The Affluent Society

Suburbs

-areas surrounding cities with low population

-fueled by government policies, highways, economic growth

home owners loan corporation

-bought risky mortgages during great depression

-stabilized housing

-led to redlining

federal housing administration

-helped make homeownership accessible

-suburban growth

-excluded minorities

Interstate highway act

-funding nationwide highway

-made commuting easier

-suburban expansion

Levittown

-mass produced suburban community created by William Levitt

-affordable homes, racially exclusive

Economies of Scale

-lowered cost, producing goods in large quantities

-suburban homes cheaper

consumerism

-culture of buying goods and services

-important to US economy

television boom

-rapid spread of TV ownership

-transformed entertainment and information

redlining

-denying loans to minority neighborhoods

-based on maps grading neighborhoods A-D

white flight

-movement of white families from cities to suburbs

-increased racial segregation

Brown v. Board of Education

-supreme court case ending school segregation

-declared separate but equal unconstitutional

All Deliberate Speed

-describe desegregation timeline

-slow implementation

-resistance in southern states

Little Rock Nine

-9 black students going to high school in Arkansas

-faced intense resistance and violence

-federal troops enforced desegregation under Dwight Eisenhower

Morgan V. Virginia

-case ruled segregated interstate buses unconstitutional

-early legal victory against segregation

Keys v. Carolina Coach Company

-case reinforcing desegregation of buses

Emmett Till

-14 year old black boy murdered in Mississippi

-shocked the nation

Rosa Parks

-African American women who refused to give up her bus seat

-sparked Montgomery bus boycott

Montgomery Bus Boycott

-protest where black citizens refused to use city buses

-successfully ended bus segregation

-led by MLK

Claudette Colvin

-15 year old who refused to give up her bus seat before Rosa Parks

-she was not the face because she was pregnant

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

-civil rights organization led by MLK

-non-violent protests

-dismantled segregation in the South

Increased Unemployment for black teachers

-job loss for Black teachers after school desegregation

-many black schools closed

TV networks

-major broadcasting companies (ABC, CBS, NBC)

-consumerism through advertising

Sitcoms

-TV shows depicting everyday family life

-idealized white suburban families

-social norms and avoided controversy

baby boom

-high birth rates after WWII

-large youth population

youth culture

-culture centered on teenagers

-independence and rebellion

Elvis Presley

-rock and roll artist

-brough black music styles to whites

-broke racial barriers

Ed Sullivan Show

-TV show showcasing performers

-nationwide exposure to rock music and new artists

beat generation

-literary movement against traditional values

-freedom, identity, rebellion

Postwar Economic Boom

-rapid economic growth after WWII

technological advancement

-innovations from wartime production

-increasing efficiency

rising wages and benefits

-increased income and benefits

-expanded middle class

-increased purchasing power and consumer demand

employer sponsored health insurance

-health benefits provided by employers

american economic dominance

-US leading global economic power

Capitalism vs Socialism

-economic systems competing during cold war

-US used prosperity as proof of capitalism success

Decline of New Deal

-reduced reliance on government programs

-free market ideas