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1
What did the GI Bill do socio-economically?
Provided money for college
All of the above
Gave veterans government loans to start business
Provided low cost mortgage to buy houses
2
This black woman challenged Montgomery's bus ordinance in 1955.
Rosa Parks
Hilary Rodham
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mabel King Jr.
3
Urban Renewal
Federal projects to “revitalize” inner city and downtowns.
Movement of people to suburbia
The massive number of babies born
Cheap housing
4
In 1957, President Eisenhower used 101st Airborne to do what in Arkansas?
Walk Little Rock 9 to school
Invade Cuba
Fly in food to Berlin
Rescue Francis Gary Powers
5
This Act spurred auto production and helped promote suburbanization
Taft-Hartley Act
Landrum-Griffin Act
Highway Act of 1956
Civil Rights Act of 1957
6
Small group of American writers and artists who, during the 1950s, criticized the conformity
Little Rock Nine
GI's
Dixiecrats
Beatniks
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After WWII how many soldiers had to be demobilized?
15 million
9 million
2 million
20 million
8
The Taft Hartley Act gave judges the power to _____.
check visas
end some labor strikes
deport criminals
increase the minimum wage
9
The first black US Supreme Court Justice, he successfully argued for Linda Brown, in 1954.
Orval Faubus
Martin Luther King Jr.
Earl Warren
Thurgood Marshall
10
The rock 'n' roll music Elvis made famous was a blend of,
what?
A blend of African American rhythm and blues music
A blend of blue grass and _rap (Ooops forgot its C)
A blend of high classical and medieval music
A blend of minimalism and novelty music
11
Termination Policy
End tribal govt. & relocate Native Am. to the big cities
US Govt. policy towards communism
Separate but equal rules
WWII war crimes trials
12
What was the name of the massive number of babies born in the 1950's?
The Baby Boom
The Baby Blast
The Big Boom
The Big Bang
13
After WWII, the economy remained fairly strong, despite fears of a _____.
return to war
economic boom
depression
economic recovery
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Segregation
A slow down in the economy
The enforced separation of different racial groups
Action of incorporating a racial group into a community
The fear of people
15
Elvis' best-selling song and "an emblem of the rock 'n' roll revolution".
Hound Dog
Blue Suede Shoes
A little less Conversation
In the Ghetto
16
What two power unions merged in the 50's?
ABC-Teamsters
FOP-FOF
LULAC-NAACP
AFL-CIO
17
James Dean & Paul Walker both died in this brand of German car.
Mercedes
Audi
VW
Porsche
18
Automation is the process of _______.
launching first satellite into space
replacing humans with machines
buying electronics for the home
building up nuclear warheads
19
The Democratic Party splintered into ______ groups for the 1948 election.
two
four
unified one
three
20
Who was the developer that created large planned communities on Long Island and near Philly?
Ralph Kramden
William Levitt
Senator Joseph McCarthy
Ward Cleaver
21
Who was the Dixiecrat nomination in '48, due to dislike of Truman’s stance on civil rights
J. Strom Thurmond
Thomas Dewey
LBJ
Henry Wallace
22
President Truman’s policy that promised full employment, & a higher minimum wage
Square Deal
Truman Doctrine
No Deal
Fair Deal
23
What new technology greatly expanded the audience for professional sports
TV
3D glasses
Satellite
Radio
24
How were women treated in the 1950's?
They were encouraged to get jobs
They were encouraged to follow their dreams
They were encouraged to express themselves
They were encouraged to care for their kids
25
This SC decision of 1896, allowed for racial segregation laws based on separate but equal
King vs. Montgomery School Dist.
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Brown vs. Board of Ed
Miranda vs. Arizona
26
He was the 26yr old preacher who rose to fame for the MIA
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
A. Philip Randolph
MLK Jr.
27
Conformity, advertisement, household appliances, “Keep up with the Joneses”; Consumer debt
Consumerism
Inflation
Automation
Juvenile Delinquency
28
Which paper erroneously printed "Dewey defeats Truman" before the end of the election.
Washington Post
Chicago Sun Times
Chicago Daily Tribune
New York Times
29
The largest public works project in US history through that time, it spurred auto sales.
Civil Rights Act 1957
Automation Act of 1956
Taft Hartley Act
Highway Act of 1956
30
Conservative about money and liberal about humans was President Eisenhower's ____.
Republican Idealism
Eisenhower’s Recovery Plan
Modern Republicanism
Modern Consumerism
31
Seeing the black soldiers come home to racism, President Truman decided in 1948 to?
Do nothing
Invade Georgia
Pass GI Bill
Desegregate military & government
