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Who is this person?
At the height of the Baby Boom which was true?
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At the height of the Baby Boom which was true?
200 million homes were bought
A Child was born every 20 seconds
100 million homes were bought
A Child was born every 7 seconds
2
Who is this person?
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight Eisenhower
HarryTruman
Richard Nixon
3
What was a major economic problem facing the United States after WWII?
Inflation
Scarcity
Deflation
Abundance
4
ENIAC was what?
The first transistor
The Earliest television
The Earliest computer
A radio the first used the Transistor
5
The US became known as an affluent Society because
There was a scarcity based economy
there was an abundance based economy
The invention of the televison
there were many blue collar jobs avaliable
6
What gave veterans the ability to do things like buy new homes, and go to college?
The National Housing Act
The Taft Hartley Act
The GI Bill
The Fair Deal
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The US launched their first satellite in what year?
1960
1958
1957
1959
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Eisenhower's Campaign saying was what?
Ike for President
Dwight is Right
I like Ike
Four more years for the Eisenhowers
9
Truman sought to continue the policies of which president?
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Hoover
None of the Above
10
Which of these people began playing African American music on the radio
Alan Freed
Buddy Holly
Jack Kerouac
Allen Ginsberg
11
Which of these musical artists was not part of early rock and roll
Elvis Presley
Chuck Berry
Alan Ginsberg
Bill Haley
12
After Truman proposed a Civil Rights Bill what third party was created by southern Democrats
The Dixie-crats
The New Democrats
The South-Crats
The New Republicans
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Which is not a cause of the Baby Boom
Children were needed to work to help support the family
Economic prosperity
GI Benefits encouraged large families
Young families were ready to settle down after the War
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The Beat Movement was what?
A group of African American Artists
A Group of nonconformist authors, writers and artists
A group of Hippies
A group advocating for the nutritional value of beets
15
What unintended purpose did the Interstate Highway system have?
Created thousands of jobs
Allowed for Faster Travel
Created Evacuation routes from major cities
Created Businesses and shopping centers
16
The person that would more than likely be hired by a 1950's office is a person that...
Has lots of new Ideas
Is a very free thinking individual
Thinks outside of the box
Conforms to the standard set by the company
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Who cured Polio
Nikita Khrushchev
Jonas Salk
Adlai Stevenson
Richard Ricardo
18
Which of these programs was not popular on 1950's televison
Athletic Competions
Variety Shows
Sitcoms
Talk shows
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Eisenhower won his second term in office mainly due to what?
The accusation of a "Do nothing Congress"
Successful Civil Rights Legislation
A National Healh Insurance Bill
American Economic prosperity
20
Levittown inspired what change in American society
The creation of Interstate Highways
Desegregation
The Baby Boom
The creation of Suburbs near major cities
21
The word for the divide between the youth and their parents is what?
Generation Gap
Generation Divide
Youth Gap
Youth Divide
22
Which was the most successful way for the Film industry to reclaim its audience
Door Prizes
Cinemascope (Higher quality movies)
3-D Movies
Advertising/Marketing
23
Which President was in office at the time of the interstate highway act?
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Truman
Eisenhower
24
Who is this?
Truman
Dewey
Stevenson
Eisenhower
25
Dynamic Conservatism was a political policy of which individual?
Eisenhower
Nixon
Stevenson
Truman
26
Who ran against Eisenhower in 1952?
Kennedy
Truman
Nixon
Stevenson
27
Women in the fifties did what?
Increased their numbers in the workforce
Left the workforce completely
Lowered their numbers in the workforce
Were encouraged to continue working
28
Richard Nixon gave a speech concerning a dog, What was the Dog's name?
Sherman
Bingo
Rover
Checkers
29
Which of these things were not passed as part of the "Fair Deal?"
Civil Rights Legislation
A Higher Minimum Wage
A National Housing Act
A Expansion of Social Security
30
Radio changed its programming to all but what to regain its audience
Comedies/Dramas
Talk
Music
News
31
Which is true about Levittown?
Homes were Cheap and easily made
Homes were located within walking distance from downtown
The neighborhood was very diverse
Homes were customized to fit the buyer
32
Eisenhower's politics were described as what?
Far Right
Far Left
Middle of the Road
Liberal
33
What is a Transistor
A device created by Jonas Salk
A device used to amplify or switch electronic signals
A device developed to make Televisions less expensive
A device used to calculate simple math equations
34
Which President proposed the Fair Deal?
Kennedy
Truman
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
35
What group of people began to move out of the cities during the 1950s
Lower Class Whites
Upper Class African Americans
Middle Class whites
Middle Class Minorites
36
Income in the US did what from 1940 to 1955?
quadrupled
Doubled
Decreased
Tripled
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Harry Truman gave 350 campaign speeches mainly saying what?
Congress has done nothing
Civil Rights needs to be passed
That the Americans deserve a Fair deal
That Schools should get Federal aid
38
Dynamic Conservatism is what?
Disagreeing completely with liberal ideas
Being a Conservative activist
Speaking about conserving
Truman's Political stance
39
The Largest Public works bill under Eisenhower's Administration was what?
The Taft-Hartly Act
The GI Bill
The Levittown Act
The Federal Highway Act
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In the 1950's the US economy changed in what way?
Switched from Service based to mainly Manufacturing
Changed from mainly Blue Collar to mainly White Collar
Switched from a Peacetime to Wartime Economy
There was no siginificant change
