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Multiple-Choice Questions - Chapter 301.The postwar economic boom was fueled mainly by:A.a massive government jobs programB.new inventionsC.cold war–related military spendingD.the work ethic of the American populationE.trade with Europe and Japan2.After the war, Americans were most eager to:A.purchaseB.saveC.travelD.pursue educationE.work overtime3.Between 1945 and 1960, home ownership:A.declined, due to the construction of cheap apartmentsB.significantly increasedC.was hampered due to shortages of creditD.became almost universalE.was not as popular as government-provided public housing4.While college enrollments soared in the postwar period:A.most professors were dull and uninspiringB.black veterans encountered barriers to entranceC.student debt became a major problemD.few students were able to finish and earn a degreeE.campuses became hotbeds of student protest and misbehavior5.The phenomenon of “white flight” in the 1950s:A.stopped when the federal government banned housing discriminationB.involved poor whites fleeing the South for jobs in big northern citiesC.showed the improvement in race relations since the end of World War IID.was a major cause of the growth of the suburbsE.was discouraged by the open-housing policies of William Levitt6.Most blacks who moved to Chicago were fleeing terrible poverty in:A.southern cities such as Memphis and New OrleansB.the rural SouthC.the Dust BowlD.New EnglandE.other northern cities7.By the 1950s, suburban life was marked by an increasing:A.uniformityB.cultural innovationC.diversityD.intellectual excitementE.economic stagnation8.With the end of World War II, women workers were encouraged to:A.give up their jobs to returning veteransB.work longer hoursC.limit family sizesD.stay singleE.upgrade their job skills through technical training or college9.One sign of the times came in 1954 when Congress added the words “under God” to:A.the president’s oath of officeB.coins and currencyC.the Capitol buildingD.the Pledge of AllegianceE.the Constitution10.In The Crack in the Picture Window, John Keats described suburban life as:A.“the best of all possible worlds”B.“the true American way”C.“better than any of the alternatives”D.“a life of quiet desperation”E.“homogeneous, postwar Hell”11.Ultimately, the Beats:A.changed the political landscape of the 1950sB.proved largely irrelevant to historyC.had their greatest success in promoting equality for womenD.helped inspire the youth revolt of the 1960sE.launched the gay rights movement12.In regard to New Deal programs, Eisenhower:A.was intensely hostileB.ended subsidies to agricultureC.promised to outdo RooseveltD.retained most and even expanded some of themE.wanted to privatize Social Security13.Senator Joseph McCarthy’s power began to unravel when he made reckless charges about Communist influence in:A.the Democratic partyB.the U.S. ArmyC.Ivy League collegesD.the Eisenhower administrationE.the media14.In the Brown decision, the Supreme Court:A.struck down “separate but equal” in public educationB.ordered an immediate end to Jim Crow segregationC.rejected the legal arguments of the NAACPD.was closely dividedE.recognized the high quality of black schools in the South ................
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