Society in the 1950s

From the mid-1920s to the mid-1950s, the duties of the Hays Office involved

enforcement of moral standards in motion pictures.

All of the following factors promoted the growth of suburbs

low-cost government loans. expanded road and highway construction. increased automobile production.

The 1950s saw all of the following demographic shifts

some 18 million Americans moved from cities to the suburbs. more than 5 million Americans moved from the North and East to the South and West. millions of rural blacks and Puerto Ricans moved to cities.

Homeownership in Levittown in the 1950s was stimulated by all of the following

standardized construction methods. extensive car ownership and the expanding highway system. low-cost mortgages from the Federal Housing Administration and the Veterans Administration.

White Citizens' Councils

supported by white business and professional people, they used their economic power against black civil rights activists.

reasons why a consumer culture appeared in the 1950s

the creation of credit cards and easy payments plans. an increased ability of advertisers to create demand for new products. the appearance of new and varied products.

A major cause of the movement to the suburbs in the decades following World War II was

the growth of the middle class during the post-World War II period

The decade of the 1950s in the United States was characterized by

a steady rise in the number of women employees in the overall work force.