1.
Which was a cause of suburbanization during the 1950s?
difficulty obtaining credit
reduction in road and interstate highway building
popularity and availability of the automobile
declining birth rate
2.
Most Americans in the 1960s relied on _____ as their primary source of entertainment and information.
television
movies
radio
telephones
3.
Which of the following did the Economic Opportunity Act not create?
Project Head Start
VISTA
Immigrant Loan Service
Job Corps
4.
Which was not a social problem faced by America in the 1950s?
Life in the suburbs led to increased stresses including traffic jams, noise and air pollution, and the need to "keep up with the Joneses."
Although idealized on television, many women were unhappy and unfulfilled by their lives.
As people left the cities for the suburbs, they took their wealth and their jobs with them.
Minorities such as African Americans and Mexican Americans enjoyed the same standard of living as most whites.
5.
President Johnson's vision for America was put forth in the legislative program called the Great Society.
True
False
