Unit 4 Review and Extra Credit

Why were the US and Soviet Union on opposite side of the Cold War?

• The US dropped bombs on the Soviet Union

• The Soviet Union dropped bombs on the US

• The two countries had different viewpoints of government and the economy

What organization formed to stop the spread of Communism?

• NATO

• PETA

• FFA

• USA

William J. Levitt contributed to the growth of the suburbs by

• Mass-producing homes

• Mass-producing automobiles

• Designing interstate highways

• Providing low-interest mortgage loans

How did Baby Boom affect life in the United States?

• child labor increased

• population grew quickly

• fewer new homes were built

• food availability went up

Choose all the consumer products of the 1950s that Americans bought after WWII (3 answers)

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The Increased demand for housing after WWII was due to

• baby boom and GI Bill

• Fear of communist

• Increased immigration

• demand for automobiles

What new style of music did teenagers popularize during the 1950s?

• hip-hop

• pop

• jazz

• rock 'n' roll

The singer whose music gave the young people the sounds of rock n' roll

• Elvis Presley

• The Beatles

• Jimmie Dean

• James Dean

After the war, it replaced the radio and became the main entertainment for American families.

• television

• YouTube

• internet

• Tiktok

the "American Dream" represented

• conformity.

• stability.

• happiness.

• All of the above