8.5 Mass Culture 1950s

Author of a book on nurturing young children is ​ (a)  

• Benjamin Spock
• Elvis Presley
• Dr. Jonas Salk
• James Watson

The amount of money the average family earns

in a year is known as ​ (a)   .

• median family income
• consumerism
• franchise businesses

Buying as much as one can, much of it on credit is known as ​ (a)  

• consumerism
• rock-and-roll
• California master plan
• keeping up with the Jones's

Singer who set off a new craze in rock music?

​ ​ (a)  

• Elvis Presley
• Conway Twitty
• Irving Berlin
• Benny Goodman

What disc jockey Alan Freed called “race” music?

​ (a)  

• rock-and-roll
• rap
• hip-hop
• house

A household consisting of a mother, a father, and

their children?​

​ (a)  

• nuclear family
• extended family
• modern family

During the 1950s, American consumers

• had less money to spend.

• bought fewer goods on credit.

• purchased new labor-saving appliances.

• did not respond well to commercial advertisements.

Which of the following is true about the television

• had little impact on family life.

• offered few programs for women.

• changed the way politicians ran for office.

• was too expensive for most Americans to buy.

Dr. Jonas Salk

• developed a vaccine against polio.

• encouraged women to work outside the home.

• emphasized the importance of nurturing children.

• attracted millions to religious revivals around the nation.

Rock-and-roll music

• became a symbol of youth culture.

• was favored by adults.

• grew out of a subversive communist movement.

• developed as a southern alternative to rhythm and blues music.