Unit 8 Checkpoint 1

What is Levittown?

• First Suburb built in American the homes became the prototype for other suburbs

• First home dedicated to helping immigrants

• Tenement home in NYC

• First suburb built in Cleveland Ohio

What was an effect of suburbs? Select all that apply

• Cities gained more tax dollars

• Polarization of rural and suburban voters.

• Whites left the cities "white flight"

• Urban riots throughout the 1960s

What part of the country did many Americans begin moving to?

• Wheatbelt

• Rustbelt

• Sunbelt

• Snowbelt

What was an effect the movement of people had on the country?

• redrawing congressional districts

• changes in states

• changes in the court systems

• more power went to the northern districts

What did the GI Bill do to help veterans? Select all that apply

• encouraged them to get an education

• guaranteed unemployment benefits

• granted loans for businesses

• granted loans to build homes

The time period after WWII when millions of babies were born is referred to as the

• Family boom

• Inflation

• Kidboom

• BabyBoom

A Franchise is a major corporation that includes a number of smaller companies in unrelated industries.

• True

• False

A conglomerate is a company that offers similar products or services in many locations.

• True

• False

Why did the U.S. experience an era of unprecedented prosperity following WWII? Select all that apply

• Increased demand for goods and services

• Growth of suburbs

• The Baby Boom

• WWI