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Ch 19 Vocabulary: "The Post War Boom" (1950's)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

One of the Southern delegates who,

to protest President Truman’s civil rights policy,

walked out of the 1948 Democratic National Convention

and formed the States’ Rights Democratic Party

a)

Dixiecrat

b)

Fair Deal

c)

GI Bill of Rights

d)

Suburb

2.

President Harry S. Truman’s economic program —

an extension of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal—

which included measures to increase the minimum wage,

to extend social security coverage, and to provide housing for low-income families

a)

Dixiecrat

b)

Fair Deal

c)

GI Bill of Rights

d)

Suburb

3.

a name given to the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act,

a 1944 law that provided financial and educational benefits for World War II veterans

a)

Dixiecrat

b)

Fair Deal

c)

G I Bill of Rights

d)

Suburb

4.

a residential town or community near a city

a)

Dixiecrat

b)

Fair Deal

c)

G I Bill of Rights

d)

Suburb

5.

the sharp increase in the U.S. birthrate following World War II

a)

Baby boom

b)

Franchise

c)

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

d)

Mass Media

6.

a business that has bought the right to use a parent company’s name and methods,

thus becoming one of a number of similar businesses in various locations

a)

Baby Boom

b)

Franchise

c)

Federal Communication Commission (FCC)

d)

Mass Media

7.

an agency that regulates U.S. communications industries,

including radio and television broadcasting.

a)

Baby Boom

b)

Franchise

c)

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

d)

Mass Media

8.

the means of communication —

such as television, newspapers, and radio —

that reach large audiences.

a)

Rock 'n Roll

b)

Franchise

c)

Federal Communication Commission (FCC)

d)

Mass Media

9.

a form of American popular music that evolved in the 1950s

out of rhythm & blues, country, jazz, gospel, & pop;

the American musical form characterized by heavy rhythms & simple melodies

which has spread worldwide having significant impacts

on social dancing, clothing fashions, and expressions of protest.

a)

Rock ‘n’ Roll

b)

Franchise

c)

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

d)

Mass Media

10.

a Mexican laborer allowed to enter the United States

to work for a limited period of time during World War II.

a)

Bracero

b)

Termination Policy

c)

Urban Renewal

d)

Franchise

11.

the U.S. government’s plan, announced in 1953,

to give up responsibility for Native American tribes

by eliminating federal economic support,

discontinuing the reservation system, and redistributing tribal lands.

a)

Bracero

b)

Termination Policy

c)

Urban Renewal

d)

Urban Decay

12.

. the tearing down and replacing of buildings in rundown inner-city neighborhoods.

a)

Bracero

b)

Termination Policy

c)

Urban Renewal

d)

Urban Decay

13.

Dr. Jonas Salk

a)

Delivered many babies during the Baby Boom

b)

wrote a book on how to raise kids during the Baby Boom

c)

Created the cure

for Polio

d)

was a communist

14.

Dr. Benjamin Spock

a)

Delivered many babies during the Baby Boom

b)

Wrote a book

on how to raise kids during

the Baby Boom

c)

Created the cure for Polio

d)

Was a Vulcan

on Star trek

15.

Which of the following were true about Harry Truman?

a)

He had

the White House gutted & renovated

b)

He desegregated

the U S Military

c)

He was from

the South

d)

All of the choices