Unit 8: Domestic Policies of Cold War

What term refers to the economic policies promoted by Ronald Reagan in the 1980s?

• Regulation

• Featherbedding

• Subsidy

• Reaganomics

Which term is used to describe a legal document that commands a person to testify or present evidence?

• Writ of habeas corpus

• Subpoena

• Dissenting opinion

• Majority opinion

What is the term for a period of significant increase in the birth rate, particularly noted in the United States following World War II?

• Sustainability

• Affluence

• Baby boom

• Conservation

Which of the following best describes a workplace where hiring is restricted to union members only?

• Right-to-work laws

• Closed shop

• Loyalty review program

• Union shop

What term is used to describe the deliberate act of making false statements under oath?

• Subversion

• Perjury

• Petitioned

• Executive privilege

The first large scale suburb of affordable housing was built in New York. It was called

• Hollywood

• Anaheim

• Levittown

• Morristown

The birth of the largest generation of Americans born between 1946 & 1955 was called the

• Hippie Generation

• Gen X

• Millenials

• Baby Boom

The main style of music in the 1950's was

• jazz

• hip-hop

• country

• rock n roll

Which of the following most accurately describes planned postwar communities like Levittown?

• simple, low-cost housing for the working poor in cities

• large country homes designed to attract buyers

• small suburban homes that middle class families could afford

• custom-designed homes built to meet the needs of individual buyers

Examine the cartoon. What aspect of American society in the 1950s was the cartoonist making?

• high culture

• stay-at-home moms

• suburban conformity

• planned obsolescence