Question 1

Discuss possible reasons why American youth rebelled during a decade of unprecedented prosperity rather than during the hard times of the Great Depression.

Accepted Answer

There are several possible reasons why A

Question 2

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Beats?

Accepted Answer

A)  The group of activists changed the political landscape of the 1950s by launching the gay rights movement and helping to instate legal same-sex marriage in many states. 
B)  This musical group played traditional music and made it accessible to people of all backgrounds by touring and offering free shows. 
C)  This political group had many women members and experienced its greatest success in promoting equality for women through a series of marches and demonstrations. 
D)  This controversial group of artists was self-absorbed and reckless, and often rejected traditional responsibilities of middle-class life. 
E)  This academic group studied the devastation brought by the Second World War, wrote extensively on its impact on the American economy, and refused to take part in risky behavior. 
A)  The group of activists changed the political landscape of the 1950s by launching the gay rights movement and helping to instate legal same-sex marriage in many states. 
B)  This musical group played traditional music and made it accessible to people of all backgrounds by touring and offering free shows. 
C)  This political group had many women members and experienced its greatest success in promoting equality for women through a series of marches and demonstrations. 
D)  This controversial group of artists was self-absorbed and reckless, and often rejected traditional responsibilities of middle-class life. 
E)  This academic group studied the devastation brought by the Second World War, wrote extensively on its impact on the American economy, and refused to take part in risky behavior.

Question 3

What was the state of car ownership in America by 1955?

Accepted Answer

A)  Car ownership was still limited to only the wealthiest and most elite members of society, contributing to the overwhelming public sentiment that emphasized the group over individualism. 
B)  Few American households owned a car due a slew of major improvements made to public transit systems such as buses and the movement of white people from suburbs to cities. 
C)  Half of American households owned a car, which caused a crisis in the hotel industry since people could now travel far more quickly as well as a fall in commute times since it was easier to relocate. 
D)  Car ownership was so widespread that it had little to do with social status, as few models of cars existed and car manufacturers were still hurting from increased Second World War production levels. 
E)  Most American households owned a car, resulting in a greater range of choices such as the growth of fast-food restaurants as well as unintended consequences such as environmental pollution. 
A)  Car ownership was still limited to only the wealthiest and most elite members of society, contributing to the overwhelming public sentiment that emphasized the group over individualism. 
B)  Few American households owned a car due a slew of major improvements made to public transit systems such as buses and the movement of white people from suburbs to cities. 
C)  Half of American households owned a car, which caused a crisis in the hotel industry since people could now travel far more quickly as well as a fall in commute times since it was easier to relocate. 
D)  Car ownership was so widespread that it had little to do with social status, as few models of cars existed and car manufacturers were still hurting from increased Second World War production levels. 
E)  Most American households owned a car, resulting in a greater range of choices such as the growth of fast-food restaurants as well as unintended consequences such as environmental pollution.

Question 4

Match each description with the item below.
-Fidel Castro

Accepted Answer

A) was the openly gay cultural figure who wrote the provocative prose-poem "Howl" 
B) challenged bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, by being arrested rather than giving up a seat to a white man 
C) wrote The Crack in the Picture Window, a vicious satire of affluent suburbia 
D) was the American pilot who had spied on the Soviets by taking pictures of military installations 
E) proclaimed the creation of a Democratic Republic of Vietnam and used force to resist the restoration of a colonial regime
F)was the Soviet premier who threatened to give East Germany control of East Berlin and walked out of the resulting summit meeting
G)was an Arkansas governor who argued that racial integration was an issue of states rights
H)was a chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court under whose leadership it was an engine for social and political change
I)led a Communist regime in Cuba and failed to be ousted despite a secret operation authorized by Eisenhower
J)was the prime minister of Iran who cut diplomatic ties with Great Britain and was later overthrown 
A) was the openly gay cultural figure who wrote the provocative prose-poem "Howl" 
B) challenged bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, by being arrested rather than giving up a seat to a white man 
C) wrote The Crack in the Picture Window, a vicious satire of affluent suburbia 
D) was the American pilot who had spied on the Soviets by taking pictures of military installations 
E) proclaimed the creation of a Democratic Republic of Vietnam and used force to resist the restoration of a colonial regime
F)was the Soviet premier who threatened to give East Germany control of East Berlin and walked out of the resulting summit meeting
G)was an Arkansas governor who argued that racial integration was an issue of states rights
H)was a chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court under whose leadership it was an engine for social and political change
I)led a Communist regime in Cuba and failed to be ousted despite a secret operation authorized by Eisenhower
J)was the prime minister of Iran who cut diplomatic ties with Great Britain and was later overthrown

