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Happy Days 1954-1960

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Advertising, marketing, and public relations (PR) work are all types of ...

a)

White collar jobs

b)

Blue collar jobs

2.

The main idea of the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit is that in corporate culture everyone

a)

Have their own identity

b)

I looked and acted the same

c)

Celebrate a diversity

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 best characterizes the economy of the 1950s?

a)

Consumer Culture

b)

Economic Depression

c)

Underproduction of Consumer Goods

d)

Slow Growth

5.

In the 1950s, the expectation was that women's place was 

a)

And the school

b)

In the home

c)

In business

6.

Which media form became highly influential during the 1950s?

a)

Newspapers

b)

Radio

c)

Motion Pictures

d)

Television

7.

Which cultural trend made parents fearful as a teenage culture developed in the 1950s?

a)

Red Scare

b)

Rock-N-Roll

c)

Television

d)

Space Race

8.

In 1956, A rock-n-roll superstar emerged.  His name was

a)

Little Richard

b)

Bill Haley

c)

Elvis Presley

9.

The counterculture group that challenged the conformity and materialism of the 1950s were the

a)

Rock ‘n’ roll super hippies

b)

Hippies

c)

Beats

10.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott ended when

a)

MLK's house was bombed

b)

The Supreme Court ordered desegregation of the buses.

c)

Congress passed the Civil Rights Act

11.

In 1954, The Supreme Court ordered the desegregation of schools in the 

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson decision

b)

Brown v. Board of Education decision

12.

When Governor Faubus challenged desegregation and used the National Guard to block the Little Rock 9, which President was forced to act to protect the students and back up the federal court decision?

a)

Kennedy

b)

Truman

c)

Eisenhower

13.

All of following are aspects of the new automobile culture EXCEPT

a)

The interstate highway system

b)

Drive-in restaurants

c)

Hotels /Motels

d)

Rock ‘n’ roll

14.

The real reason that Eisenhower approved the Federal Highway Act was for 

a)

To spur the Economy

b)

Military transportation

c)

Truck traffic

15.

Why didn't the US help the Hungarians in their revolution?

a)

The US didn’t have enough weapon

b)

The US was afraid that it would turn into a world war.

c)

The Hungarians never ask for help

16.

American efforts at rocket technology in the 1950s was marked by

a)

Numerous failure

b)

Millions of civilian deaths

c)

Numerous successes

17.

The Soviets launched the first satellite into space known as

a)

Molotov

b)

Apollo

c)

Sputnik

18.

Besides space exploration what is the  best explanation on why the superpowers invested in rockets? (Multiple Answers)

a)

To provide a way to deliver nuclear weapon

b)

To prove that they could

c)

To sell them to other countries

19.

Why was the Quiz Show 21 a disappointment?

a)

The winner didn’t receive any

b)

The winner was given the answers

c)

A Soviet had won the show