1950s America

Question 1

This returned for the 1st time since the 1920s; Americans had more money to buy more goods

Accepted Answer

consumerism

Question 2

What was created to help WWII veterans return to "regular" life after the war?

Accepted Answer

GI Bill of Rights

Question 3

The return of soldiers after WWII created a ___ which was an increase in birth rates in U.S.

Accepted Answer

baby boom

Question 4

Which best characterizes 1950s American society and culture?

Accepted Answer

conformity, nuclear families, consumerism, economic boom, women maintain housewife roles,men worked, age of innocence, suburban growth, white flight, TV and cars all the rage, rock and roll, rebel teenagers, beat movement

Question 5

What was a sign of wealth, middle class, mobility, and added to the increase of new services?

Accepted Answer

automobile

Question 6

After WWII, the U.S. economy experienced

Accepted Answer

an economic boom

Question 7

Most TV shows typically illustrated what cultural component of America in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

women as housewifes and men as the providers, traditional nuclear families

Question 8

Due to the increase in families, these smaller cities were built on the edges of large cities

Accepted Answer

suburbs

Question 9

Many people in the 1950s CONFORMED to traditional roles. What mvmt countered these traditions?

Accepted Answer

beat movement

Question 10

Which best characterizes the white flight movement of the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

whites wanted to separate themselves from blacks, many whites moved from cities to suburbs

Question 11

What did Jonas Salk contribute to the field of medicine?

Accepted Answer

vaccine for polio

Question 12

Which form of entertainment became very popular in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

movies, rock and roll, TV

Question 13

This picture represents the increase in ___ during the 1950s

Accepted Answer

suburbs

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