Post War America

The economic boom raised American's __________, a measurement of how well people live based on the amount of goods, services, and leisure time people have.

• social welfare
• standard of living
• economic stability
• quality of life

Congress passed the _____ which authorized billions of dollars to help veterans returning home from WWII.

• Social Security Act
• New Deal
• GI Bill of Rights

• Homestead Act

Improvements in healthcare and nutrition, and economic prosperity lead a large increase in the birthrate from the late 1940s through the early 1960s. This is known as the ____.

• Baby Boom
• Economic Expansion Era
• Post-War Generation
• Healthcare Revolution

President Truman's reforms that extended liberal policies and included a higher minimum wage, expanded Social Security, and leans for low-cost housing.

• Fair Deal reforms
• Welfare State reforms
• Great Society initiatives
• New Deal policies

The group of people who criticized American culture for conformity and devotion to businesses and criticized the materialism of the era.

• Lost Generation
• Beat Generation
• The New Left
• Transcendentalists

Because of air-conditioning, many American's moved to the southern rim of the country known as the ______.

• Rust Belt
• Corn Belt
• Sun Belt
• Great Plains

New technology added to the prosperity of the era with steady rises in _________, the average output per worker

• efficiency
• productivity
• wages
• employment rate

What effect did the GI Bill of Rights have on returning World War II veterans?

• The GI Bill of Rights had no impact on veterans' lives.
• The GI Bill of Rights only provided housing assistance.
• The GI Bill of Rights was primarily for active-duty military personnel.
• It provided loans and unemployment benefits for veterans.

How did the role of automobiles change in the United States in the 1950s?

• Automobiles were primarily used for commercial purposes only.
• Cars became less popular as public transportation improved.
• Automobiles were seen as a burden due to high fuel prices.
• As more Americans moved to suburbs, automobiles ownership expanded.

 "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an __ has descended across the Continent."  Winston Churchill describing the division between Eastern communist countries and Western European democracies after WWII.

• Iron Wall
• Steel Barrier
• Concrete Divide
• Iron Curtain