WorksheetsPostwar Prosperity
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What does HUAC stand for?
House Un-American Activities Committee
How Unbelieveable Are Communists
History Understands American Culture
House Un-American Against Communists
How did HUAC's policies impact citizens?
They had no impact on citizens
The government endangered people's rights
The government supported Communist ideas
They supported nuclear war
People built expensive bunkers and bomb shelters because they were afraid of what?
Flooding caused by climate change
The Soviet Union invading the United States
Germany starting another Holocaust
Nuclear war with the Soviet Union
Why were the Loyalty Review Board and HUAC created?
To create suburban neighborhoods
To investigate people that were NOT loyal to the United States government
To give African Americans more job opportunities
To make women stay at home
Why was there a baby boom after World War II?
Many babies were born after soldiers returned home
Less babies were born after soldiers returned home
Many babies were adopted from overseas
Children were forced to work in factories
Where did middle-class people move to after World War II?
suburbs
cities
farms
mountains
Many middle-class people never experienced what during this time?
cheap houses
more jobs
living in a city
poverty
One negative impact of middle-class people moving to suburbs was what?
city governments could no longer provide resources to poor people living in cities
the Soviet Union was more likely to attack cities
the government wanted to plant spies in suburbs
city governments were able to provide many important services to poor people
Who did the GI bill help?
women
African Americans
veterans
farmers
What did the GI Bill do?
provide resources to veterans to go to college and buy a house
allow soldiers to leave the military early
give families of veterans free medical care
allow veterans to get a free car
What did "The Feminine Mystique" discuss?
women should stay at home and take care of kids
women were not smart enough to work like men
women would be happier if they had to rely on men for money
women would be happier if they could work outside of the home
African American career opportunities increased and expanded during this time period.
True
False
Who wrote "The Feminine Mystique"?
Betty Friedan
Barbara Streisand
Virginia Woolf
Margaret Thatcher
What are suburbs?
cities near the coast
areas outside of cities
underground bomb shelters
