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WorksheetsVUS.12 The Century: Happy Days - 1953-1960
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What happened in Korea in 1953?
North Korea surrendered
South Korea Surrendered
The UN Forces surrendered
A truce was reached
What was Eisenhower's goal in 1953?
to make America great again
to make America rich again
to make America isolated again
to make America happy again
For whom was the term "again" more of a threat than a promise?
women & people of color
children & people of color
women & children
poor people
Which of the following is NOT a reason this was a bad time for women?
women were valued for their looks
men liked women with fuller figures
women were often denied work when married
it was a sexist time
Which of the following was not commonly found in suburban life?
Huge diversity
Many children
Activities centered around home
Friends were "next door"
Which of the following is NOT true about the early days of television?
Americans became more and more deaf due to the noise
everyone had to have one
people's lives were centered around program times
commercials led to a more cohesive national culture
Which of the following would NOT have been considered a challenge to normal society in the 1950s?
working mothers
Hugh Hefner
Elvis Presley
TV dinners
Which of the following is NOT true about what happened in December 1955?
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus
The successful Montgomery Bus Boycott began
Central High School was desegregated
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr became a leader of the Civil Rights movement
Which of the following happened in 1957?
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus
The successful Montgomery Bus Boycott began
Central High School was desegregated
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr became a leader of the Civil Rights movement
What happened to automobile in the 1950s
it began to fly
it became the center of American life and the economy
it was the focus of most major movies
cars got much uglier
Which of the following is NOT a reason America built a highway system?
to connect cities & towns
to accomodate the growing car culture
to divide the nation into traffic zones
to transport atomic weapons
Which of the following was NOT a part of the "space race"?
Cold War conflict between USSR and USA
Sputnik
Fear of atomic bombs
Colonizing the moon
