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Which of the following statements best describes a change that impacted African Americans in the 1950s?

A
African Americans were welcomed into suburban neighborhoods.
B
President Truman decided to segregate the armed forces.
C
Many African Americans moved out of decaying urban areas.
D
Court cases challenged the legality of discrimination.
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One of the benefits of the new suburban lifestyle of the 1950s was that

s
suburban neighborhoods were inclusive and diverse.
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suburban families did not need to own cars.
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suburban homes had yards and crime was low.
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suburban houses were large and had individuality.
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How did “car culture” in the United States affect the new migration of the 1950s?

A
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.
B
Only wealthy people could afford cars, so the people involved in the new migration tended to be wealthy with a lot of disposable income.
C
As car ownership increased, more people stayed put and only traveled to distant places during vacations, which brought the new migration to an end.
D
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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Which of the following gave the American economy a major boost in the years after World War II?

t
the return of thousands of veterans who were seeking jobs
t
the conversion to a peacetime economy
a
a pent-up demand for consumer goods
a
a major drop in government spending
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How did the GI Bill help the economy prosper in the 1950s? Check all that apply.

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It provided grants that enabled people to pay for college.
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It developed research that led to advancements in radios and computers.
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It provided affordable automobiles and other forms of transportation.
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It offered unemployment benefits.
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It made loans affordable for the purchase of homes, farms, and businesses.
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Conformity and the consumer culture of the 1950s were both supported by

A
the beat generation.
B
the civil rights movement.
C
the counterculture.
D
the advertising industry.
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The availability of consumer goods and the means to buy them most led to which of the following in the 1950s?

A
the counterculture
B
the sitcom culture
C
the consumer culture
D
the computer culture
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Between what years did the Gross National Product (GNP) double in the United States?

b
between 1940 and 1960
b
between 1945 and 1960
b
between 1956 and 1974
b
between 1960 and 1980
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In the 1950s, more and more homes had a television mostly due to which of the following?

A
the invention of television
B
the GI Bill funding for TV purchases
C
the mass production of televisions
D
the rise of the counterculture

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