25. Document Project 25: Teenagers in Postwar America

**Quiz for Teenagers in Postwar America Document 25.5 Dick Clark, Your Happiest Years, 1959**

Quiz for Teenagers in Postwar America Document 25.5: Dick Clark, Your Happiest Years, 1959

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. What were the two reasons Dick Clark gave for building a wide circle of friends?

To gain popularity and find a best friend

To be exposed to new ideas and companionship

To learn how to adjust to different people and get a date

To ensure easier access to a job and understand how social relationships are formed

2. To whom was Dick Clark likely referring when he said teens should meet “different types of people”?

Other white teens

African American teens

Homosexual teens

Hispanic teens

3. How does Clark recommend youth deal with the awkward stages of puberty and self-doubt?

Do not date at that time.

Build confidence and effort.

Engage in aggression and fights.

Avoid large groups.

4. Based on this article, which of the following describes teens of the 1950s?

All teenagers were model students and did not rebel.

Many teenagers shared similar feelings of insecurity.

Teenage behavior was the same all across the country.

Teenager rates of delinquency declined during the 1950s.

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