(Owens)Unit 8 Exam

Untitled Question

• Social Security Act
• Twenty-Sixth Amendment
• GI Bill
• Americans with Disabilities Act

• The decline of family farming
• The spread of new diseases
• The growth of the suburbs
• The reduction of defense spending

• A decline in home ownership rates
• A rise in the number of business failures
• A decrease in federal employment opportunities
• An increase in consumer spending

• assist soldiers when they returned to civilian life
• ensure proper schooling for army officers
• provide incentives to enlist in the military
• encourage recruits to view the military as a career

• an increase in immigration after World War II
• the creation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
• reductions in peacetime defense spending
• economic prosperity following World War II

• (1) Increased urban decay; (2) Increased leisure time
• (1) Increased demand for housing; (2) Increased deforestation
• (1) Increased demand for automobiles; (2) Increased labor union membership
• (1) Increased immigration; (2) Increased racial tension

• the rapid demobilization of U.S. defense industries after World War II
• the federal domestic programs created as part of the Great Society
• incentives offered under the Bracero Program to temporary laborers
• assistance offered by the GI Bill to soldiers returning from World War II

Which of these is an effect rock and roll had on society in the United States in the 1950s?

• It reminded people of prewar days.
• It contributed to a cultural divide between generations.
• It increased the fear of communist expansion.
• It promoted values learned during times of economic hardship.

• Causes and Effects of Economic Prosperity in the 1950s
• Strengths and Weaknesses of Government Economic Policy in the 1960s
• Reasons for Government Economic Planning in the 1970s
• Major Sources of Consumer Debt in the 1980s

• An increase in unemployment
• The popularity of television
• A decrease in urban population
• The resurgence of fundamentalism