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Chapter 13 America in the 1950s Practice

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

 1. 

In 1952 the first Republican president to be elected since 1928 was
a.
Harry S. Truman
c.
Strom Thurmond
b.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
d.
Richard M. Nixon
 

 2. 

The world’s first artificial satellite was
a.
Voyager.
c.
Sputnik.
b.
Vanguard.
d.
Yalta.
 

 3. 

The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to peaceful coexistence at
a.
Yalta.
c.
Vanguard.
b.
the space race.
d.
the Geneva summit.
 

 4. 

What percentage of Americans still lived in poverty in the 1950s?
a.
more than 50%
c.
more than 20%
b.
more than 30%
d.
more than 10%
 

 5. 

What industry’s decline plunged thousands of Appalachian people into desperate poverty?
a.
textile
c.
oil
b.
coal
d.
automotive
 

Completion
Complete each statement.
 

 6. 

After Eisenhower’s second term in office, the federal budget had a ____________________ of $300 million.
 

 

 7. 

During the 1950s, the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in a ____________________.
 

 

 8. 

The increased birthrate of the time was called the ____________________.
 

 

 9. 

The ____________________ was the departure of whites from cities to the suburbs.
 

 

 10. 

The differing attitudes of older and younger Americans toward popular culture came to be known as ____________________.
 

 

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
television
d.
Beat writer
b.
hula hoops
e.
wrote The Affluent Society
c.
materialism
 

 11. 

fad
 

 12. 

focus on possessions
 

 13. 

John Kenneth Galbraith
 

 14. 

main source of news
 

 15. 

Jack Kerouac
 

Short Answer
 

 16. 

What position did Eisenhower hold during World War II?
 

 17. 

What was the greatest domestic program of the Eisenhower years?
 

 18. 

After the Geneva summit, what competition replaced the nuclear arms race?
 

 19. 

What is a ghetto?
 

 20. 

What was the first number one rock ‘n’ roll song?
 



 
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