The dramatic increase in car ownership in the 1950s led to...

Increasing drive-thru and drive-in restaurants

Rock-n-Roll music was...

Popular, rebellious teen music in the 1950s

Helped veterans pay for college and get loans for homes

Which of the following did NOT happen to the family after World War II?

Women retained the power and independence they had developed

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1950s U.S. Culture

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This quiz is made for U.S. History students as a review of the major societal changes of the 1950s including the interstate highway system, baby boom and rock 'n roll.

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1
The first U.S. satellite placed in Earth's orbit was...
Sputnik
Vanguard
Explorer
Apollo
2
Criticism of television in the 1950s was...
it was a vast wasteland
there weak transmitters
the size of the screens were too small
its black-and-white images
3
In the 1950s, both the beat movement and rock 'n' roll were viewed as forms of...
harmless entertainment
African-American culture
mainstream American values
rebellion
4
The dramatic increase in car ownership in the 1950s led to...
The widening gap between middle class and poor
Less movement to the suburbs
Increasing drive-thru and drive-in restaurants
A decrease in tourism businesses
5
Rock-n-Roll music was...
Supported by most parents in the 1950s
Popular, rebellious teen music in the 1950s
Not popular in the 1950s
Influenced by white classical artists
6
The vast majority of new homes in the 1950s were built in these.
Big cities
The East Coast
Rural areas
Suburbs
7
The group that benefitted most from the economy and the culture of the 1950s was...
Poor, white women
Latinos
African-Americans
White, middle class men
8
The first president to attempt to reverse racial discrimination in the United States was...
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
John F. Kennedy.
Theodore Roosevelt.
Harry Truman.
9
Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry, and rhythm & blues are examples of:
Rock n Roll of the 1950’s
Motion Pictures in the 1950’s
Social Media in the 1950’s
Television in the 1950’s
10
Which of the following economic changes led to the conformity of 1950’s society?
Spread of franchises
All of the above
TV advertising encouraging you to “keep up with the Jones”
Development of cheap manufactured housing for the suburbs
11
The G.I. Bill...
Was not used by many people after World War II
Helped veterans pay for college and get loans for homes
Created the Interstate Highway System
Was created to combat “beat” culture
12
Which of the following did NOT happen to the family after World War II?
Families became larger, as a major baby boom took place
Women would return to traditional roles in the home.
Women retained the power and independence they had developed
A housing boom occurs and moves white families to suburbs.
13
The conformity and sameness of homes built in the 1950s were in neighborhoods called...
Rural America
Urban areas
Boomtowns
Levittowns
14
Many people in the 1950s were preoccupied with purchasing material goods, which is known as:
Conglomerates
Inflation
Franchising
Consumerism
15
During the 1950s, what type of jobs declined?
Advertising
Law advisor
Communications
Blue Collar- Factory Jobs

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