Chapter 26 Affluence and Anxiety in the Atomic Age Study Guide (1950-1959)

A marked increase in the birthrate, especially in the US following WWII

• Baby Boom
• Summit
• Perjury
• Arms Race

Residential area that sprang up close to surrounding cities as a result of improvements in transportation 

• Ghettos 
• Suburbs 
• Fall out shelter 
• Summits 

Known as the King of Rock and Roll

• Billy Graham
• Buddy Holly
• Elvis Presley 
• Chuck Berry 

The name of the first successful Soviet Satellite 

• Sputnik 
• Vanguard 
• Flopnik
• Stayputnik 

The first suburbs that were created from mass produced housing 

• Hoovervilles
• Levittown
• Suburbvilles 
• Dreamtown

Which was a distinguishing aspect of US society during the 1950s?

• conformity
• poverty
• repression
• nonconformity

The purpose of the G.I. Bill was to...

• Provide medical insurance for Korean War Veterans

• Provide reparations for families that lost loved ones in the Korean War and World War II

• Provide money for college tuition or trade school.

• Give the government more authority to send troops overseas to fight communism.

Which answer best describes Brown v. Board of Education?

• Segregation of the schools

• Desegregation of schools

• Redistricting of school zones.

• Supports the building of new school facilities.

Why was she arrested?  

• For sitting in the white section 
• For refusing to give up her seat to a white person 
• for not paying 
• for fighting with the bus driver 

He promoted ______ in the struggle for civil rights.  

• Non-violent Civil Obedience 
• Militant Views 
• racist reaction 
• immediate equality