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AQA GCSE History America 1939-73 1. War Production Board Set up in 1932 to organise production and workers dueto increased demand. 2. Lend Lease When the USA supplied weapons to allies during WW... 2. Stimulated production 3. General Motors Company that took on 750,000 workers making shells, bombs, tanks during WW2 4. 1 Million The number of African Americans in the US Army during WW2. Many expected change 5. One Third Percentage of workers in plane construction who were women in WW2 6. American Dream The belief that everyone has the right to be successful through hard work 7. Suburbs Many people moved here in the 1950s, to have more space and a better life 8. Percentage of homes 83% that owned a TV in1958 9. Rebel Without a Cause A James Dean film, which typified 1950s teenage rebellion 10. Rock and ROll Popular style of music with young people in the 1950s 11. McCarthyism Extreme Anti-Communism, with accusations often without evidence 12. House Un-American Activities Committee Set up to investigate communists, gained fame by investigating film stars 13. 1954 Brown vs Topeka, Showed that school segregationwas unconstitutional 14. Little Rock2 / 3 AQA GCSE History America 1939-73 School in which President Eisenhower had to send in troops to protect 9 students 15. 65% Percentage that profits fell by as a result of the Montgomery Bus Boycott 16. Sit-Ins North Carolina, black students sat in 'white' seats in café's [Show More]

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