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The Postwar Boom

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The Fair Deal was an economic program proposed by President Truman. 
a)
true
b)
false
2.
The vast majority of new homes in the 1950’s were built here
a)
suburbs
b)
cities
c)
barrios
d)
sub-divisions
3.
Means of communication to reach large audiences
a)
stereotype
b)
mass media
c)
consumerism
d)
beat movement
4.
Referring to workers who do manual labor and wear work clothes.
a)
work force
b)
blue collar
c)
white collar
d)
unions
5.
With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, ____ became an American way of life.
a)
consumerism
b)
social conformity
c)
planned obsolescence
d)
a 40-hour work week
6.

the 1950s, both the beat movement and rock ‘n’ roll were viewed as forms of ____.

a)

harmless entertainment

b)

rebellion

c)

mainstream American values

7.
________________________ desegregated the military.
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Harry Truman
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Winston Churchill
8.

WWII general who later became president.

a)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
b)
Harry S. Truman
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Richard Nixon
9.
Under Eisenhower, the interstate highway system was expanded to 41,000 miles allowing motorists to travel easily and allowed for troop movement and evacuation routes.
a)
Interstate Highway Act
b)
War Powers Act
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
d)
25th Amendment
10.
Who were the Dixiecrats?
a)
Former Democrats that fought federal civil rights legislation
b)
Republicans that fought federal civil rights legislation
c)
New Democrats that fought minimum wage legislation
d)
A new party that combined Republican and Democratic Party values
11.

A popular 1950s musician, his brand of rock and roll represented the "rebellion" of the youth against the conservatism, and "classic pop" of their parents

a)

Elvis Presley

b)

The Beach Boys

c)

Frank Sinatra

d)

Tony Bennett

12.

One negative impact of middle-class people moving to suburbs was what?

a)

city governments could no longer provide resources to poor people living in cities

b)

the Soviet Union was more likely to attack cities

c)

the government wanted to plant spies in suburbs

d)

city governments were able to provide many important services to poor people

13.

Most Americans in the 1960s relied on ___________________ as their primary source of entertainment and information.

a)

Radio

b)

Movies

c)

Telephones

d)

Television

14.

One of the benefits that the GI Bill of Rights offered to returning veterans was ______________________________.

a)

Counseling

b)

Low-interest loans

c)

Free homes

d)

Government jobs

15.
“White flight” involved the mass exodus of white Americans from the nation’s ____
a)
cities
b)
suburbs
c)
farms
d)
coast lines