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HAPTER 27
TERMS & NAMES
For each item below, write a sentence explaining its
historical significance in the 1950s.
1. suburb 6. mass media
2. Dixiecrat 7. beat movement
3. Fair Deal 8. rock ‘n’ roll
4. conglomerate 9. urban renewal
5. baby boom 10. bracero
MAIN IDEAS
Use your notes and the information in the chapter to
answer the following questions.
Postwar America (pages 840–846)
1. How did the GI Bill of Rights help World War II
veterans?
2. What domestic and foreign issues concerned voters
during the 1952 presidential election?
The American Dream in the Fifties
(pages 847–855)
3. What shift in employment trends had occurred by the
mid-1950s?
4. How did life in the suburbs provide the model for the
American dream?
Popular Culture (pages 858–863)
5. What strategies did radio stations use to counteract
the mass popularity of television?
6. How did African-American performers influence
American popular culture in the 1950s?
The Other America (pages 866–869)
7. How did many major cities change in the 1950s?
8. What obstacles to improving their lives did Native
Americans face in the 1950s?
CRITICAL THINKING
1. USING YOUR NOTES In a web like the one below,
show the postwar technological advances you consider
most influential.
2. HYPOTHESIZING During America’s first two centuries,
the national character was marked by individualism.
Why do you think conformity became the norm in the
1950s?
3. ANALYZING PRIMARY SOURCES Do you agree or
disagree with the following quotation from Life magazine
on American culture in 1954: “Never before so much
for so few”? Support your answer with evidence.
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• Rock ’n’ roll and jazz pave the way for
minority representation.
• The beat movement rejects conformity.
• Recreation and consumerism flourish.
• Television portrays an idealized white
America.
• Eisenhower’s presidency brings prosperity
and political conservatism.
• Equal rights remains a problem.
• The Cold War creates fear and anxiety.
• Urban areas fall into decay.
• Minorities experience prejudice and
discrimination.
• Minorities establish organizations to
improve civil rights.
• Baby boom causes population growth.
• Demand for goods exceeds supply.
• Highways and affordable homes
make suburban living desirable.
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ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT
1. Recall your discussion of
the question on page 633:
What is the American dream of the
1950s?
Suppose you are a beat poet and have been
asked to write an original poem entitled A Postwar
American Dream. Use information from Chapter 19
and your knowledge of American history to support
your poem. Remember to include a wide range of
lifestyles in your poem.
2.
Visit the links for Chapter Assessment to plan and
prepare a Web page about one aspect of popular
culture—music, television, fashion, or the movies—
from the 1950s. Include particular events and
personalities of that period.
Cooperative Learning Activity Talk to other students
in your class to identify those who chose a topic
that was different from yours. Then work with those
students to plan an electronic presentation that
includes all elements of popular culture. Present
your complete guide to 1950s popular culture to
the class.
INTERACT
INTERACT
WITH HISTORY
WITH HISTORY
Standardized Test Practice
Use the chart and your knowledge of U.S. history
to answer questions 1 and 2.
1. Which of the following statements supports the
information in the chart?
A From 1940–1960, more people lived in cities
than in rural areas.
B In 1960, twice as many people lived in cities
as in suburbs.
C By 1960, suburbs had surpassed cities in total
population.
D From 1930–1970, the precentage of U.S. popu-
lation in rural areas decreased every decade.
2. From 1940–1970 the distribution doubled —
F in cities and suburbs.
G only in suburbs.
H only in cities.
J only in rural areas.
Use the song lyric below and your knowledge of
U.S. history to answer question 3.
“Little Boxes”
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky,
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same.
There’s a pink one and a green one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they’re all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same.
—Malvina Reynolds
3. This popular song of the era describes —
A planned obsolescence.
B urban renewal.
C suburban communities.
D beatnik life style.
Geographic Distribution of U.S. Population,
1930–1970
Source: Adapated from U.S. Bureau of the Census, Decennial Censuses, 1930–1970
Central Rural Areas and
Year Cities Suburbs Small Towns
1930 31.8% 18.0% 50.2%
1940 31.6% 19.5% 48.9%
1950 32.3% 23.8% 43.9%
1960 32.6% 30.7% 36.7%
1970 31.4% 37.6% 31.0%
ADDITIONAL TEST PRACTICE, pages S1–S33.
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