Post WWII America (Truman and Eisenhower)

This was the name of Truman's domestic policy ideas

• Square Deal

• Fair Deal

• New Deal

• no deal

Truman's executive action in favor of civil rights accomplished this

• desegregate busses

• desegregate schools

• desegregate military

• desegregate restaurants

Which President passed the 1956 Interstate Highway Act?

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Harry Truman

• Richard Nixon

• Dwight Eisenhower

These southerners left the Democratic party in 1948 because of Truman policy on civil rights

• Progressive Party

• Tea Party

• Dixiecrats

• Dixiecrats

This law enabled veterans to buy a house, go to school, and take time to settle in after WWII

• GI Bill

• Taft Hartley Bill

• Civil Rights Act

• Executive Order 1099

This was the original suburb where the theme of the the homes, cars, and people was conformity

• Pottersville

• Levitttown

• Bedford Falls

• New Smithville

This term refers to the largest generation in America born between 1946 and 1964

• The Greatest Generation

• The Forgotten Generation

• Generation X

• The Baby Boom

"conservative when it came to money and liberal when it came to people" is known as

• Fair Deal

• Dynamic Conservatism

• brinkmanship

• New Frontier

What system was developed in the 1950s that helped many people move to the suburbs?

• The subway system

• The carpool system

• airplane system

• highway system

In the 1950s men’s roles usually included all of the following EXCEPT

• Making important family decisions

• Supporting their families financially

• Cooking, cleaning, and managing the household

• Protector of the family