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Cold War #3- Life During the 1950s
Cold War #3- Life During the 1950s
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1
What was the literary counterculture movement that arose in New York's Greenwich Village?
Hippie Movement
Rock and Roll
Beat movement
Hipster Movement
2
What term was used to describe the contest to climb the so-called corporate ladder?
the rat race
McCarthyism
the Feminine Mystique
suburbs
3
Which industry targeted women's insecurities as housewives?
the military
advertising
finance
education
4
What did Sloan Wilson describe as just a new uniform for veterans?
military uniforms
tweed blazers with elbow patches
the gray flannel suit
fedora hats
5
What is an attribute that most Levittown home buyers had in common?
they were retirees
they did not have children
they were old
they were white
6
Rock and roll had its origins in
classical music
music made by African Americans
World War I
Mexico
7
Complete the sentence: Little Boxes captures the ___ of the 1950s.
conformity
isolationism
individuality
uniqueness
8
Approximately which years match the birth years of the Baby Boomer Generation?
1930-1949
1962-1980
1946-1964
1900-1950
9
True or False: Some women were happy as housewives.
True
False
10
This commercial was most likely made to appeal to
recipients of the GI Bill
Baby Boomers
People like Sloan Wilson
Dads in Levittown
11
Who was the author of T
he Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
?
Harry S Truman
William Levitt
Ralph Nader
Sloan Wilson
12
What was the name of the generation born to the returning veterans and their wives after WWII?
Millennial
Baby Boom
The Greatest Generation
Gen X
13
Which 1950s value best applies to the corporate expectation of McDonald's?
individuality
creativity
rock and roll
conformity
14
Who wrote The Feminine Mystique?
Bess Truman
Mamie Eisenhower
Betty Friedan
Gloria Steinem
15
The Beat Movement was critical of
material culture
poetry
New York
teenagers
16
Who is credited as the original mastermind behind the rapidly built postwar suburbs?
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry S Truman
William Levitt
Joseph McCarthy
17
Who would have been in the intended audience for this commercial?
Betty Friedan
Dwight Eisenhower
Bill Levitt
Sloan Wilson
18
What word best describes the social expectation of the 1950s?
conformity
isolationism
individuality
sociology
19
After WWII, newlyweds were confronted with a shortage of
college admissions
food
health care
housing
20
What is the best term for developed areas outside of major cities?
megalopolis
rural area
urban area
suburb
21
"Little Boxes" would make the best theme song for which of the these?
the Korean War
Elvis Presley
Levittown
Marilyn Monroe
22
Women during the 1950s were pressured to be
all of the above
happy at home
wives
mothers
23
Which of the following was NOT a specific benefit promised to veterans under the GI Bill?
employment/unemployment insurance
college expenses
freedom of speech
home loans
24
True or False: All women were happy as housewives.
False
True
25
At first, mainstream white parents might have used which word to describe rock and roll?
cool
awesome
vulgar
hip
26
What makes the Baby Boom Generation particularly notable?
they were the smallest generation born in the US up to that date
they were the biggest generation born in the US up to that date
27
What phrase was used in the previous video clip to capture consumer desires?
the Beat movement
keeping up with the Joneses
rock and roll
I like Ike
28
Who was the first superstar of rock and roll?
Sloan Wilson
Bill Haley
Elvis Presley
Dwight Eisenhower
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What was the new type of music that emerged in the 1950s?
jazz
hip hop
rock and roll
R&B