Lesson 3: The Nation Prospers

Question 1

Sun-Belt

Answer 1

Southern and western states that offered a warm climate year-round and low tax rates

Question 2

Urban Renewal

Answer 2

A plan to improve life in cities

Question 3

Beats (Beatniks)

Answer 3

Young people who criticized society with unusual writing styles and rebellious behavior

Question 4

Baby Boom (1946-64)

Answer 4

A significant increase in the number of babies born; soldiers came home and began families

Question 5

In the 1950’s the federal government began an urban renewal program mainly to _____________.

Answer 5

Improve life in the cities

Question 6

During the 1950’s, musicians such as Elvis Presley helped what type of music become popular?

Answer 6

Rock ‘N’ Roll

Question 7

In the 1950’s many people moved to the ___________ where tax rates were low.

Answer 7

Sun Belt

Question 8

The 1952 novel, _____________, focused on the isolation from mainstream society felt by many African Americans.

Answer 8

Invisible Man

Question 9

Some suburban communities, including Levittown, refused to sell homes to ___________.

Answer 9

African American families

Question 10

American scientists tested the first atomic bomb in the South Pacific in 1952.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

In 1950 Senator Edward R. Murrow claimed to know of Communists who were aiding the Soviet Union from inside the U.S. State Department.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

The United States joined nine Western European countries, along with Iceland and Canada to form ___________.

Answer 12

NATO

Question 13

Eleanor and the UN

Answer 13

~Represented the official State Department position

~She helped made the universal declaration of human rights