US History - 1950s Vocabulary Review

During the 1950s, people believed that a woman's role was

• As a housewife

• Working in a factory

• Going to college

• As the main provider for her family

This 1944 law gave World War II veterans better opportunities to buy homes, get jobs, and get an education.

• The Equal Opportunity Act

• The GI Bill

• The Civil Rights Act

• The Interstate Highway Act

Two common goods that thousands of American households purchased for the first time during the 1950s were

• Radios and bicycles

• Microwaves and computers

• Cars and TVs

• Books and board games

In the years right after World War II, America's economy

• Grew

• Shrunk

• Remained the same

Which of the following is a primary source on the 1950s?

• A woman's diary from 1954 about being a housewife

• Your textbook's chapter on the Space Race

• A graph about the Baby Boom made in 2018

• The Wikipedia page on Dwight D. Eisenhower

During the 1950s, the percent of Americans who owned houses

• Increased

• Decreased

• Remained the same

President Dwight D. Eisenhower's most significant achievement with government spending during the 1950s was

• Giving all Americans free health insurance

• Building colleges for African-Americans

• Building a national highway system

• Creating subway systems in cities

During the 1950s, more Americans began moving here for more peace and quiet away from cities.

• Farms

• The South

• Foreign countries

• Suburbs

During the 1950s, Americans were more likely to shop here than in small stores.

• Online

• Large shopping centers/malls

• Grocery stores

• Department stores

The mass movement of white families out of cities and into suburbs during the 1950s was also known as

• the baby boom

• white flight

• the Great Migration

• urban sprawl