HIS 122 (U.S. History II) Unit 12/Chapter 28 Study Guide
Houses in Levittown in the early 1950s all sold for just under
$10,000.
The First Indochina War ended when the French suffered a major defeat at
Dien Bien Phu.
The Beats took their name because of their pervasive sense that society had beaten them, or triumphed over their spirits.
False
The postwar era witnessed economic depression and falling social contentment.
False
Since the nineteenth century, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia had been ruled by
France.
Which of the following is NOT true of the GI Bill?
Its huge cost did not justify its benefits.
In which state was the first Levittown located?
New York
Many adults, having experienced the Depression and wartime rationing, were eager to consume more in the 1950s.
True
The Civil Rights Act established the Civil Rights Commission and a new Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department.
True
The GI Bill of Rights provided financial assistance for home loans and college expenses.
True
The Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 began after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.
True
The phrase "In God We Trust" was added to coins and currency in the 1950s.
True
The years after World War II witnessed a second Great Migration.
True
By 1960, about 65 percent of Americans
belonged to a church.
While college enrollments soared in the postwar period
black veterans encountered barriers to entrance.
Elvis Presley's recordings
blended a variety of musical styles.
The postwar economic boom was fueled mainly by
cold war-related military spending.
By the mid-1950s, an increasing number of workers
did mental rather than physical labor.
Alan Freed was a notable
disc jockey.
Many critics of American life in the 1950s believed that middle-class society suffered from
excessive conformity.
The youthful rebels known as the Beats
favored road trips, Buddhism, and jazz.
With the end of World War II, women workers were encouraged to
give up their jobs to returning veterans.
Suburban growth was spurred by all of the following EXCEPT
new construction of mass public transportation.
Blacks who moved to northern cities found
new problems and forms of exploitation.
In The Affluent Society, John Kenneth Galbraith pointed out the
persistence of poverty.
A very important reason for passage of the GI Bill was to
prevent the return of the Depression.
The music Alan Freed labeled "rock and roll" was actually
rhythm and blues.
Many concerned observers blamed teen delinquency on
rock and roll.
As president, Eisenhower reverted to the nineteenth-century view that Congress
should make policy, and the president should carry it out.
The baby boom
started in 1941.
Elvis was especially controversial because of his
suggestive gyrations on stage.
Jack Kerouac wrote on what topic?
the Beats
Senator Joseph McCarthy's power began to unravel when he made reckless charges about Communist influence in
the U.S. Army.
One major reason for religion's growing appeal in the 1950s was
the desire to combat godless communism.
Before becoming president, Eisenhower was most shaped by his experience in
the military.
Most blacks who moved to the North were fleeing terrible poverty in
the rural South.
The postwar era witnessed its most dramatic population growth in
the sunbelt.
By the 1950s, suburban life was marked by an increasing
uniformity.
The nation's suburban population by 1970 was overwhelmingly
white.
