Chapter 27 Cold Politics/Post War Boom

What changes led to the growth of suburbs?

• The Baby Boom

• Building of highways

• G.I. Bill

• People moving from urban to Suburban

• All answers are correct

What did the G.I Bill make Available?

• Financial aid for home loans/Financial help for education

• Encourage G.Is to stay in the military

• Free Health Care

• Easy Money

Why did consumerism becoming a culture during the 1950s?

• the influence of the beatniks

• a decline in free time

• the growth of televisions and commercials

• American's had more income

The rapid growth of personal income in the United States after World War II led to the

• A depression

• Rise in middle class

• a decline in birthrate

• lack of luxury goods

How did the baby boom affect American society?

• It encouraged people to move south

• it increased the need for afford homes and educational resources

• It bankrupted social aid projects

• it decreased the new for new homes

Corporations merging together during this time is an signal of what?

• Racial tension in the US

• Renew Simple Living

• Formation of Conglomerates

• Migration Workers

What is similar about the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan?

• Bought sought to contain Communism by reuniting Germany

• Bought sought to contain Communism, but the Marshall plan aided in economic recovery

• Bought sought to contain Communism only in Korea

• Bought sought to contain Communism only in Vietnam

How was the Cold War impacted by the formation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact?

• Nothing happened

• It ended the Cold War

• NATO failed as a group and Warsaw was successful

• The creation of these treaties intensified the Cold War

What was one of the main reasons Harry Truman was reelected?

• He dropped the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• He started the war in Korea

• He started the Cuban Missile Crisis and they wanted him to finish it

• He successfully defied Stalin with the Berlin Airlift and supply West Berlin and keeping American presence in Germany.

What did the United States institute to help rebuild Europe and Japan and prevent the spread of communism after World War II?

• Reconstruction

• League of Nations

• Cold War

• Marshall Plan