St 7- WW2-Cold war

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

“Sputnik Launch Propels Soviets Ahead in Space Race”

In 1957, the United States government responded to the event described in this headline by

• reducing military spending

• building a joint space station with the Soviet Union

• constructing President Ronald Reagan’s “Star Wars” defense system

• providing funds to improve the educational system in the United States

The Cuban missile crisis was effectively ended when the:

• Soviet Union agreed to withdraw weapons from Cuba

• Bay of Pigs invasion removed Fidel Castro

• Cuban authorities signed new trade agreements with the United States

• United States announced the formation of the Alliance for Progress

President John F. Kennedy supported the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba as an effort to

• remove a communist dictator from power

• stop the flow of illegal drugs to the United States

• support Fidel Castro’s efforts for reform

• rescue hostages held by Cuban freedom fighters