The American Dream 1950s

The American Dream 1950s

11th Grade

15 Qs

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The American Dream 1950s

The American Dream 1950s

Assessment

Quiz

History

11th Grade

Hard

Created by

Kayla DiDonato

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

big cities

suburbs

small cities

rural areas

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

radio

movies

telephones

television

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

college students

artists, poets, and writers

teenagers

rock 'n' roll performers

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Most ___ enjoyed the prosperity of the postwar period.

Latinos

African Americans

white Americans

Mexican Americans

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Generation Z

consumerism

baby boom

planned obsolescence

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What peacetime improvement developed as a result of growth in the automobile industry? 
national rail system
regional airports
interstate highways
wagon trains

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