Chapter 14 Review US History McGraw Hill

After World War II, labor unrest in the automobile, steel, electrical, and mining industries was triggered by

• falling wages.

• lack of jobs.

• poor working conditions.

• rising inflation.

When workers in the mining industry went on strike for better pay, President Truman ended the strike by ordering government seizure of mines while also

• pressuring mine owners to grant most union demands.

• pressuring strikers to accept a minimal pay increase.

• pushing through a law that banned further strikes.

• pushing through a law that required negotiating with unions.

The name of the first satellite launched in to low earth orbit?

• NASA

• Apollo

• Sputnik

• Russian rocket

Who was the African-American woman who wrote a Broadway play called “A Raisin in the Sun” (1959).

• Lorraine Hansberry

• Toni Morrison

• Gloria Naylor

• Sharon Flake

During the 1950s, the entertainment and advertising industries found a new, independent market in

• the African American community.

• beat writers and artists.

• new suburban communities.

• the new youth culture.

Although many adults condemned it as loud, mindless, and dangerous, rock ‘n’ roll music

• became respectable once it appeared on television.

• criticized American culture for its emptiness.

• gave African Americans a voice in popular culture.

• sold in record numbers to American teenagers.

Which WWII military hero became the 34th President of the United States and signed the Interstate Highway Act?

• Douglas MacArthur

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• George Patton

• Lyndon Johnson

What was the name of the economic extension of the New Deal that was proposed by Harry Truman that called for higher minimum wage, housing and full employment?

• Fair Deal

• New Frontier

• Great Society

• New Federalism

Which of the following did the GI Bill help veterans be able to do? (Check all that apply)

• buy homes

• pay for college

• pay for job training

Who was the 33rd President of the United States who made the decisions to drop the atomic bombs on Japan to end WWII, 1st adopted the containment policy and tried to implement his Fair Deal?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• John F. Kennedy

• Ronald Reagan

• Harry Truman