Post WWII America

The GI Bill was previously known as the_________?

• Taft-Hartley act

• Serviceman's readjustment act

• The Fair deal

What bill provided funds to help veterans establish businesses, buy homes, and attend college?

• War Bill
• Veterans Bill
• GI Bill

What is a Closed Shop?

• A closed shop is a workplace where employees are allowed to work without any restrictions or regulations.
• A closed shop is a workplace where only non-union members are allowed to be hired or retained as employees.
• A closed shop is a workplace where only union members are allowed to be hired

Who lost to President Truman in the 1948 election?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Thomas E. Dewey

What deal raised minimum wages, increased social security, and provided construction of low-income housing?

• Square Deal
• Great Society
• Fair Deal

A policy of balancing economic conservatism with some activism in other areas is?

• Socialism
• Liberalism
• Dynamic Conservatism

What act provided $25 billion, 10-year project to build more than 40,000 miles of interstate highways?

• The Federal highway act

• Interstate Highway Act

• Transportation Improvement Act

Between 1940 and 1955, the average annual income of U.S families roughly _______?

• Remained the same
• quadrupled

• Tripled

From 1945-1961 more than 65 million children were born. What was this called?

• baby boom
• toddler explosion
• Nothing

A Blue-collar worker is a worker who performs manual labor, particularly work that requires protective clothing.

• False

• True