Terms you will be asked about in matching, multiple choice, and
short answer format. You must be able to define, explain, and
outline the effects of each of the following:
 | A vast wasteland
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| Automobile
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| Baby boom
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| Beat movement
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| Beat movement and rock ‘n’
roll
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| Braceros
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| Conglomerate
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| Consumerism
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| Dixiecrats
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| Dr. Benjamin Spock
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| Dr. Jonas Salk
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| Fair Deal
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| Federal government offered
help in obtaining an education, a home, and a job or business
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| Film of the 1950’s
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| Franchise
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| Main trend in the housing
industry
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| Planned obsolescence
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| Radio in the 1950’s
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| Rock ‘n’ roll
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| Size of the baby-boom
generation
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| Television in the 1950’s
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| Termination Policy
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| Typical suburban male
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| Urban Renewal
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| Vaccine against Polio
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Essays you will have to write:
- The economy boomed during
the 1950s. Please explain, using concrete facts and information,
at least one source of this increased activity.
- The suburbs boomed during
the 1950s. Please explain, using concrete facts and information,
at least one result to the central cities of this move and how
it still affects them today.
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