Question 1

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Question 2
A)
How did the end of World War II change women’s roles moving into the 1950s?
(1 point)
Women rejected past traditional female roles by choosing to stay in the workplace.
Women were relieved to quit their wartime jobs in favor of becoming stay-at-home moms.
Women were expected to marry young, have children right away, and stay home to raise their
families.
Women who were dismissed from the workforce enrolled in college in great numbers.
A)
Use the cause and effect table to answer the question.
Cause Effect
?
Advertisers began to market goods directly to
children of the baby boom, rather than trying to
attract the attention of their parents.
Which of the following best completes the table?
(1 point)
Baby boomers needed more consumer goods than the generation of children that came
before them.
The parents of baby boomers were not interested in the growing influence of consumerism.
The parents of baby boomers indulged their children so they would become well-adjusted
adults.
Baby boomers had a great deal of influence over their parents’ purchasing decisions.
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Question 3
A)
What effect did rock and roll have on the culture of conformity of the 1950s?
(1 point)
Teenagers began to drift from middle-class expectations to embrace themes of freedom and
rebellion celebrated by rock and roll.
Mainstream television variety shows celebrated rock and roll performers, encouraging the
music’s message of conformity.
Rock and roll’s message of conformity took over the airwaves and dominated radio airplay by
the middle of the 1950s.
White artists achieved fame by adopting the idea of conformity from African American musical
forms, such as rhythm and blues.

Answer 1

Question 1: How did the end of World War II change women’s roles moving into the 1950s?

Correct Answer: Women were expected to marry young, have children right away, and stay home to raise their families.

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Question 2: Use the cause and effect table to answer the question. Cause: Advertisers began to market goods directly to children of the baby boom, rather than trying to attract the attention of their parents.

Which of the following best completes the table?

Correct Answer: Baby boomers needed more consumer goods than the generation of children that came before them.

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Question 3: What effect did rock and roll have on the culture of conformity of the 1950s?

Correct Answer: Teenagers began to drift from middle-class expectations to embrace themes of freedom and rebellion celebrated by rock and roll.