The American Dream 1950s

The vast majority of new homes in the 1950's were built in the ___

• big cities

• suburbs

• small cities

• rural areas

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

• consumerism

• social conformity

• planned obsolesence

• a 40-hour work week

Most Americans in the 1960's relied on ___ as their primary source of entertainment and information.

• radio

• movies

• telephones

• television

The expression of nonconformity by ___ developed into the beat movement.

• college students

• artists, poets, and writers

• teenagers

• rock 'n' roll performers

Most ___ enjoyed the prosperity of the postwar period.

• Latinos

• African Americans

• white Americans

• Mexican Americans

The unprecedented population explosion that began in the late 1940s through the early 1960s

• Generation Z

• consumerism

• baby boom

• planned obsolescence

What peacetime improvement developed as a result of growth in the automobile industry? 

• national rail system
• regional airports
• interstate highways
• wagon trains

Click on all the consumer products of the 1950s that Americans bought after WWII (3 answers)

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What new style of music did teenagers popularize during the 1950s?

• country 'n' western

• blues

• jazz

• rock 'n' roll

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

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