Unit 6 History Study Guide Plato

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What book analyzed the 1950s as a culture of conformity?

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The Lonely Crowd

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What was one effect of the Interstate Highway Act of 1957?

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the emergence of the car as America's main mode of transportation

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What was one effect of the popularity of suburbia in the1950s?

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Whites moved out of the cities, taking their wealth with them.

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Who is associated with the growth of suburbia?

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William Levitt

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What did Malcolm X promote as the answer to the race problem in the United States?

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having total separation of blacks and whites

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Who was a major influence of King's non-violent approach to protest?

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Mahatmas Gandhi

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Why did the US civil rights movement gain new momentum after World War II?

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The booming economy had created a larger black middle class.

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Which organization worked for the rights of migrant farm workers?

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UFW