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What most likely contributed to the Baby Boom between 1946 to 1964?
a) Expansion of international human rights
b) Development of the interstate highway system
c) Women increasingly worked outside of the home
d) Soldiers returning home after World War II

The G.I. Bill of Rights provided veterans with all of the following benefits EXCEPT—
a) the right to employment benefits
b) the right to housing assist
c) the right to avoid the draft
d) the right to educational assistance

Which peacetime improvement developed as a result of growth in the automobile industry?
a) Interstate highways
b) Wagon trains
c) National rail system
d) Regional airports

Experts think the United States will become more diverse in the future because the majority of recent immigrants came from —
a) the former Soviet Union countries
b) Western Europe
c) Asia or Latin America
d) Africa

College enrollment in the United States doubled between 1944 and 1950 primarily due to —
a) increases in immigration
b) changes in technology
c) scholarship programs for women
d) education benefits for veterans

How did the Baby Boom change life in the United States?
a) More people moved to large cities.
b) The population grew quickly.
c) Child labor increased.
d) Fewer new homes were built.

Identify the domestic policy that did NOT shape the United States after World War II.
a) Desegregation of the military and society
b) Welfare reform
c) The prohibition of alcohol
d) Americans with Disabilities Act

Information about which rights would NOT likely be found in an article about GI Bill?
a) Voting equality
b) Employment benefits
c) Housing assistance
d) Educational aid

After World War II, which group of Americans began to use the court system and boycotts to push for equal opportunities?
a) African Americans
b) Jews
c) Women
d) Native Americans

Which president desegregated the military?
a) Franklin D. Roosevelt
b) John F. Kennedy
c) Dwight D. Eishenhower
d) Harry S. Truman

Which person helped create the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
a) Dwight Eishenhower
b) Eleanor Roosevelt
c) Harry Truman
d) Rita Hayworth

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