S2, Day 9 Do Now - 1950s Counterculture

The rapid growth of population in the 1950s is referred to as the

• Baby Boom
• Generation X
• Silent Generation
• Millennial Generation

Which significant law gave veterans access to free college education and housing?

• Homestead Act of 1862
• Veterans Employment Opportunities Act
• Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (GI Bill)
• Post-9/11 Bill

What new technology of the 1950s increased access to entertainment, news, and sports?

• Film projector
• Radio
• Newspaper
• Television

Who invented the Polio vaccine?

• Albert Sabin
• Jonas Salk
• Louis Pasteur
• Edward Jenner

Throughout the 1950s, what region experienced rapid growth?

• Sun Belt
• Pacific Northwest
• Great Plains
• Rust Belt

What significant law facilitated faster transportation and accelerated movement to the suburbs?

• Interstate Highway Act

• Urban Renewal Act of 1961
• National Defense Highway Act of 1941
• Interstate Commerce Act of 1887