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US History CH 17
Vocabulary
Question: to merge
Answer: assimilate
Question: a corporation that sells its goods and services all over the world.
Answer: multinational
Question: the act of disbanding
Answer: demobiliizing
Question: an independently owner retail outlet of a larger company
Answer: franchise
Question: a workers output per hour of work
Answer: productivity
Questions 1
Question: The National Defense Education Act allocated federal funds to train _________________________.
Answer: scientists
Question: During the 1950s the age at which people first married ______________________________.
Answer: decerased
Question: How did the flight of the middle to the suburbs hurt cities economically?
Answer: the middle class paid a large share of the taxes
Question: The Marshall Plan generated economic growth by _____________________________________________.
Answer: stimulating foreign demand for American products
Question: The postwar economy suffered severe ______________________________.
Answer: inflation
Questions 2
Question: What contributed to a surge in postwar home construction?
Answer: loans to war veterans
Question: Immigrant groups in America lacked political power because of __________________________________________.(2 things)
Answer: language barriers and threat of deportation
Question: On which civil rights issue did Truman make progress?
Answer: Desegregation of the military
Question: What made the scale of suburban growth possible?
Answer: interstate highways
Question: Which party split up during the election of 1948?
Answer: Southern Democrats
Questions 3
Question: Rock and Roll became a symbol of ________________________
Answer: youth culture
Question: Many social critics in the 1950s criticized an American emphasis on _________________________
Answer: conformity
Question: What changed the way politicians ran for office?
Answer: television
Question: In "The Other America", Michael garrington exposed problems dealing with what?
Answer: poverty
Question: Why did many American cities begin to decline after World War II?
Answer: Flight of middle class families
Questions 4
Question: Who emphasized the importance of nurturing children?
Answer: Dr. Benjamin Spock
Question: Which president maintained existing New Deal programs?
Answer: Eisenhower
Question: What made the scale of suburban growth possible?
Answer: interstate highways
Question: In the 1950s, the American government encouraged Native Americans to _________________________
Answer: assimilate into American society
Question: What led Congress to increase funding for education?
Answer: the Soviet Union's space program