History 12 Final Review

Most experts say that the “Baby Boom” took place in this time period:

• 1910-1919

• 1923-1934

• 1939-1945

• 1945-1957

All of the following were part of Truman's “Fair Deal” programs EXCEPT:

• Unemployment compensation

• A higher minimum wage

• Housing Assistance

• Universal Health Care

What best describes the WWII economy?

• Boom period - very good

• Bust period - very bad

• Same as it was before

• Bad until 1970, then very good

What made it easier to attend college, buy homes, and get medical treatment for veterans?

• Military Bill of 1929

• GI Bill of Rights & Servicemen's Readjustment Act

• Medical Act (Medicare)

• Great Society Act

These Two Labor Organizations Merged to Form a Powerful New Union:

• The AFL-CIO

• The IWW-ICO

• The CIO-CIA

• The ICO-AFL

The most important invention to American Culture of the 1950s/1960s was:

• The invention of the automobile

• The invention of the television

• The invention of the radio

• Drone

By the 1970s more people lived here than in cities

• Factory Housing Projects

• Tenements

• Ethnic Enclaves

• Suburbs

Young people who criticized 1950s conformity and society were known as _________.

• Beats

• Hippies

• "Flower Children"

• "No-Nothings"

The "King" of Rock and Roll was:

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This 50s Chicano Rock and Roll musician died at age 17

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