
Topic 3: Postwar Economy, Culture, Great Society (Period 8)

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9th - 11th Grade
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Catherine Selinger
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A significant demographic development in the two decades following the Second World War was a
decline in marriage and birth rates
rapid growth of suburbs
movement from urban to rural communities
increasing migration from the South and West to the Northeast
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Major domestic developments in the United States during President Eisenhower’s two terms included all of the following EXCEPT
the dismantling of New Deal welfare programs
the peaking of the postwar baby boom
the beginning of construction of an interstate highway system
the buildup of nuclear weapons
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society included all of the following EXCEPT
job training programs
government-insured bank deposits
healthcare for the poor and elderly
early childhood education programs
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following was a major effect of the passage of the Immigration Act of 1965 ?
The total number of immigrants admitted to the United States was significantly reduced.
Immigrants from within the Western Hemisphere were given preference over other immigrants.
Immigration from Britain, Ireland, and Germany increased significantly.
Immigration from Asia increased significantly.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In her influential 1962 work Silent Spring, Rachel Carson warned
that many cars built in the United States were unsafe
about the dangerous impact of pesticides
that poverty in the United States threatened the overall economy
about building resentment in the conservative movement towards feminists
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
One significant result of the trend appearing in the chart was the
decrease in the number of immigrants seeking entry to the United States
increase in labor union membership
the growing political and economic influence of the Sunbelt
decline in the popularity of conservative politicians
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Levittown characterized what some social critics believed to be
tangible evidence of the strength of the nation’s largest cities
the end of racial segregation
a sign that Americans were becoming more tolerant of cultural differences
a representation of conformity of postwar culture
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