American History Semester 2 Review: 50s and 60s Culture

What was the purpose of the Federal Highway Act?

• To make it easier for cars to get to the new booming town of Las Vegas
• To Mobilize Troops 
• To create jobs for the unemployed
• To decrease roadside businesses and control the spending economy

The baby boom :

• contributed most to the population increase in the 50's
• led to an atmosphere of parenting
• led to new products related to children being developd
• all of the above

During the 1950's, ______________ was an issue.

• the economy
• segregation
• world war
• suburbs

What added to the push for conformity in the 1950's?

• The Beatniks
• Hippies
• Television
• The invention of the telephone

What did the counterculture NOT push for during the 1960's?

• deeper connections with the nuclear family
• the questioning of authority
• the search for self
• sexual freedom

Which healthcare reform started during the Great Society?

• Red Cross
• Obama care
• Blue Cross
• Medicaid and medicare

__________________ investigated the assassination of JFK?

• the Warren Commission
• Kerner Commission
• Ford Commission 
• Select House Committee 

During the 1950's, there was a huge fear of all but _______________.

• communists
• nuclear war
• war with Mexico
• Russian spies

What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society

• created opposition to US involvement in Latin American affairs
• Encouraged the widespread fear of Communism
• strengthened the US Army
• encouraged the Americans to stand up for their civil rights

The first successful satellite launch was made by which country?

• Iraq
• United States
• The Soviet Union
• China