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Question 1

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

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suburban homes had yards and crime was low.

Question 2

Which of the following statements best describes the postwar US economy?

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Experts incorrectly predicted that an economic collapse would follow the end of World War II.

Question 3

Owning a car during the 1950s in the United States was mostly

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a sign of status and success.

Question 4

Between what years did the Gross National Product (GNP) double in the United States?

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between 1945 and 1960

Question 5

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

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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.

Question 6

Which of the following most contributed to the postwar baby boom?

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the GI Bill

Question 7

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

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William Levitt

Question 8

Which phrase was used by economist John Kenneth Galbraith to describe the prosperity of the 1950s?

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“affluent society”

Question 9

Which of the following gave the American economy a major boost in the years after World War II?

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a pent-up demand for consumer goods

Question 10

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

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the nation’s cities.

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