Post-War Life

The vast majority of new homes in the 1950’s were built here

• suburbs

• cities

• barrios

Which characteristic of American life in the 1950s is illustrated in this cartoon?

• growth of the elderly population

• effects of suburbanization

• decreasing use of automobiles

What were the subdivisions called that were built after World War II and helped give middle-class families affordable housing?

• Levittowns

• Hoovervilles

• Midtowns

The population increase known as the “baby boom” began in the late 1940s. 

• true
• false

Means of communication to reach large audiences

• stereotype

• mass media

• beat movement

One purpose of the GI Bill (Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944) was to

• end racial segregation in the military

• replace the draft with an all-volunteer military

• give educational aid to returning veterans

The 1957 launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union embarrassed the United States because it

• allowed the Soviets to place missiles in Turkey

• revealed that the Soviets had nuclear weapons

• appeared that the United States had failed to keep up in scientific achievement

The GI Bill helped World War II veterans by

• protecting them from being recalled to duty

• guaranteeing them government jobs

• giving them several types of economic assistance

Which event marked the beginning of the space race with the Soviet Union?

• U-2 spy plane incident

• launch of Sputnik

• Berlin Airlift

Controversies involving Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg reflected the post–World War II concern over

• testing nuclear missiles

• joining the United Nations

• spying by communists in the United States