To what does the term "blue collar" refer?

People who perform physical labor

The Bracero program...

...brought thousands of Mexicans to work on American farms

What was the issue of 'delinquency?'

Youth of all income levels getting into criminal trouble

As TV took over soap operas, radio changed primarily to a ____ format in the late 1950s

Prerecorded music, often rock and roll

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Affluence and Poverty in 1950s America

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Based on Chapter 27, lessons 1 and 2 of Glencoe's "The American Vision" textbook

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1
The growth of electronics was greatly aided by the development of the ___ in 1947
Transistor
Microchip
Supercomputer
UNIVAC
2
Where were you most likely to find impoverished white families in the 1950s?
The suburbs
The Appalachian Mountains
The rural West
The inner cities
3
Why did "urban renewal" make more problems that it solved?
All of the above
Many homes were seized to make way for public projects
Rebuilding resulted in fewer housing units
Crowding in high-rise projects created a culture of violence
4
This economist published "The Affluent Society," which claimed America's prosperity was unique
Maynard Keynes
Theodore Beale
John Kenneth Galbraith
Ben Stein
5
The world's first man-made satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, was called
Explorer 1
Sputnik 1
Vanguard 1
Gemini 1
6
To what does the term "blue collar" refer?
Union membership
Supervisory duties
People who perform physical labor
Franchise owners
7
The 1950s effort to integrate Native Americans into society was called
The Termination Policy
The Good Neighbor Policy
National Integration
The Indian Initiative
8
Levittown was an example of
The effects of the Baby Boom
Suburban growth
Levittown was not significant
Urban decay
9
The Bracero program...
Was another attempt to assimilate Native Americans
Sent Americans abroad to study
Was a classified WWII program involving Navajo Indians
...brought thousands of Mexicans to work on American farms
10
This medium of entertainment forced earlier entertainment venues to adapt in order to compete
Television
Radio
Drive-in Movie Theaters
3-D Movies
11
What years constitute the "Baby Boom?"
1975-2000
1941-1953
1936-1945
1945-1961
12
Jonas Salk invented a vaccine for
Polio
Smallpox
Tuberculosis
Whooping Cough
13
Allen Ginsburg and Jack Kerouac were examples of
early "Yuppies"
the "Beat" movement
Radio entertainers
Early rock artists
14
What was the issue of 'delinquency?'
Prison overcrowding
Americans becoming behind on their new mortgage payments
Youth of all income levels getting into criminal trouble
The economic lagging of some parts of the country
15
As TV took over soap operas, radio changed primarily to a ____ format in the late 1950s
Talk show
Westerns
Prerecorded music, often rock and roll
Comedy theater

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