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America Post WW2

Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Democratic party split in 1948 because of what issue?

a)

Truman's support for civil rights

b)

Truman dropped the Atomic bomb in Japan

c)

Truman wanted to draft striking workers

d)

Truman wanted to invade Korea

2.

During the 1950's, these kinds of jobs declined.

a)

advertising

b)

manufacturing

c)

communications

d)

service

3.

A _____ is a large corporation that owns a number of smaller companies.

a)

franchise

b)

corporation

c)

conglomerate

d)

government agency

4.

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

a)

consumerism

b)

social conformity

c)

planned obsolescence

d)

a 40 hr work week

5.

The dramatic increase in car ownership in the 1950s contributed to all of the following except

a)

noise pollution

b)

the Interstate Highway Act.

c)

decreased usage of national parks.

d)

the widening gap between the middle class and the poor.

6.

Three years after more than 57,000 people contracted polio, new innovations led to the development of a vaccine for polio by

a)

Jackie Robinson

b)

Jonas Salk

c)

Hector Garcia

d)

James Baldwin

7.

Planned obsolescence is a marketing strategy in which manufacturers purposely design products to ____________.

a)

last longer than their competitors.

b)

wear out or become outdated in a short period of time.

c)

be used for more than one purpose.

d)

look better than they really are.