HIS CH-19 THE 50S

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HIS CH-19 THE 50S

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Which major port on the map is located farthest west?

a.	Seven Islands	c.	Milwaukee
b.	Thunder Bay	d.	Duluth

Which of the Great Lakes does the Saint Lawrence Seaway cross?

a.	Lake Superior	c.	Lake Erie
b.	Lake Ontario	d.	Lake Huron

Most of the iron ore deposits shown are located near which lake?

a.	Lake Superior	c.	Lake Erie
b.	Lake Michigan	d.	Lake Huron

How many major ports are shown on the map?

a.	10	c.	12
b.	11	d.	13

Of the following, which American city is not located in a major steel-producing area?

a.	Philadelphia	c.	Cleveland
b.	Duluth	d.	Detroit

Which major port is located the farthest east?

a.	Duluth	c.	Quebec
b.	Seven Islands	d.	Philadelphia

What is the approximate length of the Saint Lawrence Seaway?

a.	60 kilometers	c.	60 miles
b.	600 kilometers	d.	600 miles

How did the construction of the Saint Lawrence Seaway affect the United States?

a.	It benefited the U.S. economy	c.	It cause decreased production at iron-mining areas
b.	It hurt the U.S. economy	d.	It caused decreased production at major steel-producing areas

Which American port shown is located the farthest from any iron ore deposits?

a.	Chicago	c.	Cleveland
b.	Detroit	d.	Philadelphia

10.

Who does the figure on the left represent?

a.	Thomas Dewey	c.	Congress
b.	Strom Thurmond	d.	Harry Truman

11.

Who does the figure on the right represent?

a.	Thomas Dewey	c.	Congress
b.	Strom Thurmond	d.	Harry Truman

12.

Which statement about the figure in the middle is true?

a.	He is being pushed aside	c.	He is trying to stop the fight
b.	He is being trampled underfoot	d.	He is starting the fight

13.

What is the mood of the figure on the left?

a.	happy	c.	angry
b.	fearful	d.	apologetic

14.

What is the cartoon saying about Truman and the 80th Congress?

a.	They are working together to find solutions	c.	Both oppose Dewey's proposals
b.	They are at odds with one another	d.	Truman had fist fights with several senators

15.

Why are Truman's coat and hat on the ground?

a.	Dewey knocked them off	c.	Truman put them there before going after Congress
b.	Congress knocked them off	d.	They fell off by accident

16.

By whom is the cartoon's title, "Out of My Way," spoken?

a.	Dewey	c.	Congress
b.	Truman	d.	the cartoonist

17.

To whom is the cartoon's title, "Out of My Way," spoken?

a.	Dewey	c.	Congress
b.	Truman	d.	the cartoonist

18.

How is Dewey portrayed?

a.	as a fighter	c.	as a peacemaker
b.	as a peacemaker	d.	as a friend

19.

How is Congress portrayed?

a.	as a fighter	c.	as a soldier
b.	as a peacemaker	d.	as a friend

20.

One of the benefits that the GI Bill of Rights offered to returning veterans was ___.

a.	counseling	c.	free homes
b.	low-interest loans	d.	government jobs

21.

President Truman threatened to ___ striking workers to prevent strikes from crippling the nation.

a.	arrest	c.	draft
b.	Sue	d.	deport

22.

The Dixiecrats nominated ___ to run for president in 1948.

a.	Harry S. Truman	c.	J. Strom Thurmond
b.	Thomas E. Dewey	d.	Henry A. Wallace

23.

During the 1950s, ___ jobs declined.

a.	manufacturing	c.	communications
b.	advertising	d.	service

24.

A ___ is a large corporation that owns a number of smaller companies.

a.	franchise	c.	government agency
b.	monopoly	d.	conglomerate

25.

The vast majority of new homes in the 1950s were built in the ___ .

a.	big cities	c.	small cities
b.	suburbs	d.	rural areas

26.

With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, ___ became an American way of life.

a.	consumerism	c.	planned obsolescence
b.	social conformity	d.	a 40-hour work week

27.

