1950's Quiz Practice

How did people in the 1950s suburbs get around.

• public transportation

• horse and carriage

• personal car

• dump truck

The baby boom made homemaking a full time job for...

• working poor men

• immigrants

• millions of middle class women.

• millions of unemployed farm workers

Businesses in the 1950s encouraged...

• individuality

• looked for creative thinkers

• Conformity

• Fitting in

Dr. Jonas Salk developed this vaccine during this time period.

• chicken pox

• Smallpox

• Covid 19

• Polio

During the 1950's this type of job grew faster and created a larger ...

• Blue collar / impoverished population

• White collar / upper class

• Pink collar / nursing class

• White collar / middle class

A company that offers similar products or services in many locations is known as a .

• Box store

• Two for one deal

• Franchise

• Walmart

Which phrase would best represent the attitudes towards women in the 1950s (such as from Dr. Benjamin Spock)?

• Women should question their role in society.

• Women should stay in college and be educated.

• Women should stay at home and not have children.

• Women should be satisfied with their role in society and the family.

Which of the following things did increase or rise in the United States during the 1950s? (3 correct answers)

• average age of marriage.

• the number of middle class Americans.

• life expectancy.

• the birth rate.

Which of these statements best describes the impact of The Other America when it was published in 1962?

• It incited riots among poverty-stricken minorities.

• It woke up the nation to the reality that poverty still existed in many places.

• It led to the formation of a new political party for people in poverty.

• It was ignored by politicians, who blamed the poor for their poverty.

Things a beat or beatnik would say

• I avoid traditional jobs/I follow the pack.

• I avoid traditional jobs / I groove to modern jazz

• I follow Buddhism / I believe in the government

• I have a regular job and love to be on schedule