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1950's Review

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Dramatic increase in birth rate, especially in the years following WWII. This was due to so many people working and making a better living.

a)

Baby Boom ­

b)

Baby Gap

c)

GI Bill

d)

Transistor

2.

Suburbs were created after WWII in the United States to provide housing. Where can you find suburbs?

a)

Inside cities

b)

In rural areas

c)

On the outskirts of cities before you reach rural areas.

d)

All of the above are correct

3.

Trends of the 1950's (middle class, highway system, suburbs) were a result of economic prosperity following ______.

a)

WWII

b)

GI Bill

c)

Cold War

d)

suburbs

4.

How did the G.I. Bill help soldiers?

a)

Offered Low Interest Loans and College Scholarships

b)

Gave free medical care to returning veterans

c)

Encouraged returning vets to rejoin the military

d)

Offered veterans bonus pay

5.

What does 'conformity' mean?

a)

behaving like others to avoid rejection

b)

acting cool and aloof to gain popularity

c)

thinking and speaking like an academic

d)

pretending to be something you are not

6.

Which of these business icons got their start in the 1950's?

a)

Ford Mustang & A Charlie Brown Christmas

b)

Domino's Pizza & Sprite

c)

McDonald's & Disneyland

d)

Captain Crunch & Wal-Mart

7.

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?

a)

Companies quickly shifted from war time to peace time production.

b)

Wages for workers jumped dramatically across the country.

c)

Women remained in the work force and therefore more money was available to buy goods.

d)

Following WWII there was an economic explosion. People bought all sort of things because they had saved money during the war.

8.

Why was the Federal Highway Act of 1956 signed into law?

a)

Because President Eisenhower had a pen.

b)

In Communist Russia, law signs you!

c)

The Cold War meant we needed capability of transporting missiles and military supplies quickly.

d)

WWII caused a Great Depression and people needed jobs.

9.

Beatnik

a)

an elderly person in the 1920s who suffered financial loss.

b)

the fact or process of converting someone or something back to a former state.

c)

­ a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation.

d)

This was a type of music which challenged earlier music and was popular to teenagers.

10.

What part of the business sector expanded in the 1950's?

a)

Blue Collar Jobs

b)

Women in the factory

c)

Advertising, Marketing, Communications

d)

Use of the internet

11.

What new technology greatly expanded after WWII?

a)

Radio

b)

TV

c)

Computer

d)

Cellphone

12.

Who were seen as social rebels of the 1950's?

a)

Mafia

b)

Housewives

c)

Progressives

d)

Greasers

13.

Which best describes Jonas Salk?

a)

He helped to create the Interstate Highway Act

b)

He created a vaccine to stop the infectious disease Polio

c)

He caused more Americans to fear Communists were infiltrating and destroying the United States

d)

He made Rock and Roll and extremely popular form of music in the US among the youth

14.

What was an effect of Rock and Roll on the United States?

a)

It increased the importance of appearances on TV

b)

It created an anti-Communist movement

c)

It was widely accepted by the US population across age gaps as true music

d)

It created a generational divide between children and their parents

15.

Known as the King of Rock and Roll

a)

Billy Graham

b)

Buddy Holly

c)

Elvis Presley

d)

Chuck Berry

16.
With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, ____ became an American way of life.
a)
consumerism
b)
social conformity
c)
planned obsolescence
d)
a 40-hour work week
17.

During the 1950's, there was an American emphasis on what?

a)

Conformity

b)

Individualism

c)

Diversity

d)

Intellectualism

18.

Due to the baby boom after WWII, what was needed?

a)

More stores

b)

More factories

c)

More houses

d)

More parks

19.

What was the Interstate Highway Act?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

It was the construction of thousands of miles of high-speed roads that made living farther from work a possibility.

20.

What were Levitowns?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

It was the name of seven large suburb housing developments created by William Levitt.

21.

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal

a)

allow children to work.

b)

to pay black people less than white people.

c)

to segregate schools.

22.

The car culture of the 1950's led to...

a)

Spread of fast food chains and drive-in movies

b)

Increased the dependence on public transportation

c)

A decline in the number of shopping malls

d)

Revitalized older city neighborhoods

23.

Television programs in the 1950's

a)

Dealt with problems such as illness, alcohol, and depression

b)

Showed high divorce rates among couples

c)

Did not allow commercials

d)

Showed families where the father worked & mother stayed home

24.

What does the photograph indicate about the US in the 1950's?

a)

governments hid atomic weapons

b)

the US was the only country with a nuclear bomb

c)

Americans lived in fear of atomic attack

d)

only government officials would be safe in a nuclear attack

25.

Television would help bring economic growth through

a)

financial programs

b)

children's programs

c)

credit cards

d)

advertising

26.

The traditional role of the housewife called for her to:

a)

Contribute an income to the family

b)

Home school their children

c)

Attend a university to get an education to act as a role model for the children

d)

Support the husband through domestic chores

27.

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

a)

Elvis Pressley

b)

The Beach Boys

c)

Frank Sinatra

d)

Tony Bennett

28.

People who perform professional, managerial, or Administrative type work, these people usually wear suits or business attire. and work in the service sector.

a)

White Collar Jobs

b)

Blue Collar Jobs

29.
In the 1950s, the beatnik and Rock-N-Roll music were viewed as forms of 
a)
Harmless entertainment 
b)
African American culture 
c)
Mainstream values in America 
d)
Rebellions against mainstream values.