America: The Story of Us – Superpower – Flashcards
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What was the U.S. population in 1945?
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140,000,000
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How much more did the average American family make than in Europe?
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15 times
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What were America's first highways?
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Rivers
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What President made it his mission to improve the roads?
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President Eisenhower
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What was the biggest engineering project in history?
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The building of the interstate highway system which cost $129 billion.
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By 1955, the U.S.A. was making what percentage of the world's automobiles?
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80%
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Why did many towns die?
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The interstates bypassed towns.
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In 1946, _________ baby was born every _________ seconds.
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1,10
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What was America's most famous postwar housing?
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Levittown, NY
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How much was the family home in today's money?
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$8000 = $71,000
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What "won" the South?
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air conditioning
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Who told the world in 1961 that America would put a man on the moon?
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President John F. Kennedy
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How many Americans worked strictly on Apollo 11?
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400,000
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How many Americans reached the moon?
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24
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What was the fault line that chained the nation?
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Race
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When did change occur for African Americans?
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One million black Americans fight in WWII
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What happened in July 1948?
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President Truman desegregated the military
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Who was the voice of the modern Civil Rights Movement?
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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What was passed a year after the March on Washington?
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Civil Rights Act
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What did the Manhattan Project develop?
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Atomic bomb
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What infiltrated the Manhattan Project?
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Communist spies
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When did the Soviets get the bomb?
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1949
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What were the drills done at school?
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Duck and cover
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1960 - The ______________ Incident: a US spy plane shot down over the USSR.
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U2
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1962 - ______________ Crisis over nuclear warheads in Cuba.
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Cuban Missile
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Why were congressional hearings set up?
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To unmask communists in the government and the media
