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The postwar economic boom was fueled mainly by: |
cold war-related military spending |
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After the war, Americans were most eager to: |
purchase |
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All of the following countries were physically damaged during World War II EXCEPT: |
the United States |
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Before the Second World War, approximately how many people graduated from college in the United States each year? |
about 160,000 |
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Between 1945 and 1960, home ownership: |
significantly increased |
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In 1954, all of the following were major TV shows EXCEPT: |
The Price Is Right |
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All of the following increased through the postwar years EXCEPT: |
family savings |
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A very important reason for passage of the GI Bill was to: |
prevent the return of the Depression |
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Which of the following is NOT true of the GI Bill? |
Its huge cost did not justify its benefits. |
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While college enrollments soared in the postwar period: |
black veterans encountered barriers to entrance |
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The baby boom: |
started in 1941 |
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The postwar era witnessed its most dramatic population growth in: |
the sunbelt |
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The location of William Levitt’s first suburban development was: |
Long Island, New York |
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Houses in Levittown in the early 1950s all sold for just under: |
$7,000 |
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Suburban growth was spurred by all of the following EXCEPT: |
new construction of mass public transportation |
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The phenomenon of "white flight" in the 1950s: |
was a major cause of the growth of the suburbs |
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Most blacks who moved to the North were fleeing terrible poverty in: |
the rural South |
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Blacks who moved to northern cities found: |
new problems and forms of exploitation |
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By the 1950s, suburban life was marked by an increasing: |
uniformity |
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During the fifties, the U.S. marriage rate: |
reached an all-time high |
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By 1960, which American city had the largest concentration of Mexican Americans? |
Los Angeles, California |
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Dwight Eisenhower considered himself a: |
moderate Republican |
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Life magazine’s ideal woman of the mid-1950s was: |
a white suburban housewife |
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With the end of World War II, women workers were encouraged to: |
give up their jobs to returning veterans |
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Who wrote that he and other writers felt estranged "from a government that extolled business and mediocrity"? |
John Updike |
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By 1960, about 65 percent of Americans: |
belonged to a church |
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One sign of the times came in 1954 when Congress added the words "under God" to: |
the Pledge of Allegiance |
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One major reason for religion’s growing appeal in the 1950s was: |
the desire to combat "godless" communism |
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The Reverend Norman Vincent Peale emphasized: |
faith, enthusiasm, and joy |
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In The Affluent Society, John Kenneth Galbraith pointed out the: |
environmental costs of prosperity |
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In The Crack in the Picture Window, John Keats described suburban life as: |
homogeneous |
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During the 1950s, novelist John Updike observed: |
he and other writers felt estranged "from a government that extolled business and mediocrity" |
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The African American writer who explored the theme of social alienation in Invisible Man was: |
Ralph Ellison |
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Jack Kerouac’s style of writing is commonly grouped into this type of literature: |
Beats |
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The youthful rebels known as the Beats: |
favored road trips, Buddhism, and jazz |
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Ultimately, the Beats: |
helped inspire the youth revolt of the 1960s |
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Alan Freed was a notable: |
disc jockey |
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The music Alan Freed labeled "rock ‘n’ roll" was actually: |
rhythm and blues |
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Elvis Presley’s recordings: |
blended a variety of musical styles |
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Elvis was especially controversial because of his: |
suggestive gyrations on stage |
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Before becoming president, Eisenhower was most shaped by his experience in: |
the military |
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In regard to New Deal programs, Eisenhower: |
retained most and even expanded some of them |
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Senator Joseph McCarthy’s power began to unravel when he made reckless charges about Communist influence in: |
the U.S. Army |
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When the U-2 spy plane was shot down over Russia, Eisenhower first: |
tried to cover it up |
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In the Brown decision, the Supreme Court: |
struck down "separate but equal" in public education |
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Secretary of State John Foster Dulles could be viewed as a sixteenth-century religious zealot in that he: |
divided the world into forces: those who are Christians and the others |
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Dulles’s policy of "roll back" involved: |
liberating people under Communist rule |
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Since the nineteenth century, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia had been ruled by: |
France |
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The First Indochina War ended when the French suffered a major defeat at: |
Dien Bien Phu |
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Adlai E. Stevenson was: |
Eisenhower’s opponent for president in both 1952 and 1956 |
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