8.4 Truman and Eisenhower

The ​ (a)   includes businesses such as healthcare, law,

banking, and retail.

• service sector
• franchise businesses
• Sunbelt
• information industries

The rise of ​ (a)   allowed companies to distribute their

products and services through retail outlets owned by independent operators.

• franchise businesses
• information industries
• service sector
• AFL-CIO

​ (a)   produce and sell goods and services all over the world.

• multinational corporations
• AFL-CIO
• franchise businesses
• information industries

​ (a)   ​ is law that limited labor unions’ rights

• Taft-Hartley Act
• Fair Deal
• GI Bill of Rights

On which issue did President Truman make progress?

• civil rights

• labor rights

• national health insurance

• desegregation of the military

President Eisenhower

• decreased federal spending.

• wanted a stronger federal government.

• maintained existing New Deal programs.

• opposed introduction of any new federal programs.

Between 1940 and 1960, more than 40 million Americans

• migrated to the suburbs.

• helped rebuild older cities.

• moved into housing developments.

• returned to rural regions.

Which of the following made the scale of suburban growth possible?

• travel and tourism

• high-interest loans

• interstate highways

• multinational corporations

The flight of the middle class hurt cities because the middle class

• paid a large share of the taxes.

• did not engage in criminal behavior.

• spent a great deal of money in supermarkets and shopping malls.

After World War II, worker productivity increased largely because of

• technological advances.

• veterans reentering the workforce.

• the cost of consumer goods.