Cold War- JFK

The vast majority of new homes in the 1950’s were built here

• suburbs

• cities

• barrios

• sub-divisions

With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, ____ became an American way of life.

• consumerism
• social conformity
• planned obsolescence
• a 40-hour work week

The G.I. Bill of Rights made it possible for _________.

• African Americans to serve in combat positions
• Soldiers to take short leaves from fighting 
• Veterans to attend college for free
• Enlisted men to receive officer training

What is the subdivision called that was built after World War II and helped give middle-class families affordable housing?

• Levittown

• Hooverville

• Midtown

• Schererville

Which of the following was an effect of the economic prosperity of the 1950's?

• Americans invested in consumer goods based on the home, such as televisions, appliances, & automobiles.

• Americans invested heavily in the stock market

• Americans continued to pay high taxes

• Americans purchased more foreign goods produced in Asian countries like Korea and Japan

What was the image of the ideal woman in the 1950’s?

• Nurse

• Teacher

• Housewife

• Astronaut

Historically high birth rates in the US from 1946-1964.

• consumerism

• baby boom

• pop culture

• postwar prosperity

What does HUAC stand for?

• House Un-American Activities Committee

• How Unbelieveable Are Communists

• History Understands American Culture

• House Un-American Against Communists

How did HUAC's policies impact citizens?

• They had no impact on citizens

• The government endangered people's rights

• The government supported Communist ideas

• They supported nuclear war

People built expensive bunkers and bomb shelters because they were afraid of what?

• Flooding caused by climate change

• The Soviet Union invading the United States

• Germany starting another Holocaust

• Nuclear war with the Soviet Union