Eisenhower domestic policy

Question 1

What percentage of families had Tvs?

Answer 1

90%

Question 2

How many vehicles were purchased per annum by 1955?

Answer 2

7.9 million

Question 3

How much of the federal budget did the 1956 Federal Highway cost?

Answer 3

$26 billion

Question 4

What job sector was there an increase in?

Answer 4

Tertiary - services sector

Question 5

What did Disney cause across America?

Answer 5

Disney’s sale of souvenirs and other items contributed to the homogenizing of the American experience.

Question 6

Indoor shopping centres

Answer 6

First one opened in Edina, Minnesota Oct 1956, with access to 72 stores and 5200 parking spaces

Question 7

Examples of fast food industry growing

Answer 7

1954 Ray Kroc’s McDonald’s and Burger King

Question 8

Entertainment

Answer 8

Tv shows like “I love Lucy” and artists like Elvis Presley and Perry Como- led to teenage rebellion

Question 9

How many Americans still lied in poverty?

Answer 9

one quarter

Question 10

When was there recessions?

Answer 10

A minor one in 1954, and a more serious one in 1958 when 5 million Americans were made unemployed and production fell by 14%

Question 11

What was inflation at?

Answer 11

remained at a low average of 2%

Question 12

How much was funding for the Tennessee Valley Authority reduced by?

Answer 12

From $185 million in 1952 to to just $12 million in 1960.

Question 13

How much funding did the subsidies from the soil bank provide to farmer is 1960?

Answer 13

$5.1 billion per year