WorksheetsPOST WAR AMERICA 1945-1960
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 38mins
What caused the Baby Boom, Interstate Highways, the growth of the Middle Class, and the rise of Suburbs.
An increase in immigration
A decrease in trade
1950S economic prosperity
A reduction (decrease) in peacetime spending
Who signed the Federal Highway Act of 1956 into law?
Donald Trump
Michelle Obama
Harry Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Known as the King of Rock and Roll
Billy Graham
Buddy Holly
Elvis Presley
Chuck Berry
Teenagers liked to listen to this type of music during the 1950s
Rock and Roll
Hip Hop
Country
Classical
The car culture of the 1950's led to...
Spread of fast food chains and drive-in movies
Increased the dependence on public transportation
A decline in the number of shopping malls
Revitalized older city neighborhoods
Why did people migrate to the sunbelt?
Jobs in defense, aerospace, electronics, & petrochemicals
Escape traffic and overcrowding in the North
To take advantage of government programs
To start family farms
Why did many American cities begin to decline after World War II?
Middle class white families moved to suburbs
There was an increase in taxes
They weren't being rebuilt from damage incurred during war
There was a decrease in segregated public housing
Why was the baby boom considered an economic advantage?
Increase in production of consumer goods
Spike in educated Americans
More payments to social security
None of these
During the 1950's, there was an American emphasis on what?
Conformity
Individualism
Diversity
Intellectualism
Everyone wanted to look like a __________ because of conformity
beatnik
conformist
good american
communist
Which action occurred for the first time in the early 1950s during the Korean War?
United States troops fought a land war in Asia
The United States used military force against an aggressor nation.
The United Nations used military force against an aggressor nation.
United States and Soviet troops fought on the same side.
What is a suburb?
A town or other area where people live in huge housing developments near a larger city.
A town or other area where people live in huge housing developments near a rural area.
A town or other area where people live in small housing developments near a larger city.
A town or other area where people live in small housing developments near a rural area
What was the Interstate Highway Act?
It was the construction of hundreds of miles of high-speed roads that made living closer to work a possibility.
It was the construction of hundreds of miles of high-speed roads that made living farther from work a possibility.
It was the construction of thousands of miles of high-speed roads that made living closer to work a possibility.
It was the construction of thousands of miles of high-speed roads that made living farther from work a possibility.
Where did Elvis record his first song?
Sun Records
Graceland Records
Stax Records
Presley Records
What were Levitowns?
It was the name of three large suburb housing developments created by Wally Levitt.
It was the name of nine large suburb housing developments created by William Levitt.
It was the name of five large suburb housing developments created by Wally Levitt.
It was the name of seven large suburb housing developments created by William Levitt.
The US decision to enter the Korean conflict was part of which of the following larger strategies?
containing communism
promoting financial interests in the region
demonstrating military superiority over China
assisting weaker democracies
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
franchise
suburb
conglomerate
mass media corporation
What was the view of life starting in the 1950’s that stressed, art, literature, alternate religions, jazz music and poetry?
Beat movement
Consumerism
Unionization
Suburbanism
Why didn't William Levitt want to sell to African Americans?
Because he thought the values of the home would drop drastically
Because he wasn't allowed to by law
Because they weren't veterans
Examine the cartoon. What aspect of American society in the 1950s was the cartoonist making?
high culture
stay-at-home moms
suburban conformity
planned obsolescence
People who perform professional, managerial, or Administrative type work, these people usually wear suits or business attire.
White Collar Jobs
Blue Collar Jobs
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?
Rationing
Socialism
Consumerism
Supply and Demand
What economic practice from the 1920's returned in the 1950's where Americans purchased goods with money they did not have?
bank runs
speculation
overdraft
credit lines
The National Defense Education Act created a greater investment in __________ so Americans would have the ability to compete globally.
military spending
labor unions
academics
race relations
Which is not a reason for economic prosperity in the 1950's?
Technological advancements
Increased defense spending & Mass Consumerism
Baby Boom & Growth of the Middle class
Higher union membership & increased wages
Containment Policy
Click on all the consumer products of the 1950s that Americans bought after WWII (3 answers)
Choose all the similarities between William Levitt's houses in the 40s and Henry Ford's automobiles in the early 1900s: (3 Answers)
Expensive
Similar look and easily replicated
Assembly line construction
Affordable
Not reliable/sturdy
What were the effects of the Marshall Plan?
stop spread of communism
Money for Western Europe to rebuild
Supplies for Western Europe
all of the above
What is the Truman doctrine?
United States would provide assistance to democratic nations that pledge allegiance with them
United States would not provide any assistance to democratic nations under threat of communism
United States would provide cultural, religious and spiritual assistance to all democratic nations under threat of communism
United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat of communism
The Soviet Union and its allies formed this group.
United Nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
NAFTA
The US and its allies formed this group.
United Nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
NAFTA
What did Winston Churchill mean by an Iron Curtain?
The world was separated by competing alliances.
There were opportunities for nations to work together.
All-out war had broken out in Europe.
Europe could never recover from World War 2.
Announcement by the President in 1947 that the US would assist countries under threat from communist or Soviet influence
NATO
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
Military operation to provide food and supplies to a city blockaded by Soviet Union
NATO
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
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.
NATO
WARSAW
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
What war did the Cold War follow?
World War 1
World War 2
Spanish-American War
Civil War
What was the Red Scare?
The fear of communists
A nationwide hunt for communist in the U.S.
"Communist Scare"
All of the above
Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?
To demolish the Berlin Wall
To bomb East Berlin
To transport people out of Berlin
To airlift food to the people of West Berlin
What is a major factor for the creation of the first suburban housing developments?
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Brown Vs. Board of Education
G.I. Bill of Rights
The ____________________ was the imaginary line that divided Europe between Capitalist West and Communist East
Satellite Nation
Iron Curtain
Truman Doctrine
Arms Race
What was the purpose of the Interstate Highway and Defense Act passed in 1956 under President Eisenhower?
It built interstates in Europe to move men and weapons quickly into place in case of a Soviet attack.
It was a mutual defense pact signed between several European and American nations
It built the interstate highways to provide rapid transport of people and military vehicles.
It built several airports and shipping ports in major American cities.
What decided separate educational facilities are inherently unequal?
Plessy Vs. Ferguson
Brown Vs. The Board of Ed.
Sputnik
Truman Doctrine
The Increased demand in housing after WWII was due to the ...
WWII baby boom and GI Bill
Fear of communist influences inside the city
Increased demand for automobiles
Increased immigration
