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author of the play "A Raisin in the Sun," about a working-class African American family
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Chuck Berry
Lorraine Hansberry
Alan Ginsberg
Albert Sabin
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mountainous region of the United States that stretches from Georgia to New York
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the Sierra Nevada
Appalachia
Rockies
The Great Plains
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author of the play "A Raisin in the Sun," about a working-class African American family
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mountainous region of the United States that stretches from Georgia to New York
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African American musician who recorded hit rock ’n’ roll songs in the 1950s
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States’ Rights, or Dixiecrat, Party candidate for president in 1948
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beat poet who criticized modern American life for its sterility, conformity, and emptiness
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early computer that handled business data
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researcher who developed an oral vaccine for polio
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the largest public works program in American history
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work that takes place mostly in offices, instead of in factories
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term for the cultural separation between children and their parents
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A key factor that enabled the U.S. economy to continue to grow after World War II was
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After World War II, the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act—popularly called the GI Bill—made it possible for many returning soldiers to
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President Harry Truman’s legislative agenda included expanding Social Security, increasing the minimum wage, and promoting employment through federal spending and investment, as well as
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For President Dwight D. Eisenhower, “dynamic conservatism” meant a policy approach that balanced economic conservatism with
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According to John Kenneth Galbraith, postwar America had an “economy of abundance”
because of
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Suburbs accounted for about 85 percent of new home construction in the 1950s, and many people believed suburbs offered
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The 1950s saw major advances in science, including medical breakthroughs that led to
improved treatments for cancer, polio, and
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Although most Americans in the 1950s assumed that the country’s prosperity provided
everyone with a comfortable existence, at least one in five Americans
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The federal government’s termination policy, launched after World War II, was an attempt to
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In the 1950s, many Americans stereotyped young people who favored unconventional
clothing and hairstyles as