The Baby Boom

When did the baby boom take place in the United States?

between 1946 and 1964

Which of the following occurred in the 1950s? Check all of the boxes that apply.

1 and 3

Which of the following were criticisms of Levittowns? Check all of the boxes that apply.

1, 2, and 4

What are the main features of the GI Bill? Check all of the boxes that apply.

1, 4, and 5

What else did the Master Plan for Education call for? Check all of the boxes that apply.

1, 4, and 5

According to the plan, the top of students graduating from public schools are eligible for admission to the University of California.

12.5%

In about what year did the GNP reach $400 billion?

1955

In what year did the birthrate peak?

1955

Which of the following statements about Jack Kerouac are true? Check all of the boxes that apply.

2 and 3

Which of these statements describes the changes that happened in culture and technology in America in the 1950s? Check all of the boxes that apply.

3

Approximately how many households in the United States had a television in 1955?

30 million

In 1960, there were 53 million households in the United States. According to the information provided in the graph, approximately what percentage of them owned a television?

90%

During the 1950s, an increase in the number of marriages and births fueled

a demand for housing.

Grants associate degrees and professional certificates and provides vocational training:

CC

Grants master's and baccalaureate degrees, and focuses on liberal arts and sciences:

CSU

Which of the following statements best describes what the graph is showing?

GNP increased between 1945 and 1960.

In addition to being one of the leaders of the beat generation, Jack Kerouac was

a novelist.

The 1950s era in the United States is described as "the affluent society." What change does this term describe?

People became wealthier.

Which of the following statements best characterizes the television sitcoms of the 1950s?

THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT ANSWER I GOT IT WRONG Sitcoms replaced newspapers and radio programs as news sources.

How did "car culture" in the United States affect the new migration of the 1950s?

The new highway system, which resulted from the car culture, made it easier for people to migrate from the North and East to the South and West.

Drawing on what you have learned in this reading and the previous readings, write a paragraph that describes the role of community colleges in the California education system.

The transfer function is an essential component of the commitment to access. UC and CSU are to establish a lower division to upper division ratio of 40:60 in order to provide transfer opportunities into the upper division for community college students. The goal was that UC and CSU would enroll at least one community college transfer student for each two freshmen enrolled. All eligible California Community College transfer students are to be provided a place in the upper division and are to be given priority over freshmen in the admissions process.

Grants doctoral, master's, and baccalaureate degrees, and is a primary research institution:

UC

Which of the following statements correctly describes the relationship between the GI Bill and suburban growth?

Veterans were able to borrow money with low interest rates and use that money to purchase homes in suburbs.

Who applied assembly-line techniques to home construction in the 1950s?

William Levitt

What was the "car culture" of the 1950s?

a way of life that centered around the automobile

Based on this graph, when did the birthrate grow most quickly?

between 1945 and 1950

In their TV and radio advertisements, many car companies of the 1950s promoted

family road vacations.

What is Bill Levitt talking about in this quote?

planning suburban communities, which considered housing, recreation facilities, and schools

In the 1950s, Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for

polio

The picture above is of actor James Dean. In the 1950s, Dean became a symbol of teenage

rebellion

One of the benefits of the new suburban lifestyle of the 1950s was that

suburban homes had yards and crime was low.

The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 and the growth of suburbs both had a negative impact on

the nation's cities.

Why did California adopt the Master Plan for Higher Education?

to provide greater access to higher education in response to a growing population