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.

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How did geography shape the development of early Greek civilizations and their immediate ancestors?

What will be an ideal response?

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Social Security programs expanded under the ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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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.

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