APUSH Period 8: Chapter 26

Symbolic contest between the U.S. and USSR over which country had a better standard of living

Location of an international conference that created important post-war financial organizations

Provided loans for reconstruction of war-torn Europe and newly independent third-world countries

Stabilized currencies and provided a predictable monetary environment for trade, U.S. dollar serves as the benchmark

Employed 3.5 million Americans in 1961, rooted in business-government partnerships post-WWII, always ready for war after WWII ended

Satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, causes U.S. to kick into high gear over fears that the USSR is surpassing the U.S. in technology

1958, funneled billions into American universities after USSR launches the first satellite

Helped former soldiers purchase homes without a down payment, sparked a boom in construction, created jobs, and lifted consumer spending

Became a major factor in U.S. economic life, nation's major industrial corporations now operate with union contracts

Cultural phenomenon, term used for youth in 1950s America

A group of young white writers and poets in San Francisco, loved jazz and hated middle-class materialism

Many people have children at the same time, peaked in 1957 and saw the population explode in number

1956, authorized $26 billion to be spent on a nationally integrated highway system, needed as there were more cars and concerns about evacuation in case of a nuclear attack

Southern and southwestern states, saw most of suburban living

U.S. president (#34), spoke on the military-industrial complex at his final address to the nation. Pushed Congress to give extra money for education after USSR beats America to space

Influential trumpeter who developed a "cool" variation of bebop music

Reverend who spread affirmations of faith, became the nation's lead Evangelical preacher after his revivals and crusades were viewed by hundreds of thousands of people

Wrote Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, many mothers find his new approach to raising the youth liberating

Revolutionized suburban housing, applied mass-production techniques, made homes extremely quickly