The 1950's

From 1945 to 1960 the average annual income per person, or __________, nearly doubled

• Gross National Income

• Gross Domestic Product

• Per Capita Income

• Net National Income

A giant corporation becomes a ____________ by investing in a wide range of businesses that produce different kinds of goods and services

• Amalgomation

• Conglomeration

• Zaibatsu

• Multinational

A(n) _____________ gives a group or individual the right to market a company’s goods or services

• Franchise

• Charter

• Sanction

• Approbation

A tiny circuit that improved the transmission of electronic signals is called a(n) ____________.

• Central Processing Unit

• Motherboard

• Transistor

• Solid State Drive

The high birth rate that followed World War II continued the _______________ that had begun during the war.

• Dependency Ratio

• Pronatalism

• Ethno-nationalism

• Baby Boom

In 1944 Congress passed the ___________ to give World War II veterans benefits like college tuition and low-interest mortgages

• Square Deal

• New Deal

• Bonus Dispersement

• GI Bill

President Eisenhower’s conservative approach to government was known as __________.

• Chartism

• Neo-Federalism

• Modern Republicanism

• Sectionalism

Work in the 1950s by doctors Salk, Francis, and Sabin effectively eliminated the threat of which disease?

• Measles

• Yellow fever

• Diabetes

• Polio

In the 1950s, most Americans wanted to

• Fight another world war.

• Imitate European ways of life.

• Rebel against American society.

• Enjoy the prosperity of the times.

During the 1950s, women were expected to

• Earn money to support their family.

• Make important political decisions.

• Work at home and raise children.

• Go to college.