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America in the Fifties
America in the Fifties
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Due to a fear of things that are different, people tend to look and dress the same, called...
Individuality
Social Conformity
Counter Culture
Rock and Roll
2
This doctor wrote an influential book on childhood development
Sabin
Salk
Seuss
Spock
3
For the first time ever, this younger generation becomes the trendsetters and influence culture
Adult Males
Children
Teenagers
Women
4
Although beneficial today, this was partly created to move troops in case of war with Russia
Interstate Highway System
Atomic Weapons
Television
Internet
5
These planned suburbs were built to meet the the huge demand for housing.
Morristowns
Levitowns
Jubilees
Guttenbergs
6
This rebellious music mixed black and white styles and shocked the older generation
Hip Hop
Rock and Roll
Rhythm and Blues
Bluegrass Country
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All of these TV genres were popular in the 1950's except
game shows
reality
sit-coms
westerns
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This doctor developed the first polio vaccine
Spock
Oz
Sabin
Salk
9
This paid for returning soldier's college education and home loans.
Liberty Loans
Fannie Mae
Civil Rights Act
GI Bill
10
Buying and owning things as a way to demonstrate success is called?
Communism
Consumerism
Divestment
Boycott
11
What happens in the 1948 election?
Truman is supposes to win and loses
Truman is supposed to lose and wins
Truman abruptly resigns
Truman is assassinated while campaigning
12
As a reaction to social conformity of the fifties, these are the predecessors of the Hippies?
Flappers
Generation X
Beatniks
Centennials
13
This concept calls for tearing down slums and re-building them, it has mixed results
White Flight
Building Parks
Suburbs
Urban Renewal
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The rapid movement to the suburbs takes tax dollars, businesses and jobs out of the inner city
White Flight
Brown Frown
Blue Cities
Purple Rain
15
This Senator became famous for his pursuit of communist
Kennedy
Nixon
Kefauver
McCarthy
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Due to things like social conformity in the fifties, how will the baby boom generation change?
They will grow up to be very similar to their parents
They are more likely to join the army
They become the hippies in the 60s
They tend to follow laws and rules
17
The way Americans work starts to change after the war, from ______ to _____?
Grey Suits (Middle managment) | Black Suits (management)
Blue Collar (Manufacturing) | White Collar (Office)
In Cities | In the Country
Agricultural | Rural
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This sport was still the national pastime in the 1950's
Football
Baseball
Boxing
Basketball
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Within nine months of soldiers returning home, this phenomenon occurs; changing the population
Big Bang
Baby Boom
Polio
Depression
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They received the death penalty for spying on the US and giving nuclear info to the USSR.
Goldbergs
Regensbergs
Harrimans
Rosenbergs
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How do women react to adapting after the war to the role of wife and mother?
They are universally upset with this new role
There are some who are dissatisfied & will become feminist
They are universally happy being stay at home moms
More and more women stop working to stay at home
22
The first major outbreak of hostilities during the Cold War happened here
Vietnam
Korea
USSR
Cuba
23
Who wins the Presidential Election in 1952 and 1956
Nixon
Kennedy
Truman
Eisenhower
24
In order to fill a need for housing these are built and people flock to them
Suburbs
Skyrises
Condominiums
Housing Projects
25
This athlete broke the color-barrier in 1947
Jackie Robinson
Hank Aaron
Mickey Mantle
Willie Mays