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1
What unintended purpose did the Interstate Highway system have?
Created Businesses and shopping centers
Allowed for Faster Travel
Created Evacuation routes from major cities
Created thousands of jobs
2
Which President was in office at the time of the interstate highway act?
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Roosevelt
3
In the 1950's the US economy changed in what way?
There was no siginificant change
Switched from Service based to mainly Manufacturing
Changed from mainly Blue Collar to mainly White Collar
Switched from a Peacetime to Wartime Economy
4
Which of these programs was not popular on 1950's televison
Talk shows
Variety Shows
Athletic Competions
Sitcoms
5
Who is this?
Truman
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Dewey
6
Income in the US did what from 1940 to 1955?
Tripled
Doubled
Decreased
quadrupled
7
At the height of the Baby Boom which was true?
100 million homes were bought
A Child was born every 7 seconds
A Child was born every 20 seconds
200 million homes were bought
8
Which of these musical artists was not part of early rock and roll
Bill Haley
Chuck Berry
Alan Ginsberg
Elvis Presley
9
The US became known as an affluent Society because
The invention of the televison
there was an abundance based economy
There was a scarcity based economy
there were many blue collar jobs avaliable
10
Who is this person?
Dwight Eisenhower
HarryTruman
Adlai Stevenson
Richard Nixon
11
What gave veterans the ability to do things like buy new homes, and go to college?
The Taft Hartley Act
The GI Bill
The Fair Deal
The National Housing Act
12
Who ran against Eisenhower in 1952?
Kennedy
Stevenson
Nixon
Truman
13
The Largest Public works bill under Eisenhower's Administration was what?
The Federal Highway Act
The Taft-Hartly Act
The GI Bill
The Levittown Act
14
After Truman proposed a Civil Rights Bill what third party was created by southern Democrats
The New Democrats
The South-Crats
The Dixie-crats
The New Republicans
15
Which President proposed the Fair Deal?
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Truman
16
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
17
Which of these things were not passed as part of the "Fair Deal?"
A Higher Minimum Wage
Civil Rights Legislation
A National Housing Act
A Expansion of Social Security
18
The word for the divide between the youth and their parents is what?
Generation Divide
Youth Gap
Generation Gap
Youth Divide
19
Radio changed its programming to all but what to regain its audience
Music
News
Comedies/Dramas
Talk
20
The Beat Movement was what?
A group advocating for the nutritional value of beets
A group of Hippies
A Group of nonconformist authors, writers and artists
A group of African American Artists
21
Eisenhower's politics were described as what?
Middle of the Road
Far Right
Liberal
Far Left
22
What was a major economic problem facing the United States after WWII?
Scarcity
Deflation
Inflation
Abundance
23
What is a Transistor
A device used to amplify or switch electronic signals
A device developed to make Televisions less expensive
A device created by Jonas Salk
A device used to calculate simple math equations
24
Who cured Polio
Richard Ricardo
Jonas Salk
Adlai Stevenson
Nikita Khrushchev
25
Which of these people began playing African American music on the radio
Alan Freed
Allen Ginsberg
Buddy Holly
Jack Kerouac
26
Which is true about Levittown?
Homes were customized to fit the buyer
The neighborhood was very diverse
Homes were Cheap and easily made
Homes were located within walking distance from downtown
27
Which is not a cause of the Baby Boom
Children were needed to work to help support the family
Young families were ready to settle down after the War
GI Benefits encouraged large families
Economic prosperity
28
Eisenhower's Campaign saying was what?
Ike for President
Dwight is Right
Four more years for the Eisenhowers
I like Ike
29
Dynamic Conservatism was a political policy of which individual?
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Truman
Nixon
30
ENIAC was what?
A radio the first used the Transistor
The Earliest television
The Earliest computer
The first transistor
31
Which was the most successful way for the Film industry to reclaim its audience
Advertising/Marketing
Cinemascope (Higher quality movies)
3-D Movies
Door Prizes
32
The US launched their first satellite in what year?
1958
1960
1957
1959
33
Levittown inspired what change in American society
The Baby Boom
The creation of Interstate Highways
Desegregation
The creation of Suburbs near major cities
34
Harry Truman gave 350 campaign speeches mainly saying what?
That Schools should get Federal aid
Civil Rights needs to be passed
Congress has done nothing
That the Americans deserve a Fair deal
35
Eisenhower won his second term in office mainly due to what?
The accusation of a "Do nothing Congress"
American Economic prosperity
A National Healh Insurance Bill
Successful Civil Rights Legislation
36
Richard Nixon gave a speech concerning a dog, What was the Dog's name?
Sherman
Checkers
Bingo
Rover
37
Dynamic Conservatism is what?
Truman's Political stance
Being a Conservative activist
Speaking about conserving
Disagreeing completely with liberal ideas
38
Truman sought to continue the policies of which president?
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Hoover
None of the Above
39
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
Conforms to the standard set by the company
Thinks outside of the box
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Women in the fifties did what?
Increased their numbers in the workforce
Were encouraged to continue working
Left the workforce completely
Lowered their numbers in the workforce
