Unit 2 Review

What was the main cause of the Baby Boom in the United States?

• Post-World War II period and soldiers returning home

• Introduction of new technology

• Expansion of educational opportunities

• Rise in immigration rates

This 1944 law gave World War II veterans better opportunities to buy homes, get jobs, and get an education.

• The Equal Opportunity Act

• The GI Bill

• The Civil Rights Act

• The Interstate Highway Act

Two common goods that thousands of American households purchased for the first time during the 1950s were

• Radios and bicycles

• Microwaves and computers

• Cars and TVs

• Books and board games

In the years right after World War II, America's economy

• Grew

• Shrunk

• Remained the same

During the 1950s, the percent of Americans who owned houses

• Increased

• Decreased

• Remained the same

During the 1950s, more Americans began moving here for more peace and quiet away from cities.

• Farms

• The South

• Foreign countries

• Suburbs

The mass movement of white families out of cities and into suburbs during the 1950s was also known as

• the baby boom

• white flight

• the Great Migration

• urban sprawl

The birth rate in the United States increased dramatically from 1946 until 1964. This event is also known as

• Generation X

• The Lost Generation

• The Baby Boom

• White flight

Sales of this item increased dramatically during the 1950s as more Americans moved to suburbs.

• Bicycles

• Cars

• Radios

• Tractor trailers

This scientific movement of the 1950s (and competition with Russia) had the ultimate goal of sending humans to the moon.

• the Cold War

• the Space Race

• the Baby Boom

• Suburbanization