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Which of the following did NOT apply to teens in the 50s?
obeying authority
not thinking about sex
Controlling your emotions
thinking outside the box
2
How did people buy all of the goods that were being promoted by companies?
the used credit cards
They paid cash
they saved and used layaway
they saved and S&H green stamps
3
Which of the following explained the American Dream?
owning a house in the suburbs
owning a 57 chevy
owning your own business
Working in a factory
4
Why did people leave their blue collar jobs for white collar jobs?
they were replaced by robots
factories shut down
we didn't need blue collar workers anymore
people had too many kids
5
What effect did the increase in cars have on society?
society became heterogeneous
society became homogenous
gas prices increased
people moved around less
6
When Richard Nixon was in Russia debating with Nikita Khrushchev, what job did he hold?
President
governor
Vice President
senator
7
Who was responsible for building affordable housing?
Andy Maltkin
William Levitt
Art Jones
William Mott
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Which was not a show of the 1950s?
The Ozzie and Harriet Show
Father Knows Best
Leave it to Beaver
Hogan's Heroes
9
From where were people moving when they moved to the suburbs?
farms
rural areas
the city
other countries
10
Why did the government fund the “Duck and Cover” videos?
to help nixon get elected
to make a new cartoon popular
to make sure we hated the Russians
to make kids better prepared for drills
11
What values were represented in TV shows of the 50s?
the Soviets were better people
kids are juvenile delinquents
American is a wonderful place to live
its okay to be different
12
The National Defense Education Act
Significantly increased federal aid to military research
billions for developing peaceful uses for nuclear energy
Gave the president power to declare war without approval
designed in response to Soviet advancements in aeronautics
13
How much did highway expansion cost after we realized we had an abundance of cars
$32 billion
$12 billion
$40 billion
$28 billion
14
What best explains why the Baby Boom happened?
men returned from war
we needed a bigger army to fight the Russians
America was prosperous
we needed more kids for farming
15
Many Americans were especially fearful of rock and roll in the 1950s because
it was Black music
performers were from the South
the songs supported Communism
many performers were from the lower classes
16
The most important impact of television on viewers of the early 1950s was that
comedies helped them forget all the bad things in the 50s
it fostered a growing youth culture
it imposed a sense of conformity of America
it helped them get the latest news of the day
17
What was the name of the first man made satellite to orbit the earth?
gregarin
enterprise
sputnik
apollo
18
50s was the 1st time teenager became a part of the American language.Why were they important?
they had lots of money to spend
they formed rock bands
the drove motorcycles
they were robbing people and becoming delinquents
19
If you weren’t religious in the 50s, people would look at you as if you were a(n)
politician
atheist
terrorist
communist
20
Approximately how many cars were registered by 1960?
40 million
100 million
20 million
60 million
