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POST WAR AMERICA 1945-1960

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In which decade did the Women's Suffrage moment make great strides?
a)
1920
b)
1940
c)
1930
d)
1970
2.

What caused the Baby Boom, Interstate Highways, the growth of the Middle Class, and the rise of Suburbs.

a)

An increase in immigration

b)

A decrease in trade

c)

1950S economic prosperity

d)

A reduction (decrease) in peacetime spending

3.

Who signed the Federal Highway Act of 1956 into law?

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Michelle Obama

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

4.
A marked increase in the birthrate, especially in the US following WWII
a)
Baby Boom
b)
Summit
c)
Perjury
d)
Arms Race
5.

Known as the King of Rock and Roll

a)

Billy Graham

b)

Buddy Holly

c)

Elvis Presley

d)

Chuck Berry

6.

Teenagers liked to listen to this type of music during the 1950s

a)

Rock and Roll

b)

Hip Hop

c)

Country

d)

Classical

7.

The car culture of the 1950's led to...

a)

Spread of fast food chains and drive-in movies

b)

Increased the dependence on public transportation

c)

A decline in the number of shopping malls

d)

Revitalized older city neighborhoods

8.

Why did people migrate to the sunbelt?

a)

Jobs in defense, aerospace, electronics, & petrochemicals

b)

Escape traffic and overcrowding in the North

c)

To take advantage of government programs

d)

To start family farms

9.

Why did many American cities begin to decline after World War II?

a)

Middle class white families moved to suburbs

b)

There was an increase in taxes

c)

They weren't being rebuilt from damage incurred during war

d)

There was a decrease in segregated public housing

10.

Why was the baby boom considered an economic advantage?

a)

Increase in production of consumer goods

b)

Spike in educated Americans

c)

More payments to social security

d)

None of these

11.
Referring to workers who do manual labor and wear work clothes.
a)
work force
b)
blue collar
c)
white collar
d)
unions
12.
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
13.

During the 1950's, there was an American emphasis on what?

a)

Conformity

b)

Individualism

c)

Diversity

d)

Intellectualism

14.

Everyone wanted to look like a __________ because of conformity

a)

beatnik

b)

conformist

c)

good american

d)

communist

15.
What was the significance of the 38th parallel?
a)
It was the 1953 cease-fire line in the Korean War.
b)
It was the cause of the Korean War
c)
It was the line that was used in the peace treaty
d)
It formed the border between China and North Korea.
16.

Which action occurred for the first time in the early 1950s during the Korean War?

a)

United States troops fought a land war in Asia

b)

The United States used military force against an aggressor nation.

c)

The United Nations used military force against an aggressor nation.

d)

United States and Soviet troops fought on the same side.

17.
Which of the following is one similarity between the Truman Doctrine and the Eisenhower Doctrine?
a)
Both were designed to assist rebellions against the Soviet Union.
b)
Both were designed to restrict United States foreign aid.
c)
Both were designed to help develop the space program.
d)
Both were designed to limit the spread of communism.
18.
What was a major outcome of the Korean War (1950-1953)?
a)
Control of Korea was turned over to the United Nations.
b)
Korea continued to be a divided nation.
c)
North Korea became an ally of the United States.
d)
South Korea became a Communist nation.
19.

What is a suburb?

a)

A town or other area where people live in huge housing developments near a larger city.

b)

A town or other area where people live in huge housing developments near a rural area.

c)

A town or other area where people live in small housing developments near a larger city.

d)

A town or other area where people live in small housing developments near a rural area

20.

What was the Interstate Highway Act?

a)

It was the construction of hundreds of miles of high-speed roads that made living closer to work a possibility.

b)

It was the construction of hundreds of miles of high-speed roads that made living farther from work a possibility.

c)

It was the construction of thousands of miles of high-speed roads that made living closer to work a possibility.

d)

It was the construction of thousands of miles of high-speed roads that made living farther from work a possibility.

21.

Where did Elvis record his first song?

a)

Sun Records

b)

Graceland Records

c)

Stax Records

d)

Presley Records

22.

What were Levitowns?

a)

It was the name of three large suburb housing developments created by Wally Levitt.

b)

It was the name of nine large suburb housing developments created by William Levitt.

c)

It was the name of five large suburb housing developments created by Wally Levitt.

d)

It was the name of seven large suburb housing developments created by William Levitt.

23.

The US decision to enter the Korean conflict was part of which of the following larger strategies?

a)

containing communism

b)

promoting financial interests in the region

c)

demonstrating military superiority over China

d)

assisting weaker democracies

24.

Certain restaurants in the 1950’s opened many different locations but offered similar sandwiches and side items at the different spots.  This is known as a

a)

franchise

b)

suburb

c)

conglomerate

d)

mass media corporation

25.

What was the view of life starting in the 1950’s that stressed, art, literature, alternate religions, jazz music and poetry?

a)

Beat movement

b)

Consumerism

c)

Unionization

d)

Suburbanism

26.

Why didn't William Levitt want to sell to African Americans?

a)

Because he thought the values of the home would drop drastically

b)

Because he wasn't allowed to by law

c)

Because they weren't veterans

27.

Examine the cartoon. What aspect of American society in the 1950s was the cartoonist making?

a)

high culture

b)

stay-at-home moms

c)

suburban conformity

d)

planned obsolescence

28.
Which of following accurately describes the expected role of women in the 1950s?
a)
Politically Active 
b)
Happy Housewife
c)
Majority Income Earner
d)
Single Mothers
29.

