American Generations: The Greatest Generation

What major economic event shaped the lives of this generation?

This generation were the first to grow up with this electronic device in their homes.

Silent films gave way to this type of film in the 1930s.

President Roosevelt revolutionized the way an American president communicated with the American people with these nightly radio addresses.

The majority of able-bodies men in this generation served in this war.

This Hollywood star flew a bomber in the war before returning to star in movies such as Harvey and It's a Wonderful Life.

In the terms FUBAR and SNAFU, created by American servicemen of this generation, what does the U stand for?

What was the name of the fictitious young woman rolling up her sleeves and working in factories to help the war effort?

This form of big band jazz was so popular that the generation was often referred to by it. (the {blank} generation)

This clarinettist and band leader was considered the king of the musical genre.

This congressional bill helped young men returning from service in the war to go to college and buy homes.

A mass migration to from urban and rural areas to these occurred after 1945.

The term for the racist practices of keeping black and minority families out of the new housing developments across the country, creating predominantly white affluent neighborhoods for decades to come.

Members of the Greatest Generation were the first generation to be able to take families on regular summer holiday road trips thanks to this system implemented by President Eisenhower.

The development of color film and large sets created what is often regarded as Hollywood's what?

This "war" with the Soviet Union started just as this generation returned home from the previous war.

He was the first president from this generation.

This "race" started with the Soviet Union in the 1950s.

President Nixon and his vice president Spiro Agnew used this term to describe what they believed to be the larger group of the country that disagreed with all of the changes that took place in the sixties.

This journalist and news anchor is credited with coining the term "Greatest Generation."