APUSH P8 CQ #2 8.4-8.5

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A significant demographic development in the two decades following the Second World War was a

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rapid growth of suburbs

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Major domestic developments in the United States during President Eisenhower’s two terms included all of the following EXCEPT: the exodus of Black families from the rural South, the peaking of the postwar baby boom, the beginning of construction of an interstate highway system.

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the dismantling of New Deal welfare programs

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In the mid-1950s, President Eisenhower’s argument for federal funding of highway construction emphasized

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national defense

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Which of the following is a correct statement about the college-level education in the twentieth-century United States? State universities increased scholarship aid during the Depression. The “baby boomers” finished college in large numbers in the 1950’s. The GI Bill financed the education of former soldiers during the post-Second World War era. Private universities raised admission standards during the 1940’s.

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The GI Bill financed the education of former soldiers during the post-Second World War era.

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Which of the following migration patterns had the greatest impact on United States society in the 1950s?
Immigration of eastern and southern Europeans to the United States,
Migration of Mexican Americans to midwestern cities,
Immigration of East Asians to the West Coast,
Migration of Americans from urban centers to the suburbs

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Migration of Americans from urban centers to the suburbs

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A United States response to the successful orbiting of Sputnik in 1957 was to

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expand federal aid into education

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All of the following are true of Television in America in the 1940s-1950s except: by the end of the 1950s 90% of American families had a TV; that popular TV shows like "I love Lucy" and "Leave it to Beaver" idealized the nuclear family and traditional gender roles; that the limited number of channels led to "shared viewing experiences" for Americans throughout the nation.

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early television programs quickly broke away from methods and ideas radio had used successfully in the past

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The Beat Generation refers to writers, poets, and musicians who were disillusioned with capitalism, consumerism, and traditional gender roles and created a counter-culture movement

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refers to writers, poets, and musicians who were disillusioned with capitalism, consumerism, and traditional gender roles and created a counter-culture movement

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Rock 'n' Roll during this period flourished due to young people yearning for something beyond the "massification" and "traditionalism" of American culture.

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flourished due to young people yearning for something beyond the "massification" and "traditionalism" of American culture

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All of the following were political developments during the 1940s and 1950s except: a growing network of business leaders who created free market advocacy groups to challenge increasing governmental authority, an increase in libertarianism, especially in suburbs, which promoted individual liberty, property rights, and an economy with minimal government regulation, a rise in the influence of evangelical churches in the suburbs, which often reinforced conservative social and economic views, the dismantlement of remaining New Deal entitlement programs under the Republican Administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower

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the dismantlement of remaining New Deal entitlement programs under the Republican Administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower