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Post War War II America

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 2hrs 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the GI Bill?

a)

Helped Veterans afford houses

b)

Helped people named Bill buy a house

c)

Discrimination bill against African Americans

2.

The birth of the largest generation of Americans born between 1946 & 1955 was called the

a)

Hippie Generation

b)

Gen X

c)

Millenials

d)

Baby Boom

3.
Eisenhower created this to help provide military assistance and quick evacuations from major cities.
a)
Interstate Highways
b)
Airports
c)
Subways
d)
Starbucks
4.
Where did people start to move to in the 1950s?
a)
Inner cities
b)
Farms
c)
Suburbs
d)
Canada
5.
What were Men expected to do for the family in the 1950s?
a)
To go to war
b)
To work on a farm
c)
To work and provide $ for the family
d)
To quit their job so they could have more free time
6.
What were women expected to do for the family in the 1950s?
a)
To work and provide $ for the family
b)
Stay home and care for the children
c)
Shop at the mall
d)
Go to college
7.

Who was the first super star of Rock'n Roll?

a)

Elvis Presley

b)

Richie Valens

c)

Little Richard

d)

Billy Holiday

8.

A main reason why the standard of living improved in the United States was the


a)

demobilization of the military.

b)

postwar devastation overseas.

c)

increased production of goods.

d)

development of atomic energy.

9.
Who was the Senator who started rumors of the Red Scare?
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Neil Armstrong
d)
Joseph McCarthy
10.

In general, the 1950s economy -

a)

boomed.

b)

struggled.

c)

only benefited the northern part of the country.

d)

only benefited the western states.

11.

What consumer good dominated the culture of the 1950s?

a)

the TV

b)

the radio

c)

the compact disc

d)

the personal computer

12.

What was the relationship between the development of suburbs and car ownership?


a)

Suburban development and car ownership decreased simultaneously.

b)

Car ownership decreased as many in the suburbs relied on public transportation.

c)

Fewer people lived in the suburbs as car ownership increased.

d)

People became increasingly dependent on cars as more suburbs were built.

13.

Technological innovations that produced the polio vaccine and penicillin significantly


a)

increased children's life expectancy.

b)

decreased economic productivity.

c)

increased rates of bacteria-based disease.

d)

decreased employment in medical fields.

14.

After the war, the ___?___ replaced radio and movies as the main entertainment for American families.

a)

television

b)

YouTube

c)

internet

d)

community swimming pool

15.

What were the labor conditions under the Bracero Program?

a)

Safe and fair

b)

Equal and just

c)

Beneficial and rewarding

d)

Exploitative and unfair

16.

What was the Bracero program initially created to fill?

a)

Teaching positions in schools

b)

Jobs in the technology sector

c)

A void left by American men going overseas to fight in World War II

d)

Positions in the entertainment industry