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WorksheetsThe American Dream
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Blue collar jobs are for _ and white collar jobs are for _ .
mailmen, doctors
industrial workers, professional and service workers
service dogs, rescue dogs
professional and service workers, industrial workers
What are conglomerates?
substances which cause particles in a liquid to curdle and clot together
smaller companies that pool their resources to own bigger companies
major corporations that own smaller companies in unrelated industries
major companies that sell their assets to smaller companies
What is planned obsolescence?
planning on making computers to take over the world
accidentally making products to become outdated or wear out quickly
purposely making products to be extremely durable and never wear out
purposely making products to become outdated or wear out quickly
What is conformity?
giving up your individuality to fit in and be the same as everyone else
embracing your creativity and daring to be different from everyone else
giving up your standardization to break the mold and be different from everyone else
giving up your hard, clunky furniture to get much comfier furniture
What is consumerism?
excessive concern with giving away material goods
lack of interest in buying material goods
excessive concern with buying material goods
excessive concern with trying to eat any kind of object possible
Percent of homes that owned a tv in: 1950 ( ) and 1960 ( ).
90%, 9%
10%, 90%
19%, 100%
9%, 90%
Which movement sought to liberate the human spirit from the shackles of cold logic driven by industry?
rock 'n' roll
jazz
the beat movement
the Force
Where did rock 'n' roll come from?
jazz
rhythm and blues mixed with country and pop
new wave of old school trve blackened slamming brutal technical goregrind beatdown deathcore & djent
blues
Which white dude made rock 'n' roll a hit in the mainstream?
Elvis Presley
Bill Haley
Chuck Berry
Weird Al
Miles Davis was a champion of which genre?
black metal
rock 'n' roll
jazz
pop
What is urban renewal?
tearing down wealthy neighborhoods to build new low-income housing
tearing down rundown neighborhoods to build new low-income housing
burning down slums to build concentration camps
tearing down rundown neighborhoods to build exquisite mansions
What was the problem with the plan for urban renewal?
sometimes mansions were built instead
sometimes concentration camps were built instead
sometimes low-income housing was built instead
sometimes highways or shopping centers were built instead
What was the termination policy?
The federal government ended economic support for Native Americans.
The federal government ended technical support for Native Americans.
Skynet decided it would be best to eliminate all of mankind.
The federal government increased economic support for Native Americans.
How were Mexican American veterans treated?
A war hero was denied a burial in a cemetery in his hometown.
Washington D.C. held a parade celebrating them.
The government paid for their burial in an honorable cemetery.
Ubisoft made a game where you come home from the battlefield and experience discrimination.
What was "white flight"?
When all the white, wealthy, well-employed citizens moved out of the inner city.
The signature flock flight pattern of the South Norwegian Fire Dove.
When all the poor, working class citizens moved out of the inner city.
When all the white, wealthy, well-employed citizens moved out of the suburbs.
