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Planned obsolescence is a marketing strategy designed to encourage consumers to buy more goods.
True
False
The beat movement was centered in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York City's Greenwich Village.
True
False
The braceros were Mexican workers who came to the United States during World War II to harvest crops
True
False
The Dixiecrats were strong supporters of Truman's civil rights policies.
True
False
The termination policy was a failed federal program aimed at African Americans.
True
False
One of the benefits that the GI Bill of Rights offered to returning veterans was ___.
counseling
low-interest loans
free homes
government jobs
President Truman threatened to ___ striking workers to prevent strikes from crippling the nation.
arrest
Sue
draft
deport
A ___ is a large corporation that owns a number of smaller companies.
franchise
monopoly
government agency
conglomerate
The vast majority of new homes in the 1950s were built in the ___ .
big cities
suburbs
small cities
rural areas
With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, ___ became an American way of life.
consumerism
social conformity
planned obsolescence
a 40-hour work week
Most Americans in the 1960s relied on ___ as their primary source of entertainment and information.
radio
movies
telephones
television
The expression of nonconformity by ___ developed into the beat movement.
college students
artists and poets
teenagers
rock 'n' roll performers
Most ___ enjoyed the prosperity of the postwar period.
Latinos
African Americans
White Americans
Mexican Americans
The factor that most contributed to the upset win of Truman in the 1948 election was
his relentless campaign against a "do-nothing" Congress.
the healthy state of the nation's economy.
his position on civil rights.
his position on civil rights.
The Longoria incident prompted Mexican Americans to do all of the following except
promote political candidates who represented their interests.
organize the G.I. Forum.
found the Unity League of California.
return to Mexico.
Criticism of television in the 1950s was based on
its portrayal of an idealized society.
weak transmitters.
the size of the screen.
its black-and-white images.
In the 1950s, both the beat movement and rock 'n' roll were viewed as forms of
harmless entertainment.
rebellion.
African-American culture.
mainstream American values.
In response to the postwar housing crisis, developers such as William Levitt offered standardized, mass-produced homes in small residential communities known as ghettos.
True
False
The Dixiecrats were Southern Democrats who opposed civil rights and claimed to be concerned about protecting "the Southern way of life."
True
False
This is the preoccupation with buying material goods.
conglomerate
planned obsolescence
consumerism
strategic marketing
He developed a vaccine against polio.
Dr. Henry Jekyll
Dr. Victor Frankenstein
Dr. John H. Watson
Dr. Jonas Salk
This is a company that offers the same products or services in many locations.
franchise
conglomerate
consortium
planned obsolescence
This is a marketing strategy in which manufacturers purposely design products to wear out or become outdates in a short period of time.
planned obsolescence
conglomerate
franchise
consumerism
This is a major corporation that includes a number of smaller companies in unrelated industries
consumerism
conglomerate
franchise
planned obsolescence
The height of this unprecedented population explosion was in 1957.
Baby boom
Baby bust
Humanitarian Crisis
Triage
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