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

**Quiz for Document 25.3: Harry Henderson, The Mass-Produced Suburbs (1953)**

Quiz for Document 25.3: Harry Henderson, The Mass-Produced Suburbs (1953)

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

1. Why, according to Harry Henderson, is the crime rate low in Levittown?

Most homeowning men were steadily employed.

Most of the town’s men are honorably discharged veterans.

The criminal element had been scared off by the police force.

Potential homeowners were subjected to credit screening.

2. What does Harry Henderson suggest about the role that drinking alcohol plays in Levittown?

It allows people to express their anger and sadness more freely.

It promotes indifference and discourages social interaction.

It relieves the monotony of women’s daily lives as mothers.

It functions as a social amenity.

3. How, according to Harry Henderson, do the residents of the suburbs acquire prestige?

By building grand and imposing houses

By displaying their inherited wealth and status

Through participation in community affairs

Through the purchase of consumer goods

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