How did the automobile impact life in the 1950s?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Suburban life depended on the automobile.
2. Because fathers commuted to jobs in the city on highways and expressways and mothers drove children to lessons and games, two cars became a necessity for almost every suburban family.
3. People shopped at stores and shopping centers that developed along the highways, and the first enclosed mall opened in 1956.
4. As a mother sought to supplement the family income, a car would be needed to transport her to her new job.
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In 1950, Alger Hiss was convicted of:
A) being a communist in the 1930s. B) spying for Germany during World War II. C) passing secrets to the Soviet Union. D) perjury in denying his communist connections.
How did geography shape the development of early Greek civilizations and their immediate ancestors?
What will be an ideal response?
Social Security programs expanded under the ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The probability of a future Cold War between the wartime allies was apparent even before the conference at
a. Potsdam. b. Yalta. c. Tehran. d. Casablanca. e. Munich.