What does the 22nd Amendment do?

Limited the President to two terms

Which best describes President Truman's goal with the Fair Deal?

Promoting an increase in nonfactory jobs

Which of the following did NOT happen immediately following WWII?

A postwar economic revitalization

What was the goal of the Housing Act of 1949

To tear down old homes so everybody had a decent home

A person chooses to be poor to live off of welfare

Which of the following was NOT part of the Fair Deal?

More money to Allies hurt by the war

Which best describes the poverty line?

A marker to understand how many Americans can live comfortably

Why was 50s music considered vulgar?

Dancing involved vulgar movements like hip thrusting

A poor American who chooses not to work out of protest

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1
What does the 22nd Amendment do?
Legalized alcohol
Outlawed poll tax
Lower the voting age to 18
Limited the President to two terms
2
Which of the following is a white collar worker?
Carpenter
Mechanic
Secretary
Garbage man
3
Which of the following music genres is new to the 1950s?
Grunge
Jazz
Hip hop
Rock and Roll
4
Which best describes President Truman's goal with the Fair Deal?
Stopping the spread of segregation
Giving financial opportunity to veterans returning from war
Promoting an increase in nonfactory jobs
The creation of democracies in new US territories
5
Which of the following is a result of the White Flight?
A increase to suburban America
Increased urban jobs
A major reduction in urban crowding
America becoming less than 50% white
6
Which of the following did NOT happen immediately following WWII?
Massive inflation
The president announced he didn't know what he was doing
An increase in unemployment
A postwar economic revitalization
7
What was the goal of the Housing Act of 1949
To tear down old homes so everybody had a decent home
To reduce interest rates so everybody could afford a home
To raise interest rates so homes became for valuable
To mass produce houses so everybody had a home
8
What is pauperism?
A person gives money to the poor from their spare income
A person chooses to be poor to live off of welfare
A person is forced to live off of welfare because of a work related injury
Businessess donate money to the poor regularly
9
Which of the following was NOT part of the Fair Deal?
More money to all schools
Higher agriculture funding
More money to Allies hurt by the war
Raising minimum wage
10
Which best describes the poverty line?
A geographic line describing where the poorest Americans live
A marker to understand how many Americans can live comfortably
A line drawn in Poverty, New Hampshire as an art installation
A hard line drawn by President Eisenhower, taking a stance against poverty
11
Which best describes the result of the Housing Act of 1949?
Homelessness increased
Homelessness decreased
12
Why was 50s music considered vulgar?
The lyrices were often sexual in nature
Dancing involved vulgar movements like hip thrusting
Music in the era was dominated by African Americans
If you played the records backwards there was a message from Satan
13
Who moved in the Great Migration?
African Americans to the North
Puerto Ricans to the mainland US
Japanese Americans to Japan
White people to the suburbs
14
What is a Beatnik?
A rich American who tries to help the poor out of moral duty
A rich American who looked down on the poor for being lazy
A poor American, not capable of finding a job due to circumstance
A poor American who chooses not to work out of protest

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