The Baby Boom

Question 1

How did “car culture” in the United States affect the new migration of the 1950s?

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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.

Question 2

The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 and the growth of suburbs both had a negative impact on

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the nation’s cities.

Question 3

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

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between 1945 and 1960

Question 4

mostly

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a sign of status and success.

Question 5

Who applied assembly-line techniques to home construction in the 1950s?

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William Levitt

Question 6

In the 1950s, more and more homes had a television mostly due to which of the following?

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the mass production of televisions

Question 7

The availability of consumer goods and the means to buy them most led to which of the following in the 1950s?

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the consumer culture

Question 8

Which phrase was used by economist John Kenneth Galbraith to describe the prosperity of the 1950s?

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“affluent society”

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