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Question 5 • US History Studies Since 1877

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

Answer

Only wealthy people could afford cars, so the people involved in the new migration tended to be wealthy with a lot of disposable income.

As car ownership increased, more people stayed put and only traveled to distant places during vacations, which brought the new migration to an end.

Cars helped urban centers and their downtown areas prosper, which made people want to migrate to Eastern cities during 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.

Explanation

Car culture helped drive the construction of a new highway system, making long-distance travel and relocation easier. This supported the 1950s migration from the North and East to the South and West, so choice C is correct. Cars and highways helped people move rather than bringing migration to an end, as choice A suggests.

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