Who proposed the Civil Right Act of 1964, and why was it proposed?
President John F. Kennedy proposed the act due to the brutal

Which groups were affected by the Civil Rigghts Act of 1964?
Disabled people, women,

What did the Civil Rights Act do for the United States?
It ended segregation in public places.

American Teenager

1. How did the lives of teenagers change after TGD and WWII?
      They had money in their pocket and the American buisness such as music and movies industries took advantage.

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2. What is "White Flight?" Was it good for society ?
Isolate themselves from other race and classes. It was not good for society.

3. Why did Mexican immigrate to the U.S. before the 1950's?
Agriculture

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American Dream

1. What were some causes for the baby boom?

Husbands and wifes got together after war, large families were desirable, decreasing marrige age, advance in medicine and economic prosperity.

2. What did American have to do in order to support all the new babies being born?
New toys, more schools= more teachers also the need for child care.

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3. How did roles of women change in the 1950's?

Hd work, and started to attend college.

4. What changes allowed the American car explosion to occur?
Gasoline was cheap and it was easy to get cars because easy credit scores, and advertising. The built of new freeway systems.

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Pop Culture

1. What media exploded in the 50's and how did business?
Television industry exploded and business reacted to the explotion by advertising, TV dinner, and TV Guide was introduced.

2. Why did critics not like television?
Because of sterotypical portrayal of women and minorities, effects on the children, male characters outnumber women characters, and did not say the truth of American

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3. What's so ironic about rock and roll music in the 1950's?
Elvis Presley developed his music style by singing in the church and listening to gospel but people thought that it was the devil's music also they thought that teenage girls are going to get pregnant and all teenagers are going to rebel.

Baby BOOM!

1. What were some causes of the baby boom?
Many men that came from WWII reuniting wwith their missed wives.

2. What did Americans have to do in order to support all the new babies being born?

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They had to make more schools, toys, daycares, and similacks.

3.How did roles of women changed in the 1950's?
Women started working outside of the home and started going to college.

4. What changes allowed the American car explosion to occur?
When people moved to the subarbs there jobs and doctors offices weren't walking distance so they needed cars to get there and back. Also, they built the new freeway systems.

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Post WWII America

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1. Why were Americans afraid of the Soviet Union?

        Soviet Union started Communism, and the U.S. is the opposite of communism.



2. What did the Soviet Union want in Europe?

        They want Communism and want the government to control everything.

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3. What did the Americans want in Europe?



        They want free elections; Democracy. Also want a new world order in which all nations had the right of self-determination

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Japense Internment and Justice

1. What does the word "internment" mean?

         Put people in concentration camp during war time.

2. Why were Japanese-American interned in Manzanar?
         Because of Pearl Harbor attack.

3. Why were Japanese internment policies wrong?
         They took away their freedom. Their citizenship was taken if they did not stay in the concentration camp. they had a stable life before camp and when out of camp they had nothing.


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