Chapter 27 - The Post War Boom

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Across
  1. 2. ‘n’ roll = musicians in the 1950s added electronic instruments to traditional blues music, creating rhythm and blues, thus creating ________
  2. 3. = the government agency that regulates and licenses television, telephone, radio, and other communications industries
  3. 8. media = communication that reaches large audiences
  4. 9. S. Truman = 33rd President of the U.S
  5. 11. = a major corporation that includes a number of smaller companies in unrelated industries
  6. 12. obsolescence = manufacturers purposely designed products to become obsolete—that is, to wear out or become outdated—in a short period of time.
  7. 14. Bill of Rights = Government payed half of veterns tution and gave unemployment beneifts; a.k.a "Servicemen's Readjustmet Act"
  8. 16. = financial help given by a government to a person/group to support an undertaking regarded as being in the public interest
  9. 19. = a style of music characterized by the use of improvisation
  10. 22. = important and unique development state between childhood and adulthood
  11. 23. = small residential communities surrounding cities
  12. 25. Eisenhower = 34th President of the U.S
Down
  1. 1. = a company that offers similar products or services in many locations
  2. 4. = buying material goods
  3. 5. = means “hired hands”
  4. 6. = Multi-billion dollar fast-food company; started by 2 brothers
  5. 7. Jonas Salk = developed a vaccine for the crippling disease poliomyelitis—polio.
  6. 10. renewal = providing a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family.
  7. 13. = Southern Democrats who opposed Truman's position on Civil Rights
  8. 15. policy = removed federal economic help, stopped the reservation system, and gave out tribal lands among individual Native Americans.
  9. 17. boom = an unprecedented increase in birthrate after WWII
  10. 18. Deal = an extension of Roosevelt's New Deal; increased minimum wage, expanded Social Security, and built low-income housing
  11. 20. movement = expressed the social and literary nonconformity of artists, poets, and writers.
  12. 21. = buy now, pay later
  13. 23. fund = a fund often designated for corrupt practices, such as bribery
  14. 24. = promoted people to buy goods