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American Society in the 1950s-60s

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Which act provided low-cost home loans and free college tuition to World War II veterans?the G.I. bill
What term is used to describe the large generation of Americans born in the decade after World War II?Baby boomers
The Levittown approach of mass produced housing and the construction of interstate highways in the '50s caused Americans to move to what locations?suburbs
What international organization was established after World War II to maintain world peace?United Nations
What strategy did Martin Luther King Jr. use?non-violence; civil disobedience
What was the goal of President Truman's "Fair Deal"?progressive reforms---national healthcare, federal support for education, civil rights
What technology had the greatest impact on American social life during the 1950s?television and automobiles
What action was led by Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. to protest segregated busing?Montgomery bus boycott
What ended segregation in public schools?Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Which group's action resulted in the Eisenhower administration's use of troops to integrate the public schools?the Little Rock Nine
How did the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (S.N.C.C.) protest segregation in restaurants and lunch-counters?sit-ins
What was the goal of the "Freedom Riders"?end segregation in interstate busing
The "March on Washington" was an event to support which cause?civil rights for African-Americans



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