Ch 28 p2 Cold War

Question 1

A very important reason for passage of the GI Bill was to:

Answer 1

prevent the return of the Depression.

Question 2

T or F: The years after World War II witnessed a second Great Migration.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

In the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, decision, the Supreme Court:

Answer 3

struck down “separate but equal” in public education.

Question 4

After the war, Americans were most eager to:

Answer 4

purchase.

Question 5

Suburban growth was spurred by all of the following EXCEPT:

Answer 5

new construction of mass public transportation.

Question 6

The nation’s suburban population by 1970 was overwhelmingly:

Answer 6

white.

Question 7

Many critics of American life in the 1950s believed that middle-class society suffered from:

Answer 7

excessive conformity.

Question 8

Senator Joseph McCarthy’s power began to unravel when he made reckless charges about Communist influence in:

Answer 8

the U.S. Army.

Question 9

The postwar era witnessed its most dramatic population growth in:

Answer 9

the sunbelt.

Question 10

The youthful rebels known as the Beats:

Answer 10

favored road trips, Buddhism, and jazz.

Question 11

In The Affluent Society, John Kenneth Galbraith pointed out the:

Answer 11

persistence of poverty.

Question 12

Alan Freed was a notable:

Answer 12

disc jockey.

Question 13

The baby boom:

Answer 13

started in 1941.

Question 14

The postwar economic boom was fueled mainly by:

Answer 14

cold war–related military spending.

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT true of the GI Bill?

Answer 15

Its huge cost did not justify its benefits.

Question 16

One major reason for religion’s growing appeal in the 1950s was:

Answer 16

the desire to combat godless communism.

Question 17

T or F: The GI Bill of Rights provided financial assistance for home loans and college expenses.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

All of the following countries were physically devastated during World War II EXCEPT:

Answer 18

the United States.

Question 19

T or F: Many adults, having experienced the Depression and wartime rationing, were eager to consume more in the 1950s.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Life magazine’s ideal woman of the mid-1950s was:

Answer 20

having babies.

Question 21

Most blacks who moved to the North were fleeing terrible poverty in:

Answer 21

the rural South.

Question 22

By the mid-1950s, an increasing number of workers:

Answer 22

did mental rather than physical labor.

Question 23

Adlai Stevenson was:

Answer 23

Eisenhower’s opponent for president in both 1952 and 1956.

Question 24

In which state was the first Levittown located?

Answer 24

New York

Question 25

Elvis Presley’s recordings:

Answer 25

blended a variety of musical styles.