Worksheets1950s Review Game
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 14mins
The GI Bill was passed under president Roosevelt’s administration in this year:
1944
1951
1932
1939
What is the official name of the GI Bill?
The GI Bill
Soldier's Care Act
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act
Hawley-Smoot Act
How much did the GI Bill originally allot for college expenses?
$250
$500
$750
$1,000
The GI Bill provided education benefits as well as _____ benefits
Training
Unemployment
Travel
Food
The GI Bill enabled this popular 1950s housing trend by promising federally guaranteed loans to veterans
Consumerism
Levittownism
Leisure Era
Suburbanization
True or False: Suburbanization already was booming before WWII
True
False
Suburbanization lead to an increase in ___________.
Divorce
College attendees
Bank Runs
Consumerism
The Levitt family created the most popular suburbs known as___________.
Levittvilles
Levittowns
Levitthomes
Levittacres
Where Levittowns integrated?
They weren't at first, but they eventually were
Yes, they always were
No they never were
At first they were. then they weren't
Why would suburbs be beneficial to parents of Baby Boomers?
More opportunities for leisure time
It showed their status
Extra space for growing families
Less crowded
The buying of material goods that is equated with success is called _________.
Consumerism
Status Symbol
Consumptionism
Affluence
President Eisenhower’s 1956 construction project that connected the country like never before.
The North American Roadway System
The Inter Continental Highway System
The Intrastate Highway System
The Interstate Highway System
The FCC stands for...
Federal Communications Control
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communism Committee
Federal Consumerism Committee
This type of culture sprang up in the 1950s because people had more time on their hands to do activities like sports, bowling, fishing, and watching TV.
Luxury Culture
Free Time Culture
Leisure Culture
Spare Time Culture
a policy of producing consumer goods that rapidly become obsolete and so require replacing, achieved by frequent changes in design, termination of the supply of spare parts, and the use of non durable materials.
Obsolescence Consumerism
Planned Obsolescence
Routine Obsolescence
Purposeful Obsolescence
Who was President during a majority of the 50s?
Nixon
Truman
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
This moviestar of
“Rebel Without a Cause” symbolized the growing teen culture in the 1950s
Elvis Presley
Marlon Brando
James Dean
Rock Hudson
This head of the Soviet Union from 1953-64 is seen here with Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leon Trotsky
Grigori Rasputin
Who's this guy?
Alger Hiss
Julius Rosenberg
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Joseph McCarthy
This FLOTUS used to clip coupons in the white house during the 50s
Bess Truman
Mamie Eisenhower
Pat Nixon
Ladybird Johnson
This color refers to the communist scare that gripped the nation in the 40s and 50s.
Red
Crimson
Scarlet
Puce
Bert the Turtle’s Duck and Cover drills represent a Cold War fear of what?
Cuban Submarine Attack
Soviet Invasion
Fire Bombing
Nuclear War
HUAC stands for
House United American Committee
House Un-American Activities Committee
House Urban Administration Committee
House Unilateral Arms Committee
Claiming communism had infiltrated this US institution caused the downfall of Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
The House of Representatives
The President's Cabinet
The United States Senate
The United States Military
The end of the Korean Conflict in 1953 resulted in a divided Korea, at what line was Korea Divided?
35th Parallel
36th Parallel
38th Parallel
39th Parallel
After Eisenhower what three letter man became the president in 1961?
FDR
JFK
LBJ
WJD
