Unit 8B: (POST WWII PROSPERITY)

After World War II, what was one important result of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (GI Bill)?

• Building United States military bases in allied countries throughout the world

• Providing education and home loan benefits for soldiers returning from World War II

• Maintaining the size of the active duty military at its pre-World War II level

• Sending the United States economy into a post-World War II recession

What was a result of the growing use of the automobile in the 1920s and the Interstate Highway Act of 1956?

• The expansion of inner cities

• The growth of suburbs

• An increase in immigration

• A resurgence in rail travel

What does the cartoon suggest about leaders in government and education during the 1950s?

• They provided greater resources for rural schools than urban schools

• . They placed excessive burdens on schools through federal legislation

• They were challenged by the baby boom that followed World War II

• They supported separate classrooms for students based on gender

How did the GI Bill affect American society after World War II?

• It eliminated child labor

• It increased spending on space exploration

• It expanded voting rights

• It extended educational and housing opportunities

Which characteristic of American life in the 1950s is illustrated in the cartoon?

• Growth of the elderly population

• Effects of suburbanization

• Decreasing use of automobiles

• Declining importance of the media

Which factor directly contributed to the post-World War II development of the community shown in the cartoon?

• Decrease in school construction

• Decline in the availability of home loans

• Rise in the birth rate

• Increase in the number of women in the labor force

What contributed most directly to the changes described in this list?

• A decline in home ownership rates

• A rise in the number of business failures

• An increase in consumer spending

• A decrease in federal employment opportunities

What is the best title for this cartoon?

• Causes and Effects of Economic Prosperity in the 1950s

• Strengths and Weaknesses of Government Economic Policy in the 1960s

• Reasons for Government Economic Planning in the 1970s

• Major Sources of Consumer Debt in the 1980s

What economic effect is illustrated in the data presented on the graph?

• The rapid demobilization of U.S. defense industries after World War II

• Assistance offered by the GI Bill to soldiers returning from World War II

• The federal domestic programs created as part of the Great Society

• . Incentives offered under the Bracero Program to temporary laborers

What caused the trends in this list to occur?

• An increase in immigration after World War II

• Economic prosperity following World War II

• Reductions in peacetime defense spending

• The creation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development