WorksheetsPost War Boom Module 13
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
When soldiers returned home from World War II, what helped them get lower mortgage rates and paid for their continued education?
The Consitution
Veteran's Fund
G.I. Bill of Rights
Military Service Reimbursement Bill
What is the subdivision called that was built after World War II and helped give middle-class families affordable housing?
Levittown
Hooverville
Midtown
Schererville
Who was the first African-American baseball player to join MLB?
Duke Ellington
Hank Aaron
Louis Armstrong
Jackie Robinson
Which of the following was an effect of the economic prosperity of the 1950's?
Americans invested in consumer goods based on the home, such as televisions, appliances, & automobiles.
Americans invested heavily in the stock market
Americans continued to pay high taxes
Americans purchased more foreign goods produced in Asian countries like Korea and Japan
What was the image of the ideal woman in the 1950’s?
Nurse
Teacher
Housewife
Astronaut
Social Security benefits, and gave loans for buying low-cost houses.
He developed a vaccine against polio
Dr. Benjamin Spock
Dr. Jonas Salk
Harry S. Truman
Dr. Francis Crick
A _____________ is a large corporation that owns a number of smaller companies.
franchise
monopoly
conglomerate
government agency
A franchise is a company that offers similar products or services in many locations.
true
false
