Day 1 Cold War Quiz US History 2019

The rise in the Sunbelt’s political power was primarily due to a concurrent rise in

• defense industry spending.
• the national highway system.
• suburban housing developments.
• population migration.

How did the end of the Second World War influence the pattern of population growthin the United States?

• The movement of women to the workforce reduced birth rates.
• The sudden influx of returning soldiers caused a boom in birth rates.
• The high casualty rate from the war contributed to reduced birth rates.
• The renewed availability of rationed foods increased individual life spans.

Which of the following gave veterans an opportunity to get an education, start a new business and buy new houses?

• GI Bill of Rights
• Taft-Hartley Act
• Jim Crow Laws
• The Fair Deal

Which of the following is an early example of using assembly line techniques to build inexpensive suburban houses?

• The Villages
• Suburban Heights
• Levittown
• New York City

He mass produced houses: one model, interchangeable parts, and affordable to the middle class

• Henry Ford

• William Levitt

• Alfred Kinsey

• Richard Nixon

After World War II, what was one important result of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (GI Bill)?

• Women became eligible for the draft.

• Defense industries recruited more women.

• The demand for housing decreased.

• Many veterans attended college.

The program being promoted by this poster was created to -

• assist soldiers when they returned to civilian life

• ensure proper schoolng for army officers

• provide incentives to enlist in the military

• encourage recruits to view the military as a career

“White flight” involved the mass exodus of white Americans from the nation’s ____

• cities
• suburbs
• farms
• coast lines

How did the“baby boom” impact American society between 1945 and 1960?

• Slowed the demand for houses.
• It decreased the need for tax reform.
• Increased the need for schools.
• Encouraged people to migrate to the western states.

The increased availability of air condition led to the settlement of the warmer southern and western states known as the.

• cornbelt
• orangebelt
• sunbelt
• potatobelt