US History Unit 6 Test

What was NOT included in Truman's "Fair Deal"?

• proposed increase of the minimum wage
• proposed increase of aid farmers and agriculture
• proposed national health insurance program
• proposed increase in inflation

How did the workforce change as the result of the changing economy?

• labor unions lost membership due to becoming unpopular
• white color works began to out number blue collar workers
• women became half of the workforce
• African Americans received employee benefits for the first time

Which type of worker is described by the following: -factory worker -paid an hourly wage -usually has a skilled trade -once the largest part of the US workforce

• Blue-collar worker
• White- collar worker

Which type of worker is described by the following? -professional such as lawyer or doctor -paid a set salary -often working in an office

• Blue-collar worker
• White-collar worker

What was the baby boom?

• the decrease in the birthrate from 1900-1946
• the decrease in the birthrate from 1946-1964
• the increase in the birthrate from 1960-1980
• the increase in the birthrate from 1946-1964

Which of these states would not be in the "Sunbelt"?

• California
• Florida
• Texas
• New York

Which of the following MOST ACCURATELY describes planned postwar communities like Levittown?

• simple, low-cost housing for the working poor in cities
• large country homes designed to attract wealthy buyers
• small suburban homes that middle-class families could afford
• custom-designed homes built to meet the needs of individual buyers

Read the descriptions below. Which person do these descriptions best fit? • He commanded Allied forces in World War II. • He supported a program of "modern Republicanism" • He worried about the "military-industrial complex.

• Thomas Dewey
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Richard Nixon
• Harry Truman

Which was NOT a goal for creating the Interstate Highway System?

• connecting major cities
• providing a route for evacuation of urban area
• providing the increased desire for Americans to purchase an automobile
• providing a method for easily transporting troops and weapons

What medical advancement help end the fear of polio in the 1950s?

• forced isolation helped end the disease
• development of a vaccine by Dr. Jonas Salk
• the polio virus ended when penicillin was invented
• development of the iron lung ended polio