1950s

A marked increase in the birthrate, especially in the US following WWII

• Baby Boom
• Summit
• Perjury
• Arms Race

William J. Levitt contributed to the growth of the suburbs by

• Mass-producing houses
• Criticizing urban life
• Designing interstate highways   
• Providing low-interest mortgage loans

When soldiers returned home from World War II, what helped them get lower mortgage rates and paid for their continued education?

• The Consitution

• Veteran's Fund

• G.I. Bill of Rights

• Military Service Reimbursement Bill

How did Baby Boom change life in the United States? 

• child labor increased
• population grew quickly
• fewer new homes were built
• more people moved into larger cities

West Germany was ______________________ and East Germany was_____________________

• communist/democratic
• democratic/communist
• awesome/not awesome

Improvements such as washing machines, water heaters, and electric ovens are known as ____.

• labor saving devices
• improvements in communication
• car jobs
• civil rights

What peacetime improvement developed as a result of growth in the automobile industry? 

• national rail system
• regional airports
• interstate highways
• wagon trains

These "super" structures connected multiple states across the country. Built during the Cold War in case of a nuclear attack

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Amtrak Rail System

• Federal Highway System

• Old Town Road

Click on all the consumer products of the 1950s that Americans bought after WWII (3 answers)

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By the 1950s, what made air travel easier and faster?

• Southwest Airlines

• Wright Brothers in 1903

• Jet engine

• Larger wings