CRM 3.3 - Post WWII Prosperity

This federal program provided economic benefits to veterans such as money for education and low rate loans for homes and businesses

• Suburbanization

• Interstate Highway System (Federal Highway Act

• GI Bill of Rights (Servicemen's Readjustment Act

• Cash and Carry

Mexican-Americans and African Americans received full benefits under the GI Bill, just as their white counterparts had, true or false?

• True

• False

This organization was created to review government employees' loyalt ot America due to suspected communist threats in the U.S. (ordered by President Harry S. Truman in 1947).

• McCarran Act

• Loyalty Review Board

• Anti-Communist Committee

• Espionage Act of 1947

What was the purpose of the House of Un-American Activities Commitee? (HUAC)

• To investigate anyone suspected of communism, even if it meant overriding the Constitution to do so.

• To work with veterans who could be valuable assets in finding out who among government employees might be a communist

• To bring awareness to suburban areas that there may be a communist threat

• It ensured equal housing for all, including those who may be suspected communists

Soldiers returning from World War II wanting to settle down and start families, with the support of the GI Bill giving them economic support to do so led to what? (Select the best possible answer)

• An influx of immigrants from other countries wanting the same benefits

• A rise in Communist activity from those who wanted equal rights for all sub groups

• A baby boom with a spike in birth rates

• The development of housing on the outskirts of major cities

What led to poverty in major cities becoming an "invisible" problem in America during this time of prosperity?

• The GI Bill leading to so many receiving benefits

• The McCarran Act forcing people to look past poverty in search of communists

• McCarthyism - people were more concerned with the communist threat than poverty

• Suburbanization - middle-class migration to the suburbs, people no longer lived in the cities and did not encounter poverty daily

True or false: All ethnic groups and social classes benefited during this time of prosperity in the United States.

• True

• False

What was the impact of the new Interstate HIghway System? (Choose the best answer)

• It changed patterns of community development, especially in uban areas

• It offered more employment opportunities for minorities and women

• It led to the development of modern transportation

• It led to returning soldiers wanting to work in the transportation department

Foreign policies during the period after WWII such as the Loyalty Review Board, the House of Un-American Activities Committee led to Americans being concerned with Communism. This was also known as what?

• The rise of Capitalism

• The Red Scare

• The Cold War

• Suburbanization

Which of the following is NOT true about the Federal Highway Act (creation of the Interstate Highway System)?

• It was an initiative to improve security

• It was created to make access out of cities faster if there was an atomic attack

• It changed city development patterns

• It made train transportation unnecessary.