US History Chapter 26 "Postwar Confidence and Anxiety" – Flashcards
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Television programs in the 1950s often
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idealized families centered aroung the father as breadwinner and the mother as homemaker.
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On which issue did President Truman make progress?
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Desegregation of the military
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During the 1948 election,
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Southern democrats split from the their party.
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Many social critics in the 1950s criticized an American emphasis on
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conformity.
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During the 1950s, American families
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benefited from recent advances in medicine.
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Many people migrated to the Sunbelt to
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work in the defense, aerospace, electronics, and petrochemical industries.
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In what way did family patterns change during the 1950s?
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Single people got married at a younger age
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Between 1940 and 1960, more than 40 million Americans
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migrated to the suburbs.
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The National Defense Education Act allocated federal funds to train
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soldiers.
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According to Harte and Riley, how was Kerouac's second novel On the Road different from his first?
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Which of the following contributed to rural poverty?
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Corporate farming
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The rise of the car culture led to the
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spread of fast food restaurants and drive-in movies.
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The flight of the urban middle class to the suburbs
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hurt cities economically because the middle class paid a large share of the taxes.
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Which factor contributed to the increase in college degrees earned in the late 1940s?
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G.I. Bill
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The Marshall Plan generated economic growth by
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stimulating foreign demands for American products.
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Which of the following made the scale of suburban growth possible?
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Interstate highways
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Which of the following contributed to a surge in postwar home construction?
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Loans to war veterans
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The postwar economy suffered severe
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inflation.
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During the 1950s, American consumers
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purchased new labor saving appliances.
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Congress increased federal funding for education largely because of
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the Soviet Union's space program.
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Rock-and-roll music
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became a symbol of youth culture.
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After the war, the United States economy
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shifted to producing consumer goods.
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Dr. Benjamin Spock
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emphasized the importance of nurturing children.
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President Eisenhower
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maintained existing New Deal programs.
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What did Kerouac opt to abandon "tedium" in his second book?
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He hoped to adapt the book into a screenplay
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After World War II, many American cities began to decline because of the
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flight of the middle class white families.
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Which industry grew most rapidly during the 1950s?
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Service industry
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After World War II, worker productivity improved largely because of
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numerous technological advances.
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In The Other America, Michael Harrington exposed problems dealing with
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poverty.
