Worksheets5.5.2
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
"Urban sprawl" was accidentally created in post-World War II America thanks MAINLY to which of these?
a)
end of the Cold War
b)
greater shopping opportunies
c)
expansion of the highway system
d)
more fuel-efficient automobile
2.
The popularity of television expanded rapidly beginning in what 20th Century decade?
a)
1930s
b)
1940s
c)
1950s
d)
1960s
3.
Levittown was an important part of what post-World War II issue?
a)
suburban sprawl
b)
nuclear pollution
c)
civil rights movement
d)
anti-Vietnam War protests
4.
Following World War II, America entered an age of greatly increased consumer spending which was made more intense by
a)
new "talking" movies.
b)
rivalries with Russia.
c)
the invention of movies.
d)
advertising on television.
5.
Which of these had the BIGGEST impact on the increase in 1950s consumerism?
a)
movies
b)
newspapers
c)
radio
d)
television
6.
Which conflict is often referred to as the first "televised war"?
a)
Gulf War
b)
Korean War
c)
Vietnam War
d)
World War II
7.
Which industry grew quickly in the 1960s after the United States began their space exploration program?
a)
car
b)
computer
c)
internet
d)
telephone
8.
According to this chart, which statement is TRUE?
a)
More men were unemployed than women in 1970
b)
There were fewer people working in 1995than in 1970.
c)
Women were more accepted in the workplace in 1995than in 1970.
d)
Women were finding it harder to get jobs as the centurycame to an end.
9.
The term "glass ceiling" refers to which issue?
a)
the lack of voting rights
b)
discrimination in the workplace
c)
an increase in home construction
d)
D) pollution in U.S. national parks
10.
Using this picture, how did these developments after World War II impact American cities?
a)
More people began to move into the cities toavoid living in suburban developments.
b)
Lower class families left to move into thesuburbs leaving mainly wealthy people to livein inner cities.
c)
Many families were able to own their home in thesuburbs, leaving the inner cities to people unable toafford their own homes.
d)
African-Americans and other minorities moved to thesuburbs to buy houses in the suburbs, creating mainlywhite inner city communities.
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