Postwar America

People who have fought in the war.

• baby boom

• veteran

• benefit

• decade

The G.I. Bill of Rights gave veterans ______ for education, home loans, and other benefits.

• candy

• suburb

• funds

• permission

A community outside of a city is a _______.

• city

• state

• country

• suburb

A wave of births after World War II.

• credit card

• baby boom

• veteran

• suburb

A _______ _____ lets a user charge goods and services and pay for them later.

About how many babies were born in the years 1945 to 1964?

• about 30 million

• about 400,000

• about 76 million

• about 100,000

After World War II, when the men came home and took back their jobs, most women....

• worked as housewives and mothers

• continued to work in the factories with the men

• took jobs as nurses to help with the wounded soldiers

• made more money than the men did

What was the first "instant suburb" called?

• Chinatown

• Williamtown

• Levittown

• Suburbtown

By the end of the decade, what percentage of Americans owned their own home?

• 25%

• 50%

• 55%

• 60%

Which president announced funding for a new interstate?

• President Herbert Hoover

• President Dwight Eisenhower

• President Jimmy Carter

• President Theodore Roosevelt