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Question 1

Which of the following statements correctly describes the relationship between the GI Bill and suburban growth?

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Veterans were able to borrow money with low interest rates and use that money to purchase homes in suburbs.

Question 2

In about what year did the GNP reach $400 billion? 1950✔ 19551960

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1955

Question 3

Which of the following statements best describes what the graph is showing?

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GNP increased between 1945 and 1960.

Question 4

What is Bill Levitt talking about in this quote?

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planning suburban communities, which considered housing, recreation facilities, and schools

Question 5

Which of the following were criticisms of Levittowns? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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Homes were constructed cheaply.; Homes were too similar to one another.; The communities were overplanned and lacked character.

Question 6

In the 1950s, Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for .

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polio

Question 7

Which of these statements describes the changes that happened in culture and technology in America in the 1950s?Check all of the boxes that apply.

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Advertising encouraged Americans to be consumers.

Question 8

The picture above is of actor James Dean. In the 1950s, Dean became a symbol of teenage affluenceconformity✔ rebellion.

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rebellion

Question 9

Which of the following statements about Jack Kerouac are true?Check all of the boxes that apply.

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He wrote the book On the Road.; He celebrated freedom and individuality.

Question 10

How did segregation, redlining, and blockbusting lead to unequal wealth after the war?

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African American families could not buy homes where their investments would grow more quickly.

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