5.16 The Baby Boom Answers

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In their TV and radio advertisements, many car companies of the 1950s promoted

a rejection of consumerism.

family road vacations.

teenage rebellion.

the novel On the Road.

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How did the GI Bill help the economy prosper in the 1950s? Check all that apply.

It provided grants that enabled people to pay for college.

It developed research that led to advancements in radios and computers.

It provided affordable automobiles and other forms of transportation.

It offered unemployment benefits.

It made loans affordable for the purchase of homes, farms, and businesses.

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

between 1940 and 1960

between 1945 and 1960

between 1956 and 1974

between 1960 and 1980

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

difficult for all but the very rich.

a sign of status and success.

unnecessary for living in the suburbs.

one of the provisions of the GI Bill.

How did “car culture” in the United States affect the new migration of 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.

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.

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