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History 1302 - Quiz 14

 

1.

Who invented the concept of the mass construction of suburban homes?

 

a.

William Levitt

b.

Thurgood Marshall

c.

Joseph McCarthy

d.

Norman Vincent Peale

e.

Reginald Rose

 

2.

What group was rigidly excluded from all three Levittowns?

 

a.

the middle class

b.

the working class

c.

African Americans

d.

Protestants

e.

Catholics

 

3.

The most significant social trend in postwar America was _______.

 

a.

the decline of the nuclear family

b.

a decrease in the birth rate

c.

a decline in family size

d.

the emergence of the drug culture

e.

the flight to the suburbs

 

4.

The term "baby boom" refers to a significant increase in _______.

 

a.

the infant survival rate in America

b.

the American birth rate

c.

the amount of money spent on babies

d.

the popularity of adopting children

e.

the rise in teenage pregnancies

 

5.

By 1960, America's gross national product was ________ the 1940 gross national product.

 

a.

less than half

b.

about ten percent less than

c.

about the same as

d.

about fifty percent higher than

e.

more than double

 

6.

Which section of the country benefited the most from the economic boom of the 1950s?

 

a.

the Hawaiian Islands

b.

the Great Lakes region

c.

the Midwest region

d.

the Sunbelt states

e.

the New England area

 

7.

Which of the following was critical to life in the suburbs?

 

a.

jobs close to the home sites

b.

efficient public transportation

c.

the automobile

d.

American school systems

e.

air conditioning

 

8.

What was Dr. Benjamin Spock's bestselling book about?

 

a.

infant and child care

b.

public education

c.

Cold War politics

d.

dating and marriage

e.

space travel

 

9.

What was the dominant social theme of 1950s America?

 

a.

individualism

b.

free love

c.

philanthropy

d.

consumerism

e.

political activism

 

10.

An immediate problem for rapidly growing suburban communities was providing adequate _______.

 

a.

water supplies

b.

schools

c.

waste disposal

d.

law enforcement

e.

mass transit