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1950s ELL vocabulary for US History II
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All of the following are examples of mass media EXCEPT
radio
the internet
a text message
TV
2
Which one of the following was NOT a president in the 1950s?
Truman
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
3
The most famous suburb was
Freehold
Levittown
New York City
Middletown
4
Why did people have more leisure time in the 1950s?
Most people worked a 40 hour week
More teens worked
the baby boom
there weren't enough jobs
5
The first rock 'n' roll song was
Rock Around the Clock
Hound Dog
I Love Rock 'n' Roll
Fly Me to the Moon
6
Lucille Ball's show was different than other TV shows in the 1950s because
They were a family
her husband was Cuban and spoke Spanish
it was in color
She was a stay at home mom
7
Planned obsolescence means that companies
cheat their customers
pay taxes
make their products so that they do not last long
go out of business
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Which of the following was invented in the 1950s?
Credit Cards
Internet
Movies
Radio
9
Teenagers in the 1950s had more
technology
leisure time
schooling
jobs
10
Rock 'n' roll was
only listened to by white teenagers
invented in the U.S.
brought to the U.S. by immigrants
invented before WW II
11
City areas are called
Coasts
Suburban
Rural
Urban
12
Which of the following was NOT a type of TV show in the 1950s?
Variety Shows
Game Shows
Reality Shows
Situation Comedies
13
More people moving to the suburbs meant that people needed ______ more.
TVs
Cars
Money
Credit Cars
14
Dr. Jonas Salk
invented TV
was a rock 'n' roll singer
was president in the 1950s
Developed a vaccine to prevent polio
15
After World War II, the soldiers came home and got married. What was the result?
Mass Media
Mass Media
Consumerism
Baby Boom
16
Consumerism means that
people didn't have enough money
there were high taxes
people bought a lot of things with credit cards
people couldn't afford to buy lots of things
17
Elvis Presley is famous for
being a rock 'n' roll star
being a president
being a hero in WW II
being a TV star
18
Families moved to the _______because they were safer and gave their children a place to play.
suburbs
coasts
farms
cities
19
An example of a company that uses planned obsolescence is
Apple
Coca Cola
McDonald's
Kohl's
20
All of the following increased in the 1950s EXCEPT
Poor People
Babies
Leisure Time
Suburbs
