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Counterculture

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How did the GI 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
2.
A marked increase in the birthrate, especially in the US following WWII
a)
Baby Boom
b)
Summit
c)
Perjury
d)
Arms Race
3.

Choose all that apply. Which contributed to the growth of the suburbs?

a)

Baby Boom

b)

Development of Levittowns

c)

National Interstate and Highways Defense Act

d)

Consumer Economy

4.

What president warned about the military-industrial complex? (Continued federal deficit spending on military production and foreign sales of weapons.)

a)

JFK

b)

Truman

c)

Eisenhower

d)

LBJ

5.

What was the area stretching from Florida to California where people migrated contained new high-tech industries?

a)

Rust Belt

b)

Blue Collar Belt

c)

Sun Belt

d)

Tech Belt

6.

 Two evangelists in the 1950s and 60s who used the media and greatly increased church attendance in the United States.

a)

Bishop Sheen & Mother Theresa

b)

Bishop Sheen & Billy Graham

c)

Billy Graham & Pat Robertson

d)

Billy Graham and Bob Hope

7.

This philosophical movement was perplexed by WWII and the Cold War and had critiques of society, including..."group power dynamics"

a)

Renaissance

b)

Premodernmism

c)

Postmodernism

d)

Hippiemovement

8.

individuals or groups who rejected mainstream American life or norms through protest, sit-ins and civil disobedience-

a)

House Un-American Activities Committee

b)

Counterculture

c)

Baby Boomers

d)

New Deal

9.

The "Free Speech Movement", a 1964 student protests at the University of California at Berkeley

a)

were in opposition to the Vietnam War

b)

were in support of the Civil Rights Act

c)

were focused on First Amendment Rights on campus

d)

were focused on women's rights issues

10.
Which of the following BEST characterizes the youth culture of the 1950s?
a)
More young people were choosing to work rather than attend college
b)
Radio programs became more popular amongst teenagers as a source of entertainment
c)
They had more leisure (free) time to dedicate to entertainment and fun
d)
Automobiles had little influence on the life of teens
11.
Television helped bring about economic growth in the 1950s through its:
a)
Financial programs
b)
Children’s programs
c)
Credit cards
d)
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