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Chapter 19 Guided reading questions
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Chapter 19, Section 1
1. What was “Levittown”?
2. What two challenges did Harry Truman face after WW II?
3. Which president ordered the racial integration of America’s armed forces?
4. Who integrated major league baseball in 1947 and become the National League MVP in 1949?
5. Who were the “Dixiecrats?”
6. What were the goals of Truman’s “Fair Deal?”
7. What Supreme Court ruling declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
Chapter 19, Section 2
8. Define CONGLOMERATE:
9. What percentage of the 13,000,000 new American homes built in the 1950s were built in the suburbs?
10. What were some of the reasons for the baby boom after WW II?
11. Who was the author of The Feminine Mystique?
12. Which president was responsible for the creation of the Interstate Highway System?
13. What was the first credit card?
Chapter 19, Section 3
14. About how many American homes had at least one television in 1960?
15. Who were the“beatniks?”
16. Who was America’s unofficial “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll?”
17. How did racial segregation impact the way Americans heard their music?
Chapter 19, Section 4
18. In 1962, what percentage of American lived below the “poverty line?”
19. What was “white flight”?
20. What cabinet position was created to help deal with inner city housing issues?
21. Why was Felix Longoria, an American soldier killed in the Philippines during WW II, denied a funeral by a Texasfuneral home?
22. How were American Indians impacted by the federal government’s “termination policy” in 1953?
1. What was “Levittown”?
2. What two challenges did Harry Truman face after WW II?
3. Which president ordered the racial integration of America’s armed forces?
4. Who integrated major league baseball in 1947 and become the National League MVP in 1949?
5. Who were the “Dixiecrats?”
6. What were the goals of Truman’s “Fair Deal?”
7. What Supreme Court ruling declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
Chapter 19, Section 2
8. Define CONGLOMERATE:
9. What percentage of the 13,000,000 new American homes built in the 1950s were built in the suburbs?
10. What were some of the reasons for the baby boom after WW II?
11. Who was the author of The Feminine Mystique?
12. Which president was responsible for the creation of the Interstate Highway System?
13. What was the first credit card?
Chapter 19, Section 3
14. About how many American homes had at least one television in 1960?
15. Who were the“beatniks?”
16. Who was America’s unofficial “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll?”
17. How did racial segregation impact the way Americans heard their music?
Chapter 19, Section 4
18. In 1962, what percentage of American lived below the “poverty line?”
19. What was “white flight”?
20. What cabinet position was created to help deal with inner city housing issues?
21. Why was Felix Longoria, an American soldier killed in the Philippines during WW II, denied a funeral by a Texasfuneral home?
22. How were American Indians impacted by the federal government’s “termination policy” in 1953?