Select the 3 advantages available to veterans in the G. I. Bill.

Question 1 options:

money to attend colleges and trade schools

guaranteed jobs when honorably discharged

guaranteed loans to start new businesses

guaranteed loans to buy homes

Select the 3 advantages available to veterans in the G. I. Bill.
A. money to attend colleges and trade schools
B. guaranteed jobs when honorably discharged
C. guaranteed loans to start new businesses
D. guaranteed loans to buy homes

Select the 3 statements that are true of education in the 1950s.
A. The G. I. Bill guaranteed that all children of WWII veterans would receive a high school education.
B. The Soviet launch of Sputnik resulted in an increased emphasis on science and math in the U. S.
C. The Great Migration of African-Americans led to higher quality education in the South.
D. New schools were needed due to the increased number of school-aged children during the baby boom.
E. Economic prosperity allowed young people to stay in school longer.

Select the 4 items that contributed to the growth of the suburbs.
A. the Cold War
B. the baby boom
C. McCarthyism
D. white flight
E. the interstate highway system
F. the automobile

Select the 3 conditions in cities that resulted from white flight.
A. limited services
B. a shrinking tax base
C. high unemployment
D. a renaissance of African-American culture

Select the 2 ways that the Cold War contributed to economic growth.
A. Americans were hired to tear down the Berlin Wall
B. the government spent more money on weapons systems
C. the growing defense industries hired workers
D. oil prices dropped drastically when the U. S. made a trade agreement with the OPEC nations

Select the 4 "white-collar" occupations / positions that increased in availability as a result of the expanding consumer economy.
A. clerical
B. managerial
C. manufacturing
D. advertising
E. sales

Select the 3 results of the demand for consumer goods in the 1950s.
A. increased media, television, and roadside billboard advertising
B. creation of the Consumer Product Safety Commission
C. more jobs
D. an increase in production

Select the 4 results of advances in medical technology in the post-war era.
A. search for antibiotics like the WWII wonder drug, Penicillin
B. development of a vaccine to prevent polio
C. higher infant mortality rate
D. longer life expectancy
E. advancements in heart surgery

Select the 4 items related to agricultural advances in the post-war era.
A. an e-coli outbreak
B. the consolidation of small family farms into large commercial farms
C. demise of heirloom varieties of fruits and vegetables
D. a greater array of foods
E. improved nutrition
F. widespread use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers

Select the 4 items that complete the sentence below. In the post-WWII era, many women...
A. were promoted to managerial position.
B. found jobs that matched the skills they gained in college.
C. returned to the traditional role of wife and mother.
D. received pay equal to their male counterparts.
E. became the chief consumer of the family.
F. felt an increased sense of isolation.
G. found consumerism unfulfilling.