The Postwar Boom
Name Date CHAPTER 27 CHAPTER TEST The Postwar Boom Form B Part 1: Main Ideas Write the letter of the best answer. (4 points each) ______ 1. One of the benefits that the GI Bill of Rights offered to returning veterans was ___. a. counseling c. free homes b. low-interest loans d. government jobs ______ 2. President Truman threatened to ___ striking workers to prevent strikes from crippling the nation. a. arrest c. draft b. sue d. deport ______ 3. The Dixiecrats nominated ___ to run for president in 1948. a. Harry S. Truman c. J. Strom Thurmond b. Thomas E. Dewey d. Henry A. Wallace ______ 4. During the 1950s, ___ jobs declined. a. manufacturing c. communications b. advertising d. service © McDougal Littell Inc. All rights reserved. ______ 5. A ___ is a large corporation that owns a number of smaller companies. a. franchise c. government agency b. monopoly d. conglomerate ______ 6. The vast majority of new homes in the 1950s were built in the ___ . a. big cities c. small cities b. suburbs d. rural areas ______ 7. With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, ___ became an American way of life. a. consumerism c. planned obsolescence b. social conformity d. a 40-hour work week ______ 8. Most Americans in the 1960s relied on ___ as their primary source of entertainment and information. a. radio c. telephones b. movies d. television ______ 9. The expression of nonconformity by ___ developed into the beat movement. a. college students c. teenagers b. artists and poets d. rock ’n’ roll performers The Postwar Boom 487 Name Test Form B continued ______ 10. Most ___ enjoyed the prosperity of the postwar period. a. Latinos c. white Americans b. African Americans d. Mexican Americans Part 2: Map Skills When the Saint Lawrence Seaway opened in 1959, its locks and canals linked the Atlantic Ocean with iron-mining and steel-producing areas and with the Great Lakes. Use the map to complete this section. Write the letter of the best answer. (2 points each) The Saint Lawrence Seaway Seven Islands Thunder Bay CANADA Duluth L Superio ake r Sault Ste. Marie Quebec L an Lake M ic hig uron e H Milwaukee Chicago Montreal ak UNITED STATES Detroit Lake Ontario ATLANTIC OCEAN Hamilton Lak ri e E e Major steel-producing areas Important iron ore deposits Philadelphia Cleveland 0 300 Miles Saint Lawrence Seaway N 600 Kilometers Major ports ______ 11. Which major port is located the farthest east? a. Duluth c. Quebec b. Seven Islands d. Philadelphia ______ 12. Traveling west on the Saint Lawrence Seaway from Montreal, which major port would a ship reach next? a. Quebec c. Hamilton b. Cleveland d. Detroit ______ 13. What is the approximate length of the Saint Lawrence Seaway? a. 60 kilometers c. 60 miles b. 600 kilometers d. 600 miles ______ 14. How did the construction of the Saint Lawrence Seaway affect the United States? a. It benefited the U.S. economy. b. It hurt the U.S. economy. c. It cause decreased production at iron-mining areas. d. It caused decreased production at major steel-producing areas. 488 Unit 7, Chapter 27 © McDougal Littell Inc. All rights reserved. 0 Name Test Form B continued ______ 15. Which American port shown is located the farthest from any iron ore deposits? a. Chicago c. Cleveland b. Detroit d. Philadelphia Use the map on page 488 to answer the following questions in complete sentences. Write on the back of this paper or on a separate sheet. (5 points each) 16. Without the Saint Lawrence Seaway, how could steel products be transported from Cleveland to Montreal? 17. Using the Saint Lawrence Seaway, through what ports would a ship carrying steel products from Hamilton have to pass to reach the Atlantic Ocean? Part 3: Interpreting Political Cartoons Use the cartoon on page 490 to complete this section. Write the letter of the best answer. (2 points each) ______ 18. Why are Truman’s coat and hat on the ground? a. Dewey knocked them off. b. Congress knocked them off. c. Truman put them there before going after Congress. d. They fell off by accident. ______ 19. By whom is the cartoon’s title, “Out of My Way,” spoken? a. Dewey c. Congress b. Truman d. the cartoonist © McDougal Littell Inc. All rights reserved. ______ 20. To whom is the cartoon’s title, “Out of My Way,” spoken? a. Dewey c. Congress b. Truman d. the cartoonist ______ 21. How is Dewey portrayed? a. as a fighter b. as a peacemaker c. as a bystander d. as a friend ______ 22. How is Congress portrayed? a. as a fighter b. as a peacemaker c. as a soldier d. as a friend Use the cartoon on page 490 to answer the following questions in complete sentences. Write on the back of this paper or on a separate sheet. (5 points each) 23. What impression is conveyed by the body language of Truman? 24. What does the cartoon suggest about the relationship between Truman and the 80th Congress? The Postwar Boom 489 Name Test Form B continued —“Out of My Way,” published in The Evening Star, July 1948 Part 4: Extended Response 25. What are the positive and negative aspects of the trend toward suburbanization that began in the 1950s? Think About: • lifestyle made possible in suburbs • definition of the American dream • effects on cities • racial and economic differences between residents of suburbs and cities 26. Describe the image of American society portrayed by television in the 1950s. What groups of people may have clashed with this image? Think About: • the glorification of the Western frontier • the roles of women on television • African-American and Latino onscreen appearances • the beat movement 490 Unit 7, Chapter 27 © McDougal Littell Inc. All rights reserved. Answer each of the following questions in a short essay on the back of this paper or on a separate sheet. (10 points each)
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