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Chapter 26–Postwar Confidence & Anxiety
Section 1 – An Economic Boom
Matching Directions:Place the letter of the correct term from the word bank with the description that best matches. For the terms that are NOT used, write a brief definition on a separate sheet of paper.
a. demobilization
b. GI Bill of Rights
c. baby boom
d. productivity
e. Taft-Hartley Act
f. Fair Deal
_____1. a worker’s output per each hour of work
_____2. the act of disbanding an army
_____3. a law that limited labor unions’ rights
_____4. a law that grants benefits to war veterans
_____5. Truman’s plan to strengthen reforms andstart new social welfare programs
_____6. a period of time when many people marriedand started families
Multiple Choice Directions:Write the letter of the best answer or ending in each blank.
_____7. Which of the following contributed to a surge in postwar home construction?
a. foreign aid
b. price controls
c. price controls
d. loans to war veterans
_____8. After the war, the United States economy
a. entered a severe depression.
b. stagnated as wartime production fell.
c. shifted to producing consumer goods.
d. fluctuated as it withdrew from world markets.
_____9. On which issue did President Truman make progress?
a. civil rights
b. labor rights
c. national health insurance
d. desegregation of the military
_____10. President Eisenhower
a. decreased federal spending.
b. wanted a stronger federal government.
c. maintained existing New Deal programs.
d. opposed introduction of any new federal programs.
Section 2 – A Society of the Move
Matching Directions:Write the correct term from the word bank to complete each statement. For the terms that are NOT used, write a brief definition on a separate sheet of paper.
Interstate Highway Act
service sector
franchise businesses
multinational corporations
AFL-CIO
Sunbelt
information industries
California Master Plan
11. In 1955, two large labor unions united to form the ______.
12. The rise of ______allowed companies to distribute theirproducts and services through retail outlets owned by independent operators.
13. ______produce and sell goods and services all over the world.
14. In the postwar period, many people migrated south and west to the ______.
15. The ______established three tiers of higher education.
16. The ______includes businesses such as healthcare, law,banking and retail.
Multiple Choice Directions:Write the letter of the best answer or ending in each blank.
_____17. Between 1940 and 1960, more than 40 million Americans
a. migrated to the suburbs.
b. helped rebuild older cities.
c. moved into housing developments.
d. returned to rural regions.
_____18. Which of the following made the scale of suburban growth possible?
a. travel and tourism
b. high-interest loans
c. interstate highways
d. multinational corporations
_____19. Which industry grew most rapidly during the 1950s?
a. service
b. mining
c. farming
d. manufacturing
_____20. Congress increased federal funding for education largely because of
a. rising immigration.
b. massive population shifts.
c. the Soviet Union’s space program.
d. the growth of information industries.
Section 3 – Mass Culture & Family Life
Matching Directions:Place the letter of the correct term from the word bank with the description that best matches. For the terms that are NOT used, write a brief definition on a separate sheet of paper.
a. consumerism
b. median familyincome
c. nuclear family
d. Benjamin Spock
e. rock-and-roll
f. Elvis Presley
_____21. author of a book on nurturing young children
_____22. the amount of money the average family earnsin a year
_____23. buying as much as one can, much of it on credit
_____24. singer who set off a new craze in rock music
_____25. what disc jockey Alan Freed called “race” music
_____26. a household consisting of a mother, a father, andtheir children
Multiple Choice Directions:Write the letter of the best answer or ending in each blank.
_____27. During the 1950s, American consumers
a. had less money to spend.
b. bought fewer goods on credit.
c. purchased new labor-saving appliances.
d. did not respond well to commercial advertisements.
_____28. The television
a. had little impact on family life.
b. offered few programs for women.
c. changed the way politicians ran for office.
d. was too expensive for most Americans to buy.
_____29. Dr. Jonas Salk
a. developed a vaccine against polio.
b. encouraged women to work outside the home.
c. emphasized the importance of nurturing children.
d. attracted millions to religious revivals around the nation.
_____30. Rock-and-roll music
a. became a symbol of youth culture.
b. was favored by adults.
c. grew out of a subversive communist movement.
d. developed as a southern alternative to rhythm and blues music.
Section 4 – Dissent & Discontent
Matching Directions:Place the letter of the correct term from the word bank with the description that best matches. For the terms that are NOT used, write a brief definition on a separate sheet of paper.
a. beatniks
b. inner city
c. urban renewal
d. termination policy
_____31. a group of writers and artists who refusedto accept traditional ways of thinking,dressing, and behaving
_____32. laws that tried to end tribal governmentand relocate Native Americans to cities
_____33. clearing out older housing and buildingnew developments
_____34. the central part of an urban area
Multiple Choice Directions:Write the letter of the best answer or ending in each blank.
_____35. After World War II, many African Americans and other nonwhiteminorities
a. moved to cities.
b. left the country.
c. became beatniks.
d. began farming.
_____36. Many social critics in the 1950s criticized an American emphasis on
a. diversity.
b. conformity.
c. individualism.
d. intellectualism.
_____37.In The Other America, Michael Harrington exposed problems dealing with
a. race.
b. religion.
c. poverty.
d. communism.
_____38. After World War II, many American cities began to decline because of the
a. increase in taxes.
b. influx of new industries.
c. decrease in public housing.
d. flight of the middle class.
_____39. Which of the following contributed to rural poverty?
a. immigration
b. corporate farming
c. urban renewal projects
d. interstate highway construction
_____40. In the 1950s, the federal government encouraged Native Americans to
a. stay on their reservations.
b. elect new governments.
c. assimilate into American society.
d. spread their native traditions.