WorksheetsAmerica Post WW2
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 4mins
The Democratic party split in 1948 because of what issue?
Truman's support for civil rights
Truman dropped the Atomic bomb in Japan
Truman wanted to draft striking workers
Truman wanted to invade Korea
During the 1950's, these kinds of jobs declined.
advertising
manufacturing
communications
service
A _____ is a large corporation that owns a number of smaller companies.
franchise
corporation
conglomerate
government agency
With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, _____ became an American way of life.
consumerism
social conformity
planned obsolescence
a 40 hr work week
The dramatic increase in car ownership in the 1950s contributed to all of the following except
noise pollution
the Interstate Highway Act.
decreased usage of national parks.
the widening gap between the middle class and the poor.
Three years after more than 57,000 people contracted polio, new innovations led to the development of a vaccine for polio by
Jackie Robinson
Jonas Salk
Hector Garcia
James Baldwin
Planned obsolescence is a marketing strategy in which manufacturers purposely design products to ____________.
last longer than their competitors.
wear out or become outdated in a short period of time.
be used for more than one purpose.
look better than they really are.
