Ch. 16 Post War America

The 1950s was a time of both fear of nuclear war and the spread of communism as well as

• massive polio outbreaks
• a downturn in the economy
• rising unemployment
• stunning economic success

Which of the following politicians used television to downplay a scandal during the 1952 presidential election?

• Richard M. Nixon
• Barry Goldwater
• Adlai Stevenson
• Dwight D. Eisenhower 

Which of the following government agencies encouraged Americans to build bomb shelters in their yards?

• the Children's Bureau 
• the State department
• the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• the federal Civil Defense Administration

A friendly turtle named Bert taught schoolchildren techniques for protecting themselves from the deadly effects of a nuclear blast in the movie

• The Terminator
• Duck and Cover
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• I Love Lucy

Which of the following was a popular television program during the 1950s?

• TV Guide
• Duck and Cover
• the Texaco Star Theater 
• the Mary Tyler Moore Show

Which of the following helped keep employment high in the auto industry in the 1950s?

• Automakers were awarded lucrative defense industry contracts 
• car styles were revised regularly
• The US was the only developed country making automobiles at the time 
• Even the nation's poor families could afford to buy a car for each adult

What may have contributed to television's popularity in the 1950s?

• Political candidates used it to communicate their messages 
• After years of wartime sacrifice, consumers were ready to spend money
• General MacArthur endorsed it
• Advisers sposored entire shows

The concept of massive retaliation was

• adopted from German war strategies by John Foster Dulles
• a pledge that the US would use overwhelming force to settle their serious conflicts
• integral to the formation on the CIA
• the main military strategy of the Soviet Union

The Beat generation rebelled by

• advocating equality for women
• advocating equality for everyone
• performing jazz music to a rock and roll beat 
• rejecting many forms of American society

Computers were not marketed into homes in the 1950s because

• they had not been invented yet
• advertisers did not realize ordinary people would want them
• they were too big and too expensive for ordinary use
• early computers were very dangerous to use