The Postwar Boom

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Date
CHAPTER
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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
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______ 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
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______ 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
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uron
e H
Milwaukee
Chicago
Montreal
ak
UNITED
STATES
Detroit
Lake
Ontario
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Hamilton
Lak
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Major steel-producing areas
Important iron ore deposits
Philadelphia
Cleveland
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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.
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______ 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
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______ 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?
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—“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
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Answer each of the following questions in a short essay on the back of this paper or on a
separate sheet. (10 points each)