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St 7- WW2-Cold war

Authored by William Clark

Social Studies

11th Grade

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St 7- WW2-Cold war
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Television shows, advertising, and a number of “scientific” books suggested that women should fulfill what roles during the 1950s?

Wife and mother

Wife and career woman

Wife, mother, and worker

Single career woman

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following statements is true regarding technological advances that occurred during the war years?

Few technological and scientific advances occurred during the war because nations had to focus on most of their efforts on achieving military victory.

Military commanders topped using radar in favor of more advanced sonar.

Important strides were made in medical, agricultural, and computer technology.

Computers were invented by accident as scientists studied microwave technology.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The baby boom after World War II led directly to:

A decrease in spending for public education .

An increased demand for housing

A return to a rural lifestyle

a decrease in consumer spending

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which development best reflects the economic prosperity of the US after the Second World War?

Great Migration

Beatnik movement

Civil Rights Movement

Growth of suburbia and consumerism

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Society in the US during the late 1940s and 1950s is best described by which of the following statements?

It was made up largely of a growing middle class.

Fewer citizens bought appliances and automobiles.

Minorities started attending college in large numbers.

Women abandoned the role of housewife to go back to work.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A major cause of the growth of state and Federal highway systems after World War II was the

increased use of mass transit systems

rapid development of suburbs

growing prosperity of inner-city areas

return of city dwellers to farm areas

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What effect did the GI Bill have on higher education?

Fewer people could afford to go to college.

The number of African Americans who went to college drastically increased.

More people started going to college.

Colleges and universities focused less on science and math.

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