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6. Where was the home of inventions of electronics?

  • Bakerlite Valley
  • Bakelite Valley
  • Silicon Valley
  • Cilicone Valley

7. When the Cold War began, how much GNP was spent on the miliatry?

  • 10%
  • 20%
  • 12%
  • 21%

8. Where did peeople move to with the housing boom?

  • The town
  • The city
  • The suburbs
  • The country

9. What did Hoover reintorduce in 1938?

  • Lend-Lease
  • Conscription
  • Rationing

10. In 1946, what did Truman bring in?

  • Parental Investment Act
  • Workers Act
  • Employment Act
  • Division of Labour Act

11. How much was saved during WW2?

  • $100 billion
  • $250 billion
  • $150 billion
  • $300 billion

12. In 1950, how many verterans were students?

  • 1 in 10
  • 1 in 2
  • 1 in 5
  • 1 in 3

13. In 1954, how many cars were privatley owned?

  • 67 million
  • 76 million
  • 60 million
  • 70 million

14. Women's college life were taken away. By 1950, how many female students were there?

  • 20%
  • 50%
  • 25%
  • 52%

15. What percentage of suburbia was white?

  • 87%
  • 98%
  • 100%
  • 99%

16. How much did Truman cut taxes by in 1946?

  • $61 billion
  • $6 billion
  • $16 billion
  • $10 billion

17. The women became bored as housewives, how did they entertain themselves?

  • Avon shopping
  • Bake sales
  • Tupperware parties
  • Tea parties

18. What was the move also reffered too as?

  • Run from the City
  • The White Flight
  • The Causian Escape

19. How many TV's were there in 1960?

  • 40 million
  • 54 million
  • 50 million
  • 45 million

20. What did the General Agreement on Trade and Tarrifs (GATT) do?

  • Just raised tarrifs against Japan
  • Got rid of protectionism
  • Rasied all tarrifs and US's own exports