Civil Rights Part 1 Women's Rights, Presidential Policies

Which are changes in America that occurred after WWII?

• Increased middle class

• Increased car production

• Increase in farmers

• Decrease in farmers

• African Americans moving from the South to the North

What caused the increase in car production and production in the US after WWII?

• increase in personal income (increased middle class)

• the expansion of the highway system (federally funded)

• expansion of suburban developments (cheaper housing)

• movement from suburbs to cities

Why was there a decrease in the number of farmers in the US during the WWII?

• wartime demand for agricultural goods increased

• no one wanted to farm anymore

• wartime demand for agricultural goods came to an end

Union leader intent on improving the living and working conditions of immigrant laborers on California farms. Was highly influenced by Martin Luther King Jr.'s peaceful methods.

• Cesar Chavez

• Harry Truman

• Betty Friedman

• Rosa Parks

1933-1945 Under Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) the federal government created many programs to aid those in need of jobs or economic aid via relief, recovery and reform

• Fair Deal

• New Deal

• New Frontier

• Great Society

Which president is associated with the New Deal?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry S Truman

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Lyndon B Johnson

1945-1953 Under Harry Truman (Democrat) promoted a higher minimum wage, unemployment aid and housing assistance

• New Deal

• Fair Deal

• New Frontier

• Great Society

Which president is associated with the Fair Deal?

• Franklin D Roosevelt

• Harry S Truman

• Dwight Eisenhower

• John Kennedy

Which Republican president took office and continued FDR's New Deal and Harry S Truman's Fair Deal policies?

• Dwight Eisenhower

• John Kennedy

• Lyndon B Johnson

1961-1963 John F Kennedy continued New Deal and Fair Deal programs while adding Peace Corps and Space Program

• Great Societ

• New Frontier

• VISTA