chapter 14

controversy

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multinational corporation

A multinational corporation or worldwide enterprise is an organization that owns or controls production of goods or services in one or more countries other than their home country. It can also be referred as an international corporation, a "transnational corporation", or a stateless corporation.

Alan Freed

Albert James "Alan" Freed, also known as Moondog, was an American disc jockey. He became internationally known for promoting the mix of blues, country and rhythm and blues music on the radio

"Do-Nothing Congress"

Although the 80th Congress passed a total of 906 public bills, President Truman nicknamed it the "Do Nothing Congress" and, during the 1948 election, campaigned as much against it as against his formal opponent, Thomas Dewey. correct to: Truman's reference to Congress' refusal to act on legistation

David Riesman

David Riesman was a sociologist, educator, and best-selling commentator on American society. Correct; wrote The Lonely crowd, believed conformity changed people

dynamic conservation

Dynamic Conservatism. Eisenhower's philosophy of being liberal in all things human and being conservative with all things fiscal. Appealed to both Republicans and Democrats. correction: balancing economic conservatism w/ some activism

Michael Harrington

Edward Michael "Mike" Harrington, Jr. was an American democratic socialist, writer, author of The Other America, political activist, political theorist, professor of political science, radio commentator, dipicted poverty in mainstream

Ed sullivan

Edward Vincent Sullivan was an American television personality, sports and entertainment reporter, and longtime syndicated columnist for the New York Daily News. correct to host of popular tv variety show in the 1950's

Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as "the King of Rock and Roll", or simply, "the King"

GI Bill

GI Bill definition. A law passed in 1944 that provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in World War II. Benefits are still available to persons honorably discharged from the armed forces. Add/correct: loans to veterans to establish business, buy homes or attend college

termination policy

Indian termination was the policy of the United States from the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s. It was shaped by a series of laws and policies with the intent of assimilating Native Americans into mainstream American society. Assimilation was not new

Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac was an American novelist and poet. He is considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Kerouac is recognized for his method of spontaneous prose.

John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth "Ken" Galbraith, OC was a Canadian economist, public official, and diplomat, and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism Add: published The Affluent Society, about postware properity

Levittown

Levittown, formerly Island Trees, is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Hempstead in Long Island, in Nassau County, New York. Levittown is halfway between the villages of Hempstead and Farmingdale. Correct to : one of the nations first suburbs

Nat King Cole

Nathaniel Adams Coles, known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist.

how was the affluent society of the United States in the 1950s different from previous decades?

The 1950s was a time that the veterans of World War 2 were still being celebrated. Their actions helped to bring the country back from the affects of the Great Depression and their success in the war as well as the well-being and sense of accomplishment other citizens felt had more impact than previous experiences. It was a time of rebuilding and new opportunities.

Bracero program

The Bracero Program (named for the Spanish term bracero, meaning "manual laborer" or "one who works using his arms") was a series of laws and diplomatic agreements, initiated on August 4, 1942, when the United States signed the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement with Mexico.correct to: Add 5 mil mexicans to the US to work on farms

fair deal

The Fair Deal was an ambitious set of proposals put forward by U.S. President Harry S. Truman to Congress in his January 1949 State of the Union address. More generally the term characterizes the entire domestic agenda of the Truman administration, from 1945 to 1953.

federal highway act

The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (Public Law 84-627), was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. Add: provided efficient roads and travel routes throughout the nation.

what programs did the Congress pass from Truman's Fair deal? What progress did congress refuse?

Truman doctorine Correction: passed Min wage, SS, Low income housing, & Long term rent subsidies. Refused; National Health ins, subsidies for farmers, fed aid for schools and civil rights

why did urban renewal fail the poor of the inner cities?

Urban renewal failed because the people who lived in urban places did not believe in the ideas the government had for them; correct: buildings were to crowded, destroyed more housing than it created, and created atmosphere of violence

Jonas Salk

Vaccine, Salk: Vaccine against poliomyelitis named for Dr. Jonas Salk who developed and introduced it in 1955. It was the first type of polio vaccine to become available. It was made by cultivating three strains of the virus separately in monkey tissue.

union shop

a place of work where employers may hire nonunion workers who must join a labor union within an agreed time.

closed shop

a place of work where membership in a union is a condition for being hired and for continued employment.

subsidy

a sum of money granted by the government or a public body to assist an industry or business so that the price of a commodity or service may remain low or competitive. "a farm subsidy"

baby boom

a temporary marked increase in the birth rate, especially the one following World War II.

device

a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment. Add: in the 1950's tv was criticized as a device used for marketing purposes.

benefit

an advantage or profit gained from something.

franchise

an authorization granted by a government or company to an individual or group enabling them to carry out specified commercial activities, e.g., providing a broadcasting service or acting as an agent for a company's products. Correct: one person owns and runs several stores of a chain.

generate

cause (something, especially an emotion or situation) to arise or come about.

conformity

compliance with standards, rules, or laws. "conformity to regulations"

generation gap

differences of outlook or opinion between people of different generations such as children and parents

accompany

go somewhere with (someone) as a companion or escort.

describe how and why the suburbs became popular places to live

more space new houses wanted to escape from crime

restrain

prevent (someone or something) from doing something; keep under control or within limits.

featherbedding

provide (someone) with advantageous economic or working conditions. Correction: practice of limiting work output in order to create more jobs

technical

relating to a particular subject, art, or craft, or its techniques.

blue-collar

relating to manual work or workers, particularly in industry.

white-collar

relating to the work done or those who work in an office or other professional environment.

right-to-work law

right to work laws prohibit union security agreements, or agreements between employers and labor unions, that govern the extent to which an established union can require employees' membership, payment of union dues, or fees as a condition of employment, either before or after

what happened to motion pictures and radio and television became popular

technology improved people loved it and still use it today correct to : movie attendance and radio listening dropped

poverty line

the estimated minimum level of income needed to secure the necessities of life.

juvenile delinquency

the habitual committing of criminal acts or offenses by a young person, especially one below the age at which ordinary criminal prosecution is possible

evaluate how the federal government termination policy affected Native Americans

the natives were placed under state government and and they made termination policy Correct: deepened their poverty

tansition

the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.

abstraction

the quality of dealing with ideas rather than events.

urban renewal

the redevelopment of areas within a large city, typically involving the clearance of slums.

what roles did African-Americans play in television and rock 'n' roll?

they brought R&B but music was starting to become integrated, most success was in music