Matching Pairs 14-3 1950s PovertyOnline version USH.6.2 Discuss key economic and social changes in post-World War II American life, including the Second Red Scare and its effects on American culture. by Lance Hiles 1 1950s poor includes single mothers, the elderly, minorities, & _____ , both African- & European-Americans. 2 Compared to 68 years for other Minneapolis residents, Native Americans in the 1950s could expect to live _____ 3 Parents were concerned about juvenile delinquency & turned to ____ as a possible solution 4 Long-standing patterns of _____ kept African-Americans poor, even though 3 million had migrated from the South to North 5 Slums were torn down and replaced with high-rises, creating crowded projects full of poor residents and often leading to an environment of _____ . 6 The public stereotyped 1950s young people as juvenile delinquents if they had long hair or if they _____ 7 Experts blamed 1950s juvenile delinquency on comic books, racism, TV, busy parents, movies, divorce, military draft, lack of religion, & _____ . 8 When the mountainous region of Appalachia _____ its coal mining industry, unemployment soared. 9 A rule that _____ residents of public housing when they began earning a higher income accidentally created a condition that supported poverty 10 1950s, Despite an expansion of the middle class, 1 in 5 Americans lived below this: 11 _____ of Minneapolis would take in friends until fifteen people filled a 2-room home 12 Schools might have solved 1950s delinquency, but millions of _____ entered the system & districts struggled to pay for buildings and teachers 13 Lorraine Hansberry wrote _____ & it opened on Broadway, telling the story of an African American family struggling against poverty and racism 14 This federal policy made Native Americans subject to the same laws as European Americans & withdrew all official recognition of their status. 15 Antisocial or criminal behavior of young people is called _____ , and it rose 45% in the U.S. from 1948 to 1953 16 Cities could no longer provide transportation & housing because they no longer received _____ from former middle-class residents 17 1950s, Native Americans were the _____ ethnic group in America & made up less than 1% of the population 18 The poor and _____ lacked the means to escape the city, so they were left behind when middle-class families moved to the suburbs 19 The government sets a figure which is the minimum income required to _____ , also known as the poverty line. 20 When _____ launched Sputnik I & Sputnik II, many felt America's education system had fallen behind its Cold War enemy.
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