25. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 25: The Postwar Suburbs

**Quiz for Document 25.1: Metropolitan Highway Construction: Boston Transcript (1955)**

Quiz for Document 25.1: Metropolitan Highway Construction: Boston Transcript (1955)

Document 25.1: Metropolitan Highway Construction: Boston Transcript (1955)

Select the best answer for each question. Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

Question 25.1

1. The need for expansion of Route 128 described in this transcript grew directly from which of the following twentieth-century developments in American society?

The growth of the welfare state

The emergence of the United States as a world power

Suburbanization

The expansion of labor unions

Question 25.2

2. For which of the following reasons would the Ford Motor Company have promoted the expansion of Route 128 in the Boston area?

The company hoped to establish a manufacturing operation in Boston.

The company wanted to build its identity as a proponent of urban renewal projects.

The company hoped that the expansion of the highway would increase the market for cars.

The company hoped to use its wealth to support reforms that would benefit Americans.

Question 25.3

3. The transcript makes the argument that the expansion of the highway had which of the following economic effects?

An increase in property values in the areas adjacent to the new road

A transfer of wealth from urban areas to the suburbs

The impoverishment and destruction of urban neighborhoods

The growth of suburban populations and the creation of new markets

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