Postwar Prosperity
The process of sending home members of the army.
a. demilitarization
b. domestication
c. demobilization
d. dominion
c. demobilization
California created a California Master Plan, creating ______ tiers of higher education.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
c. 3
Social critics and a small group of writers and artists known as _________ criticized what they viewed as the crass materialism and conformity of the American middle class.
a. beezneez
b. breakwriters
c. beatniks
d. batenecks
c. beatniks
Able to be made, done, or achieved.
a. feasible
b. elation
c. intercede
d. evaluate
a. feasible
Allowing too much freedom, leading to a lack of control.
a. undertake
b. mortgage
c. permissive
d. influence
c. permissive
Southern and western states, known as the ________, also experienced rapid growth.
a. Sunbelt
b. Citrus Belt
c. Suburbanization
c. Urbanization
a. Sunbelt
Which person is included in a nuclear family?
a. grandmother
b. uncle
c. father
d. aunt
c. father
Elvis Presley made rock music popular when he integrated what musical genre?
a. Country tunes
b. Rhythm and Blues tunes
c. Gospel tunes
d. Classical tunes
c. Gospel tunes
Having or showing care in one's work or duties.
a. rapport
b. arduous
c. prevalent
d. diligent
d. diligent
Having an abundance of goods or riches.
a. affluent
b. dissent
c. exploit
d. lamented
a. affluent
This baby boom peaked in 1957 when __________________babies were born.
a. 4.2 million
b. 4.3 million
c. 4.4 million
d. 4.5 million
b. 4.3 million
________________, a best-selling author of the era, emphasized the importance of nurturing children, from their earliest days as infants through their teen years.
a. Dr. Benjamin Spock
b. Dr. Ben Carson
c. Dr. Taft-Hartley
d. Dr. Harry Carson
a. Dr. Benjamin Spock
In 1953, the federal government enacted the____________, a law that sought to end tribal government and to relocate Native Americans to the nation’s cities.
a. termination policy
b. termination act
c. termination rights
c. termination bill
a. termination policy
To cause someone to feel extremely ashamed or embarrassed.
a. obscure
b. mortify
c. elude
d. zealot
b. moritfy
A person who is dissatisfied and rebellious.
a. malcontent
b. democracy
c. credible
d. omnipotent
a. malcontent
__________________, companies that produced and sold their goods and services across the globe, thrived.
a. Service Sector
b. Multinational corporations
c. Information industries
d. Franchise business
b. Multinational corporations
Between 1940 and 1960, around ____________ Americans moved to the suburbs, one of the largest mass migrations in history.
a. 10 million
b. 20 million
c. 30 million
d. 40 million
d. 40 million
Michael Harrington’s influential book _________________ (1962) opened Americans’ eyes to the 50 million people, one-fourth of the nation, living in poverty.
a. The One America
b. The Other America
c. The Other Side of the Fence
d. America in Crisis
b. The Other America
An amount of something that is in short supply.
a. fiery
b. dearth
c. tirade
d. usurp
b. dearth
Causing fear, dread, or apprehension.
a. formidable
b. desolate
c. hysteria
d. deviant
c. hysteria
Between 1940 and 1955, the U.S. population grew by _________.
a. 25 percent
b. 26 percent
c. 27 percent
d. 28 percent
c. 27 percent
Interstate Highway Act in 1956. This act authorized funds to build ____________ of the highway, consisting of multilane expressways that would connect the nation’s major cities.
a. 21,000 miles
b. 31,000 miles
c. 41,000 miles
d. 51,000 miles
c. 41,000 miles
Government-funded _________________ projects tried to reverse this trend by creating developments that they hoped would revitalize downtowns.
a. rural renewal
b. urban renewal
c. rural revitalization
d. urban revitalization
b. urban renewal
The highest, strongest, or best point, value, or level of skill.
a. halt
b. clout
c. thrive
d. peak
d. peak
To officially remove an existing law.
a. assertive
b. repeal
c. revitalize
d. flock
b. repeal