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- 1. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 pt
This program assisted soldiers when they returned to civilian life
Selective Service Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
G.I. Bill
Baby Boom
- 2. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 pt
What happened as a result of the increase in U.S. births that began in 1942
the decline of family farming
The spread of new diseases
The reduction of defense spending
The growth of suburbs
- 3. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 pt
What is a consequence of suburbia
Increase in housing prices
increased demand for automobiles
increased deforestation
Increase urban decay
- 4. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 pt
The introduction of vaccines to the United States helped
limit the risk in consumer imported produce
limit the spread of infectious diseases
improve the hygiene of medical procedures
improve the water supply
- 5. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 pt
This needed to be improved to also serve as a route for out national defense
Interstate Highway System
Autoban
Transcontinental Railroad
Panama Canal
- 6. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 pt
A society that purchases a new washing machine, a new car, and a new vacuum would be an example of what
sellers market
scarcity
incentives
consumerism
- 7. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 pt
This helped rebuild Europe after WWII, and to prevent Europe falling to communism
Marshall Plan
Truman Plan
Dawes Plan
None of the above
- 8. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 pt
This was a government program that allowed millions of people to earn a higher education
Truman Plan
Marshall Plan
GI Bill
Eisenhower Doctrine
- 9. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 pt
What new financial instrument was introduced late in the 1950s?
credit card
Amazon
Saving Accounts
Installment Plans
- 10. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 pt
This new technology helped spur consumerism through advertising
Washing Machine
TV
Cars
All of these
- 11. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 pt
Rock n Roll had an affect on society that led to this
Dust Bowl
Red Scare
Consumerism
Generation Gap
- 12. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 pt
The changes described in this list contributed most directly to-
a decline in home ownership rates
a decrease in federal employment opportunities
a rise in the number of business failures
an increase in consumer spending
