1950's Postwar America

2. The suburban ideal promised this type of lifestyle.
5. Legislation providing benefits for returning World War II veterans.
7. The minimum wage increased from 40 cents to this amount in 1949.
11. Social trend encouraged by suburban living and rigid postwar norms in the 1950s.
16. President who succeeded FDR in 1945.
17. Harry Truman’s famous desk plaque: “The Buck Stops ____.”
18. Postwar economic adjustment period marked by soaring consumer prices in 1946.

1. Campaign slogan for Dwight Eisenhower.
3. Truman’s domestic policy initiative after the war.
4. of Education Supreme Court decision in 1954 that ordered school integration.
6. A political faction that broke away from the Democratic Party in 1948.
8. This act aimed to limit union powers in 1947.
9. Southern Democratic candidate in the 1948 election.
10. These communities were built quickly for veterans returning from World War II.
12. Truman’s 1948 executive order ended segregation in this institution.
13. Ideology the U.S. aimed to counter during the Cold War, fueling postwar policies and spending.
14. Suburban development on Long Island with rows of standardized houses.
15. Jackie Robinson broke racial barriers in this professional sport.