1. Where would be the most likely place for a neighborhood to be found?
On the outskirts of town in the suburbs
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2. During the Baby Boom why was the demand for housing so great?
Soldiers were coming home and starting families.
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1. Consumer goods were rationed. 2. People moved to the suburbs. 3. Americans bought things on credit. 4. Technology industry boomed. Which of the four DID NOT occur after WW2?
#1- Americans no longer needed to ration food or consumer goods after the war ended
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4. How did the baby boom affect life in the US?
The population increased quickly since so many babies were being born.
Since people were getting married and having children, the housing industry boomed too
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What encouraged Americans to spend their money on goods and services after the war ended?
They had saved during the war and now could purchase goods that were not made during the war
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6. What was the purpose of the GI Bill?
To provide veterans with money to attend college or start a business.
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How did seeing scenes of violence towards civil rights protesters affect people like Malcolm X?
They grew to believe that white Americans would never support civil rights
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8. What was the nickname “boob tube” or idiot box given to?
television
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9. Why was television, a new kind of mass media, so popular?
Peopl,e could now see and hear their favorite programs
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Which new development contributed most to the increased tourism in the South after WW2?
Air conditioning!
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How did Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X differ in their efforts during the civil rights movement?
Malcolm X favored doing “whatever it took” to bring about change and King favored nonviolent methods.
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Who refused to give up a seat on the bus and sparked a year long boycott of the bus system?
Rosa Parks
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13. What happened to the US economy after WW2 came to an end?
Demand for products not available during the war increased so the country experienced a boom (increase) in the economy
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14. During the Vietnam War, the US supported which side?
South Vietnam
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15. Why was fighting in Vietnam difficult for our American Soldiers?
Enemy soldiers did not always wear uniforms
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16. What years are known as the “Baby Boomer” years?
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17. How did the space race affect the American industry?
It helped develop computer technologies and promoted the need for higher education
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What technology was created that allows doctors to take pictures of bones?
X-rays
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19. What new development made suburb communities possible?
Highways and automobiles
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20. What are some examples of a service industry?
Full service gas station
Dry cleaners
Restaurants
Barbers
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21. How did some businesses make purchasing easier for their customers?
Some offered credit cards or installment buying….consumer credit
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Why was walking on the moon such a victory in the Cold War for the American people?
The Soviets had not yet walked on the moon
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23. Which country was the first to put a man in space?
The Soviet Union was with Yuri Gagarin
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24. What is the name of the US’s space program?
NASA
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25. Name two communist countries during the Cold War:
Russia (or the Soviet Union) and China
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What was the Cold War?
A long and bitter struggle between the US and the Soviet Union due to our differences in ideas of government
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27. What was the purpose of the UN?
To find peaceful ways of solving international problems
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28. People left the cities and began to live where?
suburbs
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29. How is a cold war different from a hot war?
Cold wars are fought with money, propaganda, and ideas
Hot wars are fought with actual fighting with troops and weapons
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30. How has the space program made life easier for Americans?
Satellites allow us to watch TV programs, use cell phones and GPS, and track weather patterns
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31. What is meant by the “space race”?
It was a race for reaching and exploring outer space
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Which mass media was most responsible for creating the “pop culture” of the 1950s?
The television (TV)
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What was the large wall built in Germany that separated the communist east from the democratic west?
Berlin Wall
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34. What did soldiers do when the war ended?
Many came home, married, and started families
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35. The tearing down of the Berlin Wall was the symbolic end to what?
Cold War
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NATO was an agreement between the US and several European countries to defend one another in case of an attack. When it was formed in 1949, these nations were most concerned of an attack from what country?
The Soviet Union
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This threat of nuclear attack was the closest the US came to an actual nuclear war during the Cold War Era:
Cuban Missile Crisis
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38. What caused the Korean Conflict to begin?
The North invaded the South and tried to turn it communist.
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Which war (Korea or Vietnam) did not receive much support from the public and was considered an “unpopular” war?
Vietnam
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Stalin blockaded all entranced into Berlin. How di9d the Allies receive materials they needed?
They airlifted materials and dropped them from planes over the city.
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41. What two wars were fought to contain communism during the Cold War?
The Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War
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42. Why did war begin in Vietnam?
