1950s Post War America

A person who was born in the Post-World War II years of 1946-1964. Their generation is associated with the rejection of traditional social values and moving towards a more free spirited (hippy) life style complete with drug experimentation and sexual freedom. 

• Baby Boomer
• Post War Boomer
• Boomer
• Nazi

A work place where only union members are hired

• open shop
• multinational 
• closed shop
• service company

William Levitt was

• A stock broker
• involved in mass production of suburbs
• involved in the interstate highway building
• none of the above

Surge in postwar housing construction was due to

• low inflation
• foreign aid
• loans to war veterns
• price controls

The trends in this list all occurred as result of -

• an increase in immigration after World War II
• the creation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
• reductions in peacetime defense spending
• economic prosperity following World War II

In the 1950's most homes were built in the

• Cities
• Rural Areas
• Military bases
• Suburbs

What vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, would have kept FDR out of his wheelchair?

• Polio
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Rickets
• HIV/AIDS

The G.I. Bill gave over 2 million veterans access to what?

• college & housing loans
• manufacturing jobs
• free health care
• food stamps

What linked major cities together & allowed for the movement of missiles?

• Highway Act of 1956
• National Defense Education Act
• G.I. Bill of Rights
• National Aeronautics and Space Act

The Beat Generation began listening to a new popular form of music during the 1950s

• jazz
• the blues
• rap
• rock n roll