Post War Boom 2021

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

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

Due to his popularity, this man became known as the King of Rock n Roll.

• Alan Freed
• Elvis Presley
• Buddy Holly
• Little Richard

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

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

The state of having much wealth 

• Summit
• Ghettos
• Affluence
• Subversion