USII Unit 10 Review: The 1950s

Returning from WWII, soldiers in mass got married and started families. This refers to the ___________ of the 1950's.

• Levittown

• Baby Boom

• National Defense Education Act

• G.I. Bill

What did the G.I. Bill of 1944 provide?

• lifelong careers in the military

• women and minorities with factory jobs

• low-income families with housing

• soldiers with money for housing or education

People moved out of the city and into ______, or Levittowns, to start families.

• suburbs

• farms

• trailers

• ghettos

Read the following statement and answer the question:

Consumer goods were no longer rationed and people cashed in war bonds. Businesses converted their factories back from making war materials to making more consumer goods.

What economic practice is being explained here?

• Rationing

• Socialism

• Consumerism

• Supply and Demand

What did Eisenhower implement in America's infrastructure to promote auto travel?

• river dams

• interstate highways

• paved roads

• complex bridges

What economic practice from the 1920's returned in the 1950's where Americans purchased goods with money they did not have?

• bank runs

• speculation

• overdraft

• credit lines

Following the end of the war, men returned to working in the _________ whereas women returned to working in the _____.

• home; factories

• fields; church

• factories; home

• military camps; classrooms

What form of entertainment took over the 1950's?

• music

• radio

• movies

• television

In combination with residential and familial responsibilities, women also increasingly ________________.

• found time to bond with other housewives

• re-entered the workforce and worked outside of the home

• began prominent and influential government programs

• joined the military

What did Congress pass to increase educational, economic, and political opportunities for women and minorities?

• Fair Labor Standards

• Lend-Lease Act

• Selective Training and Service Act

• Civil Rights Legislation