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Worksheets1950's Review
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 21mins
Dramatic increase in birth rate, especially in the years following WWII. This was due to so many people working and making a better living.
Baby Boom
Baby Gap
GI Bill
Transistor
Suburbs were created after WWII in the United States to provide housing. Where can you find suburbs?
Inside cities
In rural areas
On the outskirts of cities before you reach rural areas.
All of the above are correct
Trends of the 1950's (middle class, highway system, suburbs) were a result of economic prosperity following ______.
WWII
GI Bill
Cold War
suburbs
How did the G.I. Bill help soldiers?
Offered Low Interest Loans and College Scholarships
Gave free medical care to returning veterans
Encouraged returning vets to rejoin the military
Offered veterans bonus pay
What does 'conformity' mean?
behaving like others to avoid rejection
acting cool and aloof to gain popularity
thinking and speaking like an academic
pretending to be something you are not
Which of these business icons got their start in the 1950's?
Ford Mustang & A Charlie Brown Christmas
Domino's Pizza & Sprite
McDonald's & Disneyland
Captain Crunch & Wal-Mart
There were fears after WWII that the U.S., and the rest of the world, would fall back into Depression. Why did this fear not become reality?
Companies quickly shifted from war time to peace time production.
Wages for workers jumped dramatically across the country.
Women remained in the work force and therefore more money was available to buy goods.
Following WWII there was an economic explosion. People bought all sort of things because they had saved money during the war.
Why was the Federal Highway Act of 1956 signed into law?
Because President Eisenhower had a pen.
In Communist Russia, law signs you!
The Cold War meant we needed capability of transporting missiles and military supplies quickly.
WWII caused a Great Depression and people needed jobs.
Beatnik
an elderly person in the 1920s who suffered financial loss.
the fact or process of converting someone or something back to a former state.
a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation.
This was a type of music which challenged earlier music and was popular to teenagers.
What part of the business sector expanded in the 1950's?
Blue Collar Jobs
Women in the factory
Advertising, Marketing, Communications
Use of the internet
What new technology greatly expanded after WWII?
Radio
TV
Computer
Cellphone
Who were seen as social rebels of the 1950's?
Mafia
Housewives
Progressives
Greasers
Which best describes Jonas Salk?
He helped to create the Interstate Highway Act
He created a vaccine to stop the infectious disease Polio
He caused more Americans to fear Communists were infiltrating and destroying the United States
He made Rock and Roll and extremely popular form of music in the US among the youth
What was an effect of Rock and Roll on the United States?
It increased the importance of appearances on TV
It created an anti-Communist movement
It was widely accepted by the US population across age gaps as true music
It created a generational divide between children and their parents
Known as the King of Rock and Roll
Billy Graham
Buddy Holly
Elvis Presley
Chuck Berry
During the 1950's, there was an American emphasis on what?
Conformity
Individualism
Diversity
Intellectualism
Due to the baby boom after WWII, what was needed?
More stores
More factories
More houses
More parks
What was the Interstate Highway Act?
1
2
It was the construction of thousands of miles of high-speed roads that made living farther from work a possibility.
What were Levitowns?
1
2
3
It was the name of seven large suburb housing developments created by William Levitt.
Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal
allow children to work.
to pay black people less than white people.
to segregate schools.
The car culture of the 1950's led to...
Spread of fast food chains and drive-in movies
Increased the dependence on public transportation
A decline in the number of shopping malls
Revitalized older city neighborhoods
Television programs in the 1950's
Dealt with problems such as illness, alcohol, and depression
Showed high divorce rates among couples
Did not allow commercials
Showed families where the father worked & mother stayed home
What does the photograph indicate about the US in the 1950's?
governments hid atomic weapons
the US was the only country with a nuclear bomb
Americans lived in fear of atomic attack
only government officials would be safe in a nuclear attack
Television would help bring economic growth through
financial programs
children's programs
credit cards
advertising
The traditional role of the housewife called for her to:
Contribute an income to the family
Home school their children
Attend a university to get an education to act as a role model for the children
Support the husband through domestic chores
A popular 1950s musician, his brand of rock and roll represented the "rebellion" of the youth against the conservatism, and "classic pop" of their parents
Elvis Pressley
The Beach Boys
Frank Sinatra
Tony Bennett
People who perform professional, managerial, or Administrative type work, these people usually wear suits or business attire. and work in the service sector.
White Collar Jobs
Blue Collar Jobs