Most Americans in the 1960s relied on ___ as their primary source of entertainment and information.

a.	radio	c.	telephones
b.	movies	d.	television

28.

The expression of nonconformity by ___ developed into the beat movement.

a.	college students	c.	teenagers
b.	artists and poets	d.	rock 'n' roll performers

29.

Most ___ enjoyed the prosperity of the postwar period.

a.	Latinos	c.	white Americans
b.	African Americans	d.	Mexican Americans

30.

Traveling west on the Saint Lawrence Seaway from Montreal, which major port would a ship reach next?

a.	Quebec	c.	Hamilton
b.	Cleveland	d.	Detroit

31.

All of the following were early effects of the conversion from a wartime to a peacetime economy except

a.	increased unemployment	c.	the supply of goods exceeding demand
b.	inflation	d.	decreased wages

32.

All of the following contributed to the economic recovery after the war except

a.	consumer demand	c.	the Cold War.
b.	labor strikes.	d.	the Marshall Plan

33.

The factor that most contributed to the upset win of Truman in the 1948 election was

a.	his relentless campaign against a "do-nothing" Congress	c.	his position on civil rights
b.	the healthy state of the nation's economy	d.	support from labor unions

34.

The first politician to skillfully use the new medium of television was

a.	Harry S. Truman.	c.	Richard M. Nixon
b.	Dwight D. Eisenhower	d.	Adlai Stevenson

35.

One disadvantage of standardization in American business was that it

a.	led to a lower standard of living.	c.	lowered profits
b.	discouraged individuality	d.	was less efficient

36.

The group that benefited most from the economy and culture of the 1950s was

a.	African-American women	c.	white women
b.	African-American men	d.	white men

37.

The dramatic increase in car ownership in the 1950s contributed to all of the following except

a.	noise pollution.	c.	decreased usage of national parks.
b.	the Interstate Highway Act.	d.	the widening gap between the middle class and the poor

38.

The Longoria incident prompted Mexican Americans to do all of the following except

a.	promote political candidates who represented their interests.	c.	found the Unity League of California.
b.	organize the G.I. Forum.	d.	return to Mexico

39.

Criticism of television in the 1950s was based on

a.	its portrayal of an idealized society.	c.	the size of the screen.
b.	weak transmitters.	d.	its black-and-white images

40.

In the 1950s, both the beat movement and rock 'n' roll were viewed as forms of

a.	harmless entertainment	c.	African-American culture.
b.	rebellion	d.	mainstream American values.

Matching

Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best matches each description. Note: Some letters may not be used at all. Some may be used more than once.

a.	franchise	e.	Dr. Jonas Salk
b.	baby boom	f.	Dr. Benjamin Spock
c.	consumerism	g.	planned obsolescence
d.	conglomerate

41.

This is the preoccupation with buying material goods.

42.

He developed a vaccine against polio

43.

This is a company that offers the same products or services in many locations

44.

McDonald's is one of the earliest examples of this type of business

45.

This is a marketing strategy in which manufacturers purposely design products to wear out or become outdates in a short period of time

46.

This is a major corporation that includes a number of smaller companies in unrelated industries

47.

The height of this unprecedented population explosion was in 1957

48.

This type of business seeks financial security through diversification, or investment in various areas of the economy

Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best matches each description. Note: Some letters may not be used at all. Some may be used more than once

a.	film in the 1950s	d.	rock 'n' roll
b.	radio in the 1950s	e.	Beat movement
c.	television in the 1950s

49.

stereophonic sound
popular culture
three-dimensional images
wide-angle images

50.

Elvis Presley
Chuck Berry
roots in rhythm and blues
simple melodies and lyrics

51.

beatniks
individuality
Jack Kerouac
non-traditional forms of poetry

52.

focus on specialized audiences
increase in advertising revenues
focus on local and community interests
popularization of African-American culture

53.

I Love Lucy
"Golden age"
Father Knows Best
glorification of white America and the Western frontier