America the Story of Us, Superpower, 11

What is the population of the USA in 1945?

• 100 million

• 140 million

• 180 million

• 220 million

The average American family already earns _________ more than they do in Europe.

• 12 times

• 5 times

• 10 times

• 15 times

Which American president had seen an efficient highway system in Germany/Europe during World War II, and wanted to improve American roads?

• President Lyndon Banes Johnson

• President Dwight Eisenhower

• President John F. Kennedy

• President Harry Truman

Once the Interstate Highway system was built, how long did it take to drive across America?

• 2 weeks

• 10 days

• 100 days

• 4 days

A move to the ________ gave families the opportunity to own their own home with a yard, and commute to work.

• urban area

• federal housing administration

• downtown area

• suburbs

In 1951, the average price of a home was $8,000 USD, how much is that in today's money?

• $71,000

• 100,000

• 200,000

• 51,000

What invention helped create large numbers of Americans moving to the South (Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas)?

• air conditioning (air con)

• Spanish architecture

• double-pane windows

• two-story homes

Living a better life goes back to the big innovation of the 19th century. Used to construct everything from refrigerators to skyscrapers.

• Cement

• Sputnik

• Computers

• Steel

Which president promised to put a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s?

• President Lyndon Johnson

• President John F. Kennedy

• President Dwight Eisenhower

• President Harry Truman

What is the name of the first American space craft to land on the moon?

• Sputnik

• Apollo 11

• Lunar Landing 2000

• Space X