Foner 24

William Levitt, with the help of the GI Bill, gave many Americans the opportunity to

• become homeowners.

• go to college.

• join the military.

• buy consumer goods and pay low interest.

• work for the government.

During the 1950s, television

• was accessible to very few people.

• described and projected the lives of working men and women.

• became the most common source of information.

• only projected superfluous images and programs.

• targeted women.

After World War II, the automobile

• was only used in rural areas.

• was not affordable in the South.

• became central to suburban life.

• continued to be a luxury.

• was replaced by the bus as the preferred method of transportation.

After World War II, the idealized “modern” working women

• worked in factories.

• worked part-time to help support the family’s lifestyle.

• sought personal fulfillment.

• earned as much money as their husbands.

This NAACP lawyer was instrumental in dismantling the legal basis for segregated schools in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case.

• Earl Warren

• Thurgood Marshall

• John Marshall

• William J. Brennan Jr.

• John Lewis

What ended the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Protesters gave up when they needed to ride the buses to get to work.

• Business leaders pushed both sides to come to an agreement.

• The bus companies went bankrupt.

• The Supreme Court ruled segregation on public transportation was unconstitutional.

• The city fully integrated its schools.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

• was sparked when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man.

• did not succeed in desegregating the public buses.

• propelled Thurgood Marshall into the national spotlight as a leader in the civil rights movement.

• marked the end of the civil rights movement.

• lasted less than two weeks.

What helped to launch Martin Luther King Jr. as a civil rights leader?

• He participated in the Freedom Rides.

• He was jailed in Birmingham.

• He protested for the Little Rock Nine integrating a high school.

• He helped A. Philip Randolph protest the lack of blacks being hired in the 1940s.

• He participated in the Montgomery Bus Boycott and spoke at protest meetings.

Why did Georgia change its state flag in 1956?

• It wanted to remember its history as one of the original 13 colonies.

• It wanted to honor Civil War veterans.

• It was protesting communism in the government.

• It was defying the Brown v. Board court decision.

• It hoped to memorialize World War II veterans.

The 1960 presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon

• was broadcast only on the radio.

• allowed Nixon to demonstrate his best qualities, thus winning the debate.

• showed Kennedy to be an ineffective speaker, and thus he lost.

• highlighted the impact of television on political campaigns.

• was little noticed at the time.