U.S. Final Exam Review

This was the plan put in place to help rebuild Europe after the War:

• Party Plan
• Marshall Plan
• Massive Plan
• Lend-Lease Act

NATO was formed for this purpose:

• To protect it's members from Soviet aggression
• To protect against Soviet music
• To protect against US and UN aggression
• To stop Lex Luthor

What was the main goal of the United States during the Cold War?

• To spread communism
• To strengthen ties with Vietnam and Korea
• To destroy the Soviet Union and its allies
• To contain communism and promote democracy

Whic of the following factors was a major cause of the growth of suburbs during the postwar period?

• increased affordability of homes

•  decrease in school construction
•  decline in the availability of home loans
• increase in the number of women in the labor force

What were the subdivisions called that were built after World War II and helped give middle-class families affordable housing?

• Levittowns

• Hoovervilles

• Midtowns

• Scherervilles

Which of the following was an effect of the economic prosperity of the 1950's?

• Americans invested in consumer goods based on the home, such as televisions, appliances, & automobiles.

• Americans invested heavily in the stock market

• Americans continued to pay high taxes

• Americans purchased more foreign goods produced in Asian countries like Korea and Japan

The 1950s was considered a period

• scarcity

• overconfidence

• low unemployment and abundant goods

• turmoil

What was an effect of Rock and Roll on the United States?

• It increased the importance of appearances on TV

• It created an anti-Communist movement

• It was widely accepted by the US population across age gaps as true music

• It created a generational divide between children and their parents

Although many adults condemned it as loud, mindless, and dangerous, rock 'n' roll music

• sold in record numbers to American teenagers

• Was created by a communist movement

• Attacked traditional religious authority

• Was used mainly in political campaign ads on tv

During the 1950's, there was an American emphasis on ____________ in business to prevent any one individual employee from dominating

• Conformity

• Individualism

• Diversity

• Intellectualism