Ch 28 p2 Cold War Flashcards
A very important reason for passage of the GI Bill was to:
prevent the return of the Depression.
T or F: The years after World War II witnessed a second Great Migration.
True
In the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, decision, the Supreme Court:
struck down “separate but equal” in public education.
After the war, Americans were most eager to:
purchase.
Suburban growth was spurred by all of the following EXCEPT:
new construction of mass public transportation.
The nation’s suburban population by 1970 was overwhelmingly:
white.
Many critics of American life in the 1950s believed that middle-class society suffered from:
excessive conformity.
Senator Joseph McCarthy’s power began to unravel when he made reckless charges about Communist influence in:
the U.S. Army.
The postwar era witnessed its most dramatic population growth in:
the sunbelt.
The youthful rebels known as the Beats:
favored road trips, Buddhism, and jazz.
In The Affluent Society, John Kenneth Galbraith pointed out the:
persistence of poverty.
Alan Freed was a notable:
disc jockey.
The baby boom:
started in 1941.
The postwar economic boom was fueled mainly by:
cold war–related military spending.
Which of the following is NOT true of the GI Bill?
Its huge cost did not justify its benefits.
One major reason for religion’s growing appeal in the 1950s was:
the desire to combat godless communism.
T or F: The GI Bill of Rights provided financial assistance for home loans and college expenses.
True
All of the following countries were physically devastated during World War II EXCEPT:
the United States.
T or F: Many adults, having experienced the Depression and wartime rationing, were eager to consume more in the 1950s.
True
Life magazine’s ideal woman of the mid-1950s was:
having babies.
Most blacks who moved to the North were fleeing terrible poverty in:
the rural South.
By the mid-1950s, an increasing number of workers:
did mental rather than physical labor.
Adlai Stevenson was:
Eisenhower’s opponent for president in both 1952 and 1956.
In which state was the first Levittown located?
New York
Elvis Presley’s recordings:
blended a variety of musical styles.
