| A | B |
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| GI Bill of Rights | money to WWII veterans to attend college or buy homes - helped lead Affluent society of the 1950s |
| Baby Boomers | rapid increase in the birth rate after WWII - largest generation in US history |
| Suburbia | rapid growth of suburbs after WWII - result of GI Bill and Baby Boomers |
| Levittown | America's first mass produced suburb on Long Island, NY - row and row of identical housing built quickly |
| White Flight | the movement of whites from the innercity to the suburbs - left inner-cities poverty stricken |
| Michael Harrington | author of The Other America - exposed the poverty that plagued the innercity after the White Flight |
| The Other America | book my Michael Harrington that exposed the poverty that plagued innercities after the White Flight |
| Dr. Benjamin Spock | author of Baby and Childcare - stated that children, not work, should be the center of a woman's life - led to more women at home instead of working |
| American Dream | the iconic lifestyle of the 1950s - house, car, 2.5 kids, and all the modern conveniences |
| Affluent Society | the high standard society that many sought after WWI - keeping up with the Joneses - generation had grown up during the Depression, now they had money to live well |
| Consumerism | constantly consuming the products and services generated by the economy |
| Planned Obsolescence | Marketing plan to get consumers to constantly update their existing products with the newest version of the same product - leads to a throw away society |
| Throw Away Society | the result of constantly throwing away existing products before they are broken in order to have the newest version - result of planned obsolescence |
| Federal Aid Highway Act | created the federal interstate highway system - part of Cold War, need to be able to move troops quickly - under Eisenhower - hurt railroad industry - led to Automania |
| Automania | the explosion of the automobile as a part of the economy (GDP), travel, and commerce |
| British Invasion | the Beatles Rock band's influence on American music - contributing factor in the development of Beatnik culture |
| Beatniks | counter culture movement of 1950s - result of Baby Boomers growing up in the Affluent Society |
| Dr. Jonas Salk | discoverd a vaccination for Polio |
| 22nd Amendent | limited the President to TWO TERMs in office (10 years max) - Eisenhower was first to be "constitutionally forced from office" |
| Eisenhower's Farewell Address | warned US of Military Industrial Complex - said don't let the Arms industry become such a vital part of the economy = dangerous |