People who perform professional, managerial, or Administrative type work, these people usually wear suits or business attire.

a)

White Collar Jobs

b)

Blue Collar Jobs

30.
Eisenhower created this to help provide military assistance and quick evacuations from major cities.
a)
Interstate Highways
b)
Airports
c)
Subways
d)
Starbucks
31.

Read the following statement and answer the question:


Consumer goods were no longer rationed and people cashed in war bonds. Businesses converted their factories back from making war materials to making more consumer goods.


What economic practice is being explained here?

a)

Rationing

b)

Socialism

c)

Consumerism

d)

Supply and Demand

32.

What economic practice from the 1920's returned in the 1950's where Americans purchased goods with money they did not have?

a)

bank runs

b)

speculation

c)

overdraft

d)

credit lines

33.

The National Defense Education Act created a greater investment in __________ so Americans would have the ability to compete globally.

a)

military spending

b)

labor unions

c)

academics

d)

race relations

34.

Which is not a reason for economic prosperity in the 1950's?

a)

Technological advancements

b)

Increased defense spending & Mass Consumerism

c)

Baby Boom & Growth of the Middle class

d)

Higher union membership & increased wages

e)

Containment Policy

35.

Click on all the consumer products of the 1950s that Americans bought after WWII (3 answers)

a)

b)

c)

d)

36.
The Purpose of the Marshall Plan was to:
a)
Destroy Western Europe.
b)
Rebuild Western Europe.
c)
Create the Warsaw Pact.
d)
Defend against the Soviets!
37.

Choose all the similarities between William Levitt's houses in the 40s and Henry Ford's automobiles in the early 1900s: (3 Answers)

a)

Expensive

b)

Similar look and easily replicated

c)

Assembly line construction

d)

Affordable

e)

Not reliable/sturdy

38.
Which two countries did Truman fear would fall to Communism if the U.S. didn’t give aid?
a)
Greece and Germany
b)
Greece and Poland
c)
Greece and Ukraine
d)
Greece and Turkey
39.

What were the effects of the Marshall Plan?

a)

stop spread of communism

b)

Money for Western Europe to rebuild

c)

Supplies for Western Europe

d)

all of the above

40.

What is the Truman doctrine?

a)

United States would provide assistance to democratic nations that pledge allegiance with them

b)

United States would not provide any assistance to democratic nations under threat of communism

c)

United States would provide cultural, religious and spiritual assistance to all democratic nations under threat of communism

d)

United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat of communism

41.

The Soviet Union and its allies formed this group.

a)

United Nations

b)

NATO

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

NAFTA

42.

The US and its allies formed this group.

a)

United Nations

b)

NATO

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

NAFTA

43.

What did Winston Churchill mean by an Iron Curtain?

a)

The world was separated by competing alliances.

b)

There were opportunities for nations to work together.

c)

All-out war had broken out in Europe.

d)

Europe could never recover from World War 2.

44.

Announcement by the President in 1947 that the US would assist countries under threat from communist or Soviet influence

a)

NATO

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Berlin Airlift

45.

Military operation to provide food and supplies to a city blockaded by Soviet Union

a)

NATO

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Berlin Airlift

46.

A military and defense alliance formed by 12 countries in Western Europe and North America. And the first peace time alliance in US History and the most important for the past 60 years.

a)

NATO

b)

WARSAW

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Truman Doctrine

47.
This economic system America uses today.
a)
Socialism
b)
Communism
c)
Capitalism
48.
What is Capitalism?
a)
A system where the government controls business
b)
Capitalism is an economic system where the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit! 
c)
A economic system in which the people have limited rights
d)
An economic system in which most property and resources, such as factories or farms, are publicly owned or controlled.
49.
An economic system in which the means of production is owned by the government and private ownership doesn't exist.
a)
Capitalism
b)
Imperialism 
c)
Socialism
d)
Communism 
50.
What was the Red Scare?
a)
fear of the spread of wealth
b)
fear of the spread of Communism
c)
fear of the spread of Capitalism 
d)
fear of job competition
51.

What war did the Cold War follow?

a)

World War 1

b)

World War 2

c)

Spanish-American War

d)

Civil War

52.

What was the Red Scare?

a)

The fear of communists

b)

A nationwide hunt for communist in the U.S.

c)

"Communist Scare"

d)

All of the above

53.

Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?

a)

To demolish the Berlin Wall

b)

To bomb East Berlin

c)

To transport people out of Berlin

d)

To airlift food to the people of West Berlin

54.

What is a major factor for the creation of the first suburban housing developments?

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

Brown Vs. Board of Education

d)

G.I. Bill of Rights

55.

The ____________________ was the imaginary line that divided Europe between Capitalist West and Communist East

a)

Satellite Nation

b)

Iron Curtain

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

Arms Race

56.

What was the purpose of the Interstate Highway and Defense Act passed in 1956 under President Eisenhower?

a)

It built interstates in Europe to move men and weapons quickly into place in case of a Soviet attack.

b)


It was a mutual defense pact signed between several European and American nations

c)

It built the interstate highways to provide rapid transport of people and military vehicles.

d)

It built several airports and shipping ports in major American cities.

57.

What decided separate educational facilities are inherently unequal?

a)

Plessy Vs. Ferguson

b)

Brown Vs. The Board of Ed.

c)

Sputnik

d)

Truman Doctrine

58.

The Increased demand in housing after WWII was due to the ...

a)

WWII baby boom and GI Bill

b)

Fear of communist influences inside the city

c)

Increased demand for automobiles

d)


Increased immigration