1950s Review

Dramatic increase in birth rate, especially in the years following WWII. This was due to so many people working and making a better living....it was called the

• Baby Boom ­

• Baby Gap

• GI Bill

• Transistor

Which of following accurately describes the expected role of women in the 1950s?

• Politically Active 
• Happy Housewife
• Majority Income Earner
• Single Mothers

The population growth in the US occurred mostly

• In the south

• In the cities

• In the suburbs

• In the west

A popular 1950s musician, his brand of rock and roll represented the "rebellion" of the youth against the conservatism, and "classic pop" of their parents

• Elvis Pressley

• The Beach Boys

• Frank Sinatra

• Tony Bennett

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

• consumerism
• social conformity
• planned obsolence
• a 40 hour week

Most Americans in the 1950's relied on ________ as their primary source of entertainment and information. 

• radios
• movies
• television
• telephones

Bert the Turtle says

• "no need to panic!"

• "prepare for the apocalypse!"

• "duck and cover!"

• "Where's Ernie?"

These "super" structures connected multiple states across the country. Built during the Cold War in case of a nuclear attack

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Amtrak Rail System

• Federal Highway System

• Old Town Road

This planned communities sprang up after WWII. They were usually located outside major market cities; families would commute to work with their new luxury cars and homes were "cookie cutter" and affordable

• Suburbs

• Inner City

• Ultraburbs

• Shopping Malls

Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 for doing what?

• Steeling top secret government plans about the cold war

• Robbing a servo

• Public speeches asking for the abolishment of the Jim Crow Laws

• Sitting in the 'whites only' seats on the bus, and refusing to move.