CH 17-18 Study Guide. As Always expect to see questions with picture, political cartoons, graphs,
maps and other primary sources. You should also expect to answer short response questions
based on the same criteria.
Know how and why the worker productivity increased post WWII.
Know what happened to the U.S economy post WWII.
Know how the Marshall Plan played a role in the economic prosperity of the 1950s in the U.S
Know about William Levitt
Know about the Sunbelt Migration
Know about the National Defense Education Act. Hint: NASA (Who/ what did it provide federal funds to?)
Know in which ways the Sunbelt Migration affected the areas the people left behind.
Know of the different things/ events that contributed to a rise in home construction after WWII.
Know in which ways President Truman make progress in terms of equality.
Know about the 1948 Presidential Election
Know about President Eisenhower’s time in office (in terms of domestic social and economic policies). In which ways
was he a moderate?
Know about the cause and effects of the rise of the car culture.
Know of the importance of interstate highways.
Know about the type of “sector” (in terms of industry) that took over during the 1950s
Know about the television programs of the 1950s
Know about the social critics in the 1950s
Know about The Other America
Know about the rural poverty that existed during the 1950s
Corporate farming contributed to rural poverty.
Know about the Native Americans during the 1950s
Know about the importance of propaganda in post WWII / 1950s society.
Know about Jackie Robinson
Know about the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Know about JFK and the Federal Transportation Commission and the South.
Know about the different Civil Rights Organization that existed in the 1960s.
Know about Brown II ruling
Know about JFKs speech in response to the University of Mississippi riots. What was the main message?
Know about James Meredith
Know about the Birmingham march.
Know about the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Know about the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Know about the Kerner Commission
Know about Martin Luther King’s assassination
Know about affirmative action
Know about “Freedom Summer”
Know about Malcolm X
Know about the Fair Housing Act