America in the 1950s

What was the GI Bill?

• Helped Veterans afford houses

• Helped people named Bill buy a house

• Discrimination bill against African Americans

The birth of the largest generation of Americans born between 1946 & 1955 was called the

• Hippie Generation

• Gen X

• Millenials

• Baby Boom

Eisenhower created this to help provide military assistance and quick evacuations from major cities.

• Interstate Highways
• Airports
• Subways
• Starbucks

The first large scale suburb of affordable housing was built in New York. It was called

• Hollywood

• Anaheim

• Levittown

• Morristown

Where did people start to move to in the 1950s?

• Inner cities
• Farms
• Suburbs
• Canada

What were Men expected to do for the family in the 1950s?

• To go to war
• To work on a farm
• To work and provide $ for the family
• To quit their job so they could have more free time

What were women expected to do for the family in the 1950s?

• To work and provide $ for the family
• Stay home and care for the children
• Shop at the mall
• Go to college

Who was the first super star of Rock'n Roll?

• Elvis Presley

• Richie Valens

• Little Richard

• Billy Holiday

A main reason why the standard of living improved in the United States was the

• demobilization of the military.

• postwar devastation overseas.

• increased production of goods.

• development of atomic energy.

Who was the Senator who started rumors of the Red Scare?

• John F. Kennedy
• Joseph Stalin
• Neil Armstrong
• Joseph McCarthy