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What is the Fair Deal
This was an ambitious economic program proposed by President Truman
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Who is Dr. Jonas Salk
Who developed a vaccine for poliomyelitis
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What is the Termination Policy
This was a policy of the United States that eliminated its responsibility to the native American Tribes
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What is the suburbs
The vast majority of homes in the 1950s were built in what location
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Who are the Dixiecrats
These were strong opponents of Truman's civil rights policies
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What is Planned Obsolescence
This is a marketing strategy designed to encourage consumer to buy more goods
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What is the G.I Bill
Low interest loans was part of what veterans package
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What is consumerism
With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy this became an American way of life
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What is a Conglomerate
This is a major corporation that includes a number of smaller companies in unrelated industries.
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What is African American
In the early days of rock 'n' roll the musicians were mainly
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What is Draft them
What did President Truman threaten to do with striking workers to prevent strike from crippling the nation?
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What is the television
Most Americans in the 1960s relied on this as their primary source of entertainment and information
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What is a franchise
This is a company that offers similar products or services in many locations
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What is the beat movement
Places like: San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New your City's Greenwich Village were the center of what movement
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Who is J. Strom Thurmond
He was the Dixiecrats presidential nominee in 1948
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Who are Artists and poets
the expression of nonconformity by which groups developed in to the beat movement
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What is the 1940s
The Baby Boomer generation began in what decade
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Who are the Braceros
These were Mexican workers who came to the United States during World War II to harvest crops.
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What is Manufacturing
This type of job declined in the 1950s, showing a shift in the United States economy
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Who is Harry S. Truman
His relentless campaign against a "do-nothing" Congress contributed to the election of which politician in the 1948 presidential election
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