings of segregation in the American South.

triumphant march

The 1950s were a significant decade in the sometimes tragic, sometimes ________ of civil rights in the United States.

Credit cards

________, first issued in 1950, further increased access to credit.

Home ownership

________ was opened to the multitudes who could now gain residential stability, lower monthly mortgage payments, and accrue wealth as property values rose over time.

African Americans

________ fought against a variety of racist policies, cultures, and beliefs in all aspects of American life.

exclusionary forms of the postwar economy

The ________ prompted protest from African Americans and other minorities who were excluded.

Supreme Courts

On May 17, 1954, after two years of argument, re- argument, and deliberation, the ________ decision on segregated schooling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) declared that racial segregation violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Government expenditures

________ provided loans to veterans, subsidized corporate research and development, and built the interstate highway system.

Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC

The __________________ began purchasing and refinancing existing mortgages at risk of default in response to the mass foreclosures during the Great Depression

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

In ____________________, the Supreme Court declared that racial segregation violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company

In _________________, the Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that “separate but equal” violated the Interstate Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution

Civil Rights Act of 1957

The _________________ signaled that pressure was finally mounting on Americans to confront the legacy of discrimination

Plessy v. Ferguson

In _________________, the Supreme Court declared the principle of “separate but equal” constitutional