5.22 Post WWII

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After WWII, the United States experienced a baby

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when 76 million babies were born in ​

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decades. During this time growing families wanted and needed more ​

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to live. Many families left the ​

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cities to live in areas known as ​

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. These areas were located near the edge of cities.

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boom

two

space

crowded

suburbs

five

rural

Multiple Choice

In 1946 there were 330 babies born every hour. This was called...

• The population explosion

• The post war populus

• The Baby Boom

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America's most famous post war town of homes was...

• New York

• Philadelphia

• Levittown

• New Jersey

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This new way of living in a community with a home with a small yard was called

• Condominiums

• Suburbs

• Assisted Living

• Apartment Complexes

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A negative aspect of the growing economy was that many consumers acquired?

• many new consumer goods such as automobiles and televisions

• credit card debt

• houses in the suburbs

Multiple Choice

The Interstate Highway System was developed for all the following reasons except?

• provide tax revenue

• for quick travel through the United States

• to connect the 48 mainland states

• to travel greater distances to and from work

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​ ​ ​

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​ helped to establish the highway system.

Multiple Choice

Before the Highway System Act, it took Eisenhower how many days to travel across the United States?

• 26

• 6

• 62

• 86

Multiple Choice

After WWII, society embraced the developing mass media market for all of the following reasons except...

• People wanted to be entertained

• People had more money to spend

• People were tired of getting their news from newspapers

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All of the following types of entertainment were part of the mass media growth in the U. S. except?

• radios

• movies

• televisions

• comic books

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The ​

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industry grew simultaneously as the entertainment industry after WWII.

Open Ended

What did the increased production of the automobile, affordable housing, and interstate highways all contribute to?