Chapter 13 Study Guide

President Dwight D. Eisenhower used the term "creeping socialism" to refer to

federal aid to businesses.

Under the termination policy, the federal government withdrew

official recognition of Native American groups as legal entities.

To the surprise of many, President Harry Truman won the election of 1948 with strong support from labor, farmers, and

African Americans.

Which of the following choices best completes the diagram above?

Government benefits.

Which of the following statements best completes the diagram above?

People who were financially able moved from cities to new suburbs.

What was the significance of Levittown, New York?

It was one of the earliest suburbs built in the 1950s.

By the middle of the 1900s, what group of people were the poorest in the United States?

Native Americans

Based on the excerpt above, what can you conclude was the intent of the Taft-Harley Act?

To limit the power of organized labor

_________________ programs tried to eliminate poverty by tearing down slums and erecting new high-rise buildings for poor residents.

Urban renewal

To prevent any one

conformity.

During the postwar periods, the population of American cities rose by 10 percent while the suburban population

doubled.

Radio stations flourished in the 1950s, in large part because

people traveling in cars relied on radio for news and entertainment.

Under urban renewal programs, slums were torn down and new high-rises were built for poor residents, but the new buildings were often

plagued by violence.

As millions of American families purchased televisions in the late 1940s and the 1950s, many of the comedy shows they watched were adapted from

popular radio shows.

Although legislators did not embrace all of President Truman's Fair Deal programs, Congress did increase Social Security benefits, extend those benefits to 10 million more Americans, and

raise the minimum wage.

Rock 'n' roll music, which became popular with American teenagers in the 1950s, grew out of the sounds of what other form of music?

rhythm and blues

By the time President Eisenhower ran for a second term in 1956, the nation had successfully

shifted back to a peacetime economy.

Although many adults condemned it as loud, mindless, and dangerous, rock 'n' roll music

sold in record numbers to American teenagers.

During the postwar period, the film industry suffered in the United States because of the increasing popularity of

television.