WorksheetsChapter 23 Study Guide
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 24mins
What percentage of Americans lived under the poverty line during the 1950s?
10%
20%
40%
50%
What was a significant consequence of the middle class moving to the suburbs?
Increased tax revenue for cities
Deterioration of urban centers
Improved living conditions for the poor
Expansion of public transportation
In 1958, what percentage of white Americans' earnings did African Americans make on average?
41%
51%
61%
71%
What was the 'termination policy' aimed at regarding Native Americans?
To improve healthcare access
To assimilate Native Americans into mainstream society
To provide land rights to Native Americans to make up for past grievances
To enhance educational opportunities
What was one of the effects of the relocation of Native Americans in the 1950s?
Increased life expectancy
Economic Hardship
Improved social status
Enhanced Cultural Preservation
What industry saw a significant mechanization that led to unemployment in Appalachia during the 1950s?
Agriculture
Textiles
Coal Mining
Manufacturing
What was the trend in juvenile delinquency rates from 1948 to 1953?
Decreased by 10%
Increased by 45%
Remained Stable
Increased by 25%
Which play highlighted the struggles of African Americans in the 1950s?
A Raisin in the Sun
Death of a Salesman
The Glass Menagerie
Fences
What was one of the main reasons for the deterioration of urban centers?
Increased immigration
The government did nothing
Middle Class flight to the Suburbs
Economic Growth
The U.S. government's 'termination policy' toward Native Americans primarily sought to:
Expand tribal sovereignty so Native American tribes would have more control
Provide economic reparations
Restore tribal lands
Help Native Americans with the hardships they faced
Which of the following best describes Eisenhower's "Dynamic Conservatism"?
The G.I. Bill was significant because it:
How did the post-World War II economy differ from pre-war expectations?
It continued to grow despite initial fears of unemployment
The Taft-Hartley Act was controversial primarily because it:
Truman's domestic agenda, known as the Fair Deal, was characterized by:
Continuing with New Deal Era policies
What motivated the increased consumer spending in the post-war economy?
Pent-up demand from wartime restrictions
Eisenhower's approach to federal spending can best be described as:
Cutting public funding while selectively investing in infrastructure
The 1948 presidential election was notable because:
How did the Korean War impact Truman's domestic agenda?
Which statement best represents the economic transformation of the 1950s?
The economy remained stagnant
Americans experienced a decade of tremendous prosperity
Economic growth was exclusively limited to military sectors
Consumer spending dramatically decreased
Many feared a peacetime economy after the war because of the threat of
increased military spending that would continue to hurt the economy
Widespread homelessness
Global expansion of the USSR in terms of economic policy
high unemployment and recession
Did the economy grow despite the war ending?
Yes
No
What was the Servicemen's Readjustment Act also called?
What did the Federal Highway Act do?
The Federal Highway Act created the Interstate Highway System and funded highway construction with $25 billion.
When Truman took control of the mines, he gained more popularity.
True
False
Who invented the Polio vaccine?
Who was the sociologist who criticized Americans for not being freethinking during the 1950s?
David Riesman
Kenneth Galbraith
Thomas E. Dewey
Lorraine Hansberry
What did corporations want more of during the 1950s?
More Conformity
More competition in the market
What aired in 1953 showing the popularity that television would have?
How did the radio become more popular during the 1950s even though the TV came about?
Radio became more popular because people listened to it in the car on the way from the city to the suburbs
People mistakenly thought every single person had prospered
True
False
Who remained in the cities after people were moving to the suburbs?
Poor and Uneducated
Rich and educated
the middle class
No one moved to the suburbs
Urban renewal projects improved living situation within the urban environments
True
False
Millions of African Americans moving north to escape discrimination and find jobs
Who was the poorest ethnic group during the 1950s?
Termination policy resulted in
economic hardship, social disenfranchisement, and discrimination for NA
expansion of the workforce occupied by Native Americans
Everyone in society were prosperous
What was the life expectancy for Native Americans in Minneapolis during the 1950s?
65 years
37 years
53 years
42 years.
How many people left Appalachia during the 1950s?
