US 1950s Quiz

After WWII, the Unites States had the:

• First most powerful military

• Second most powerful military

• Third most powerful military

• Fourth most powerful military

In the 1950s, Americans were worried about which political ideology?

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Anarchy

• Fascism

In the 1950s, people started buying homes and getting married. The children born during this time period became known as:

• The Greatest Generation

• The Lost Generation

• Baby Boomers

• Millennials

In the 1950s, many Americans started moving to:

• The city

• The countryside

• Suburbs

• Small towns

The first ever suburb, which you can still visit today, is called:

• Smallville

• Torrance

• Manhattan

• Levittown

What is a suburb?

• A residential area inside a city

• A residential area in the countryside

• A residential area outside of a large city

• Any residential area in the United States

How did the G.I. Bill help soldiers coming home from WWII to afford homes?

• It gave them stimulus checks to purchase homes

• It gave them down payments

• It gave them good jobs

• It gave them low cost mortgages

Although there were many proxy wars across the world during the Cold War, the Cold War was primarily between:

• Germany and Russia

• Russia and the USA

• China and the USA

• China and Japan

What was containment?

• Containing women to the home

• Containing criminals to certain neighborhoods

• Containing African Americans to certain neighborhoods

• Containing communism to Russia

The Red Scare of the 1950s was the fear of:

• Fascism

• Communism

• Anarchy

• Capitalism