What was one reason Americans moved to the Sunbelt?

10. How did the GI Bill help veterans?

It offered them government jobs.

It paid for them to attend college.

It paid veterans a stipend for the rest of their lives.

11. What was one reason Americans moved to the Sunbelt?

to shift political influence from the Northwest to the Northeast

to find jobs in the aerospace, defense, and electronics industries

to escape the cold climate in the southern and western states

12. Why did car ownership rise in the postwar years?

More women were learning how to drive than before the war.

Families moving to the suburbs used cars instead of public transportation.

The government bought the car companies and reduced the prices of cars.

13. Which of the following best describes suburbs in the 1950s?

large numbers of apartment building complexes

neighborhoods of small houses built in similar styles

large homes for wealthy Americans surrounded by large yards

14. What was the “ideal” family in the 1950s?

a family in the city where both parents worked and the children went to school

a family in the country where the entire family worked on the farm growing their own food

a family in the suburbs where the father worked in an office and the mother stayed at home

15. How did the television affect American culture?

American culture became more uniform as Americans watched the same television programs.

American culture became divided between television watchers and those without televisions.

Regional cultures flourished as each station offered locally produced programs.

16. Critics of the culture of the 1950s complained

about its emphasis on conformity.

about advertising’s inability to mold public tastes.

that material conditions were worsening.