South Vietnam did not want to participate in the elections that would probably unite the country
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43. What event started the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The US discovered that the Soviets were building missile-launching sites in Cuba
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What action did President Kennedy (JFK) take in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
He ordered a naval blockade of Cuba to keep the Soviets from bringing missiles to Cuba
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45. In which Asian conflict was communism NOT contained?
The Vietnam War- it became one Vietnam and became a communist country
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46. How did the Vietnam War end?
North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam and the country united as one under communism.
Communism was NOT contained in this war
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47. Why was the Korean Conflict technically not a war?
Congress never declared war
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48. How did Senator McCarthy create a “red” scare?
Saying people were involved with communist activity or with the Soviets.
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This group of people in the 1950s were tired of all the materialism and didn’t want to be like “square” people. They wore jeans, sweatshirts, and berets and listened to Jazz and Poetry in coffee houses.
Beatniks
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In the early 1960s, why did college students sit-in at lunch counters throughout the South?
To bring attention to the importance of integration (a.k.a desegregation) and support the doing away of Jim Crow (segregation) laws
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51. Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
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What did women do after WW2 now that the soldiers were returning to the US?
They resumed their roles in the home.
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What was the first time where the US committed troops and supplies to fight against communism?
Korean Conflict
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What was the Soviet man-made satellite that was the first to orbit Earth?
Sputnik
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55. Who was the first American man to orbit Earth?
John Glenn
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56. What was the name of the plan to help rebuild Europe after WW2?
Marshall Plan
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57. Why are the military resources of the US being stretched right now?
We are still honoring our commitments during the Cold War as well as the War on Terrorism
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Some African Americans chose to sit at lunch counters in order to be served like everyone else. What is this called?
Sit ins
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The Voting Rights Act upheld the guarantee of which amendment? (Hint- think which amendment involved voting)
15th Amendment
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60. What event began due to the actions and arrest of Rosa Parks?
The year long boycott of the Montgomery Alabama bus system
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61. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 make illegal?
Any discrimination in public places
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What was the African American militant group who fought against discrimination?
Black Panthers
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What impact did news reports of the violence being showed to African Americans on nightly TV have on the civil rights movement?
The cause gained sympathy and support from TV viewers all across the US
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64. Which group of nations organized OPEC?
Countries that produce oil
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How did Malcolm X change his ideas about gaining equality towards the end of his life?
While at first he believed African Americans should do whatever was needed to gain equality, he later changed his thinking. He believed that both races (blacks and whites) could work together to gain equality
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66. Why was the case of Brown v. Board of Education so important?
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was no longer allowed in public schools.
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What did President Kennedy do as a result of seeing the scenes of violence towards African Americans?
He proposed that Congress pass a Civil Rights Bill to end the discrimination
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68. What is the purpose of OPEC?
To control the amount and price of oil/petroleum released into markets to be sold
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After the USSR collapsed in the early 1990s, which country was left as the last economic, diplomatic, and military super power in the world?
USA
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70. What was the name for the militant civil rights group?
Black Panthers
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71. What was the communist country 90 miles from Florida’s tip?
Cuba
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72. Who was the “king of Rock and Roll”?
Elvis Presley
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73. What ended segregation in public schools?
Brown v. Board of Education
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Who was the person who believed in gender and racial equality and pushed for anti-lynching laws?
Ida B. Wells Barnett
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What was the name for the culture of the 1960s who favored love and peace instead of war?
Hippies
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76. How did highways make life better during this time period?
They created the need for jobs (hotels, restaurants, gas stations)
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77. What was the goal of the US during the Cold War?
Contain communism
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What was the military organization of free nations in Europe to fight against communism and the Soviet Union?
NATO
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79. What was the result of the Korean Conflict?
Communism was contained and only remained in North Korea
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Who was the Civil Rights leader who believed education was the key to being seen as equals, and created the Tuskegee Institute?
Booker T. Washington
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81. Who was the Civil Rights leader that founded the NAACP?
WEB DuBois
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In 1961, what was the group of whites and blacks traveled by bus to the south to go against the segregating Jim Crow Laws. They were met with much violence and hatred and even had their busses burned.
Freedom Rides
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83. Who was the first man in space?
Yuri Gagarin
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Who was the person who believed in Black Power and supported the back to Africa Movement?
Marcus Garvey
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