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WorksheetsPost War America Review (21-22)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
What caused the Baby Boom, Interstate Highways, the growth of the Middle Class, and the rise of Suburbs.
An increase in immigration
A decrease in trade
1950S economic prosperity
A reduction (decrease) in peacetime spending
the 1950s, both the beat movement and rock ‘n’ roll were viewed as forms of ____.
harmless entertainment
rebellion
mainstream American values
African-American culture
What was the name given to an unprecedented population explosion due to soldiers returning home from WWII and settling into family life? It created the largest generation in US History.
Planned Obsolescence
Baby Boom
Conformity
White Flight
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 Presley
The Beach Boys
Bill Monroe
Arthur Crudup
Which of the following is an early example of using mass production techniques to build inexpensive suburban houses?
The Russians beat America to space.
True
False
How did the role of women change following the end of WWII?
The amount of women in the workforce increased
they remained homemakers
women worked just as much as men
men worked worked less than women.
What were beatniks?
The criticized conformity of American society
Contributed to Red Scare propaganda
supported the religious revival
popularized life in the suburbs
Popular television show in the 1950s that featured real life husband and wife as the lead roles.
Father Knows Best
Leave it to Beaver
I Love Lucy
Ed Sullivan Show
What was the significance of Levittown, New York?
It was the setting of a popular television sitcom.
It was one of the earliest suburbs built in the 1950s.
It was the poorest town in the United States.
It was the place where the transistor was invented.
Jonas Salk developed the first vaccine for which illness?
tuberculosis
cancer
heart disease
polio
What were the roots of rock ‘n’ roll music?
Swing music
African American Rhythm and Blues
Church Hymns
Elvis Presley
The imaginary government marker setting the minimum income required to support a family is called the
urban renewal.
poverty line.
income tax.
delinquency.
Many Americans responded to the Soviet launching of Sputnik by demanding that schools
Focus more on math and science.
Offer more physical fitness training.
Require students to learn a foreign language.
Require the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.
Popular nightly show that censored Elvis Presley's performance.
I Love Lucy
Jonas Salk Show
Leave it to Beaver
Ed Sullivan Show
