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.