1950s

Which of the following is NOT an example of conservative values in the 1950s?

• Rules for dating

• Gender roles

• High school dress code

• Desegregation of schools

Which of the following is an example of American conformity of the 1950s? 

• Different hairstyles
• Women getting equal pay
• Everyone going into farming
• American houses in the suburbs 

The traditional role of the housewife called for her to:

• Contribute an income to the family
• Home school their children
• Attend a university to get an education to act as a role model for the children
• Support the husband through domestic chores

The first suburbs that were created from mass produced housing 

• Hoovervilles
• Levittown
• Suburbvilles 
• Dreamtown

How did the US economy respond in the 1950s following WWII?

• It was prosperous 
• It went into a Depression
• It went into a recession
• Nothing happened

The Baby Boom changed the U.S. in the 1950s by...

• Causing an increase in the number of people in rural areas

• Increasing farm production

• Causing the national debt to rise

• Increasing consumer spending and movement to suburbs

The growth of car culture & other subsequent industries was most likely fueled by the

• Brooklyn Bridge Project

• Federal Aid Highway Act

• Sunbelt Construction

• Hoover Dam Project

Surge in postwar housing construction was due to

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

In the 1950's most homes were built in the

• Cities
• Rural Areas
• Military bases
• Suburbs

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

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