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WorksheetsPost WWII America
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What helped veterans buy homes and was a contributing factor to the explosion of the suburbs?
a)
GI Bill
b)
Veterans Bill
c)
Interstate Highway Act
2.
What isn't a reason for the economic recovery of the U.S. after WWII?
a)
investment in war bonds
b)
armed service pay
c)
rationing and saving during WWII
d)
tax breaks by American government
3.
Which is not a reason for the migration of Americans from the Rustbelt to the Sunbelt?
a)
Defense and Space industry jobs
b)
Air Conditioner
c)
Government built dams
d)
cheap oil prices
4.
After WWII Americans experienced the highest standard of living in the world
a)
True
b)
False
5.
The American Dream made a lot of people ____________ to a certain way of life
a)
conform
b)
adapt
c)
question
6.
What is a major corporation that includes a number of smaller companies in unrelated fields
a)
conglomerate
b)
franchise
c)
suburb
7.
When a business sells the rights to its products (McDonalds) as a strategy for business expansion it is called a
a)
conglomerate
b)
franchise
c)
suburb
8.
Husbands returning from war, Decreasing marriage age, Desirability of large families, Confidence in economy. and Advances in medicine all contributed to creating a _________________________
a)
Baby Boom
b)
population migration to the Sunbelt
c)
Civil Rights movement
9.
The role of homemaker and mother was glorified in popular magazines, movies and television
a)
True
b)
False
10.
What led to: more trucking, less railroad use, and suburbs further away from cities
a)
Interstate Highway System
b)
Automobile use
c)
GI Bill
11.
The Interstate "homogenized" America. What does "Homogenize" mean?
a)
made everyting the same
b)
made everything different
12.
Which does not make the statement true. Comsumerism_____________________
a)
is the buying os material goods
b)
was equated with status and success
c)
was promoted as a civic duty
d)
was slowed down by the advertising industry
13.
Which makes the statement false. During the 1950s and 1960s Americans had more ___________________ than ever before
a)
leisure time
b)
debt
c)
spending money
d)
unemployment
14.
Which music type developed out of this time period
a)
Rock n Roll
b)
Blues
c)
Jazz
d)
Hip Hop
15.
Which group of people were against social conformity, shunned work, and sought understanding through music, drugs and Zen Buddhism
a)
Beatniks
b)
Organization man
c)
Suburbanites
16.
The migration of Whites from the cities to the suburbs is called
a)
White Flight
b)
The Great Migration
c)
subrubanization
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