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Ch. 16 Postwar America (45' through the 50s)
Ch. 16 Postwar America (45' through the 50s)
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The Cold War wasn't the only thing happening.
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1
Truman's policies programs were referred to as the...
New Deal
Fair Deal
Deal or No Deal
Square Deal
2
A company that has overseas investments is called...
tri-national corporation
bilateral corporation
multinational corporation
unilateral corporation
3
The name coined for the writers & artists in the 50s that criticized cultural conformity was...
the Rollers
the Beatniks
the Hippies
the Stones
4
Who won the presidential election in the U.S.A. in 1948?
Nixon
Kennedy
Truman
Eisenhower
5
Which law(s) state that being hired should not hinge on the membership to a union...
the New Deal laws
Sherman Anti-trust Act
Right-to-work laws
Miranda laws
6
Occupations that do not require manual labor and more service based are commonly referred to as
blue collar
white collar
green collar
pink collar
7
Who won the presidential election in 1952?
Nixon
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
8
Up tempo music played on electric instruments that gained huge popularity in the 50s was called
bluegrass
rock-n-roll
jazz
hip hop
9
Occupations that require manual labor are commonly referred to as...
green collar
white collar
red collar
blue collar
10
Which political party was Eisenhower in?
Fascist
Democrat
Communist
Republican
11
How did Truman, the underdog, win the election in 48'?
Truman gave over 200 speeches in the last months of campaign
States Rights Party steals republican votes
E.T. phoned home and convinced his squad to vote
Truman blamed Congress for his low approval rating.
12
Building stuff in 'inner-cities' to try and revitalize the area are sometimes called...
urban rejuvenation projects
urban center projects
urban reconstruction projects
urban renewal projects
13
Federal gov't not recognizing Native American tribes as legal groups to force assimilation was
the indigenous code
the reservation policy
the native law
the termination policy
14
Chain businesses such as fast food restaurants and gas stations...
the yeti's favorite hiding place
all owned by the government
are franchise businesses
non profit organizations
15
Demobilization in post-war America meant...
decreasing the number of deployed military personnel
changing factories from peacetime to wartime production
changing factories from wartime to peacetime production
increasing the number of deployed military personnel
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How did Eisenhower improve American transportation?
funding a bullet-train
passing the Federal Transportation Act
passing the Federal Highway Act
gov't funded automobiles
17
The 'marker' that the gov't uses to determine what the lowest socio-economic class
makes
settlement score
welfare rank
poverty line
poverty poll
18
Factories in which you had to be in a union in order to be hired are said to be...
work shops
revolving door shops
open shops
closed shops
19
Eisenhower balancing economic conservativism with some activism in other areas was called...
'typical conservatism'
'stagnant conservatism'
'dynamic conservatism'
'national conservatism'
20
Veterans returning home have access to home, student, and business loans through the...
Federal Highway Act
GI Bill of Rights Act
Homestead Act
Selective Service Act
21
Republicans are stereotypically...
liberal.
conservative.
22
Airline prices dropped in the 1950s because...
better construction materials
improved jet engines
the mafia gained control of airports
the atmospheric force field was turned off
23
The marked increase in American birthrates in the years following the end of WWII is called...
the 'toddler takeoff'
the 'infant explosion'
the 'baby boom'
the 'great baby increase'
24
Crime committed by the youth is known as...
youth delinquency
juvenile delinquency
termination policy
juvenile generation gap
25
What caused many American 'inner-cities' to decline in the 1950s?
taxes & business went to the suburbs
the highways made travel easier
wealth moved to the suburbs
lowest socio-economic class left behind
26
The cultural differences between children and their parents is commonly called the...
generation leap
generation gap
generation skip
generation lag
27
TV and radio contributed to a new large collective way of life known as...
mass on Sundays
mass culture
mass conformity
mass production
