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American Education During the 1940s and 1950s Excerpt

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American Education during the 1950s and 1960s

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Read the following excerpt from the textbook. Answer the questions. 

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What is Behaviorism?

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What background information do you have on the 1950s and 60s?

How did African-Americans and Women gain jobs in areas such as education, factories, and offices?

Women and African-Americans had finally gained rights to work in these areas.

The Federal Government created new jobs in these areas.

Young men were leaving each month to fight the war overseas, creating job vacancies.

They walked in, got interviewed, and got the job!

What was the baby boom?

A huge explosion that killed millions of babies.

A surge in the birth rate over a period of 20 years.

When babies took over the world and began blowing up certain countries, causing World War II.

A time when the amount of babies killed skyrocketed.

What event aided the Civil Rights Movement?

Holocaust

World War II

Cold War 

Baby Boom

How long did the Cold War last? 

Months

Centuries

Years

Decades 

What Act did Congress pass in 1958 that made money available to improve scientific equipment, provide college scholarships and student loans, and encouraged schools to strengthen their math, science and foreign language instruction?

National Defense Education Act

Brown v. Board of Education 

Voting Rights Act

Civil Rights Act 

Where did Brown v. Board of Education take place? 

Jamestown, Virginia 

Topeka, Kansas

Los Angeles, California

Jackson, Mississippi

What were young students often rewarded with when they performed well? 

Red Star Stickers

Candy

Silver Circle Stickers

Gold Star Stickers