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Social History Unit Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This music was popular in the 1970’s because it was less political than the music in the 1960’s.

a)

Punk Rock

b)

Disco

c)

Rap

d)

Jazz

2.

The drug epidemic in the 1980’s created this new epidemic.

a)

The rise of HIV/AIDS

b)

The rise of the SIngle-Parent Households

c)

The decline in the economy in the late 80s

d)

The rise in high school drop out rates

3.

A young person living a counterculture lifestyle in the 1950’s.

a)

Yuppie

b)

Vaquero

c)

Doughboy

d)

Hippie

4.

This built 1000's of new miles of highway, copied off the German Autobahn.

a)

The Route 66 Act

b)

The White Flight Act

c)

The Federal Highway Act

d)

The I-70 Act

5.

Nixon tried to cover up a B&E into the Democratic National Committee headquarters. Leads to him resigning as president & leads to people distrusting of government.

a)

The Stock Market Crash

b)

The Watergate Scandal

c)

The Deflategate Scandal

d)

The Nixon/DNC Scandal

6.

The internet went public for everyone to use in the early 1970’s.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

This toy debuted in 1975 that came with a lengthy set of instructions on how to care for and train it. 

a)

The Slinky

b)

The Beanie Baby

c)

The Chia Pet

d)

The Pet Rock

8.

LBJ’s government’s attempt to help get people out of poverty & create an “utopian society”.

a)

The Medicare Act

b)

The Plan of the Future

c)

The Great Society

d)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

9.

When wealthier families leave the city center and move to the suburbs.

a)

"White Flight"

b)

The Middle Class Jump

c)

The Federal Hwy Act

d)

"Red Lining"

10.

The dissolution of a marriage does not require a showing of wrongdoing by either party.

a)

Family Seperation

b)

An Annulment

c)

Prenuptial Agreement

d)

"No Fault" Divorce

11.

This gave money to WW2 vets for college, homes and to start new businesses.

a)

The Doughboy Act

b)

The GI Bill

c)

The WW2 College Fund

d)

The Fair Deal

12.

“Baby Boomers” now adults working good, successful jobs.

a)

Yuppie

b)

Vaquero

c)

Doughboy

d)

Hippie

13.

This was a time where the economy boomed after WWII. Families were better off financially & had lots of children.

a)

The Affluent Society

b)

The Great Society

c)

The "White Flight"

d)

The Roaring 50's

14.

Less taxes = more money for people to spend; Fewer government rules= businesses can operate on competition.

a)

Socialism

b)

Microeconomics

c)

"Reaganomics"

d)

Libertarianism

15.

"Auteurism" is the theory of filmmaking in which the director or actor is viewed as the major creative force in a motion picture.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The philosophy that Democrats (liberals) believe: The federal government should play an _______ role in people’s lives.

a)

Limited

b)

Active

17.

Teen Rebellion was the result from Rock & Roll, the Civil Rights Movement, & the major cultural differences between parents & their kids.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

These established the technology to meet other national interests in space. There were 17 of them total.

a)

The Apollo Missions

b)

The NASA Movement

c)

The Challenger Missions

d)

The Anti-Soviet Missions

19.

Unmarried couples living together became more socially acceptable in the 1990’s.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

This steadily rose from 1960 to 1990 due to multiple legal & societal changes.

a)

The Divorce Rate

b)

Kids in the foster system

c)

The Single Parent Household

d)

The amount of people investing in the stock market