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What most contributed to the growth of suburbs after World War II? ?

What most contributed to the growth of suburbs after World War II? ? . The availability of automobiles and highway systems . What was the impact of mass media after World War II ?.

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What most contributed to the growth of suburbs after World War II? ?

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  1. What most contributed to the growth of suburbs after World War II? ?

  2. Theavailability of automobiles and highway systems .

  3. What was the impact of mass media after World War II ?

  4. The Rock and Roll music becomes popular.TV becomes the center of American family entertainment.Advertising goods such as Slinkies and coon skin caps are in high demand.

  5. What was one effect of American consumerism ?

  6. Service industries expanded to meet consumers’ needs.

  7. Why are the years after World War II sometimes called the “boom years” ?

  8. The country experienced economic growth and prosperity..

  9. What is a way in which new technologies changed life for Americans in the 1950’s?

  10. More people began to use commercial airlines.

  11. What was an effect of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

  12. The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signed.

  13. What term describes the post-war era known for spreading the fear that “communist spies” were trying to overthrow the government?

  14. McCarthyism

  15. What were several effects of the Space Race on the United States ?

  16. highlighted the need for an excellent education systempromoted the development of consumer technologywas a unifying force for American industry

  17. What became a symbol of the differences between the Soviet Union and western democracies?

  18. Berlin Wall

  19. How was the US involved in the Vietnam and Korean Wars ?

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  21. Compare the goals and ideas of the US and the Soviet Union?

  22. -

  23. The U.S. and the Soviet Union ?

  24. superpowers

  25. A credit used to buy goods that are consumed, or used up

  26. consumer credit

  27. a conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, fought with ideas, words, and money

  28. Cold War

  29. a political and economic system where the government owns all of the businesses and land

  30. communism

  31. an imaginary line dividing Europe into communist and noncommunist countries

  32. Iron Curtain

  33. a military alliance with the nations of Western Europe to promise to help each other if there was an attack against the USSR

  34. NATO

  35. competition of exploration between the US and USSR

  36. space race

  37. competition between the US and USSR to have the most weapons

  38. arms race

  39. believed the US should not be involved in the Vietnam War

  40. Doves

  41. believed that the US should be involved in the Vietnam to stop the spread of communism.

  42. Hawks

  43. the first satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union

  44. Sputnik

  45. organization that negotiates with oil companies on matters of oil production, prices, and future

  46. OPEC

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