Lesson 2 - Society in the 1950s

Determine whether the question applied MOST to Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin, or both.

- Albert Sabin: He developed the first polio vaccine that could be taken orally. - Jonas Salk: The polio vaccine he developed was the first and was injectable. - Both: His vaccine helped eradicate polio in the United States.

The 1939 transportation authority report promoted the idea of building an interstate highway system for what two reasons?

- national defense - rapid transportation

Nearly ___ million people were living below the poverty line, especially in the rural South, the Appalachians, and in the inner cities.

30

President Eisenhower called upon the governors of the states to get behind the effort to build an efficient and modern __________ _______ system in ten years. The _______ ___ _______ Act of 1956 authorized funds for the construction of this system.

Interstate Highway, Federal Aid Highway

Which statement does NOT describe a way movie producers adapted to the loss of revenue to TV entertainment?

Movie producers rented movie sets to television producers.

__________ programming was being changed because of the popularity of television.

Radio

By 1956, the nation had successfully made the transition from a(n) _______ economy to a(n) _________ economy—without a major recession.

Wartime, Peacetime

What specific concern prompted a resolution by Congress "declaring IN GOD WE TRUST the national motto of the United States"?

a desire to distinguish American culture from the state-sponsored atheism of the Soviet Union

Between 1945 and 1955, crimes involving young people (teenagers and young adults) nearly _________. This was the problem of juvenile delinquency.

doubled

The _____________ boom was characterized by, and to some extent driven by, a new consumerism.

economic

Advertising became the nation's ____________ growing industry, as radio, television, and print ads extolled the virtues of buying and owning new stuff.

fastest

By 1960 almost two-thirds of American families were ________.

homeowners

In the early 1950s, a scientist named Jonas Salk developed an effective ___________ vaccine.

polio

The interstate highway system was being constructed in what is the largest ___________ project ever undertaken in the United States.

public works

After the Twenty-One scandal, Congress passed laws making the rigging of ___ a crime.After the Twenty-One scandal, Congress passed laws making the rigging of ___ a crime.

quiz shows

The biggest change in the culture of the United States during the 1950s can be summed up in one word—___________.

television

The ___ took the place of cumbersome vacuum tubes and made radios and televisions smaller and more reliable.

transistor