Question 5

Which of the following statements accurately describes the baby boom in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  It has been romanticized and vastly overemphasized in importance as a social phenomenon because the effects on society were hardly noticeable decades later. 
B)  It resulted in the majority of mothers at the time also pursuing professions such as teaching, nursing, accounting, and working as attorneys in law offices. 
C)  It started in the early days of the Second World War because advertising campaigns tended to focus on the need for children to help with the war effort. 
D)  It resulted in an increase in the number of mothers but a decrease in the number of babies overall, as women were generally having fewer children. 
E)  It was a postwar trend that reinforced the idea that a woman's place was in the home and helped drive economic growth due the market of goods centered on children. 
A)  It has been romanticized and vastly overemphasized in importance as a social phenomenon because the effects on society were hardly noticeable decades later. 
B)  It resulted in the majority of mothers at the time also pursuing professions such as teaching, nursing, accounting, and working as attorneys in law offices. 
C)  It started in the early days of the Second World War because advertising campaigns tended to focus on the need for children to help with the war effort. 
D)  It resulted in an increase in the number of mothers but a decrease in the number of babies overall, as women were generally having fewer children. 
E)  It was a postwar trend that reinforced the idea that a woman's place was in the home and helped drive economic growth due the market of goods centered on children.

Question 6

Society's message to women in the 1950s was that they should strive to combine motherhood and professional careers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Match each description with the item below.
-Orval Faubus

Accepted Answer

A) was the openly gay cultural figure who wrote the provocative prose-poem "Howl" 
B) challenged bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, by being arrested rather than giving up a seat to a white man 
C) wrote The Crack in the Picture Window, a vicious satire of affluent suburbia 
D) was the American pilot who had spied on the Soviets by taking pictures of military installations 
E) proclaimed the creation of a Democratic Republic of Vietnam and used force to resist the restoration of a colonial regime
F)was the Soviet premier who threatened to give East Germany control of East Berlin and walked out of the resulting summit meeting
G)was an Arkansas governor who argued that racial integration was an issue of states rights
H)was a chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court under whose leadership it was an engine for social and political change
I)led a Communist regime in Cuba and failed to be ousted despite a secret operation authorized by Eisenhower
J)was the prime minister of Iran who cut diplomatic ties with Great Britain and was later overthrown 
A) was the openly gay cultural figure who wrote the provocative prose-poem "Howl" 
B) challenged bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, by being arrested rather than giving up a seat to a white man 
C) wrote The Crack in the Picture Window, a vicious satire of affluent suburbia 
D) was the American pilot who had spied on the Soviets by taking pictures of military installations 
E) proclaimed the creation of a Democratic Republic of Vietnam and used force to resist the restoration of a colonial regime
F)was the Soviet premier who threatened to give East Germany control of East Berlin and walked out of the resulting summit meeting
G)was an Arkansas governor who argued that racial integration was an issue of states rights
H)was a chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court under whose leadership it was an engine for social and political change
I)led a Communist regime in Cuba and failed to be ousted despite a secret operation authorized by Eisenhower
J)was the prime minister of Iran who cut diplomatic ties with Great Britain and was later overthrown

Question 8

What were the prevailing images of middle-class women during the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

During the 1950s, prevailing images of m

Question 9

According to the advertisements in popular magazines at the time, the ideal woman of the mid-1950s was

Accepted Answer

A)  educated and single. 
B)  career oriented. 
C)  able to juggle home and career. 
D)  an equal partner with her husband. 
E)  a white suburban housewife. 
A)  educated and single. 
B)  career oriented. 
C)  able to juggle home and career. 
D)  an equal partner with her husband. 
E)  a white suburban housewife.

Question 10

What stance did Eisenhower take in terms of New Deal programs?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was intensely hostile to New Deal programs and sought to dismantle them,
Believing that the president alone should make policy and Congress should be the one
To carry it out. 
B)  He ended subsidies to agriculture, fought against the rise of unions, and generally
Sought to limit production levels because he believed it would be better for the
Economy. 
C)  He promised to outdo Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and establish his own completely
Separate deal that would be far more honest, more successful, and wider in scope. 
D)  He retained most New Deal programs and even expanded some of them, while also
Working to rid the government of the "excesses" that had resulted from many years of
Democratic control. 
E)  He transformed New Deal programs due to his desire to privatize Social Security and
Belief that conservatism was incompatible with welfare programs. 
A)  He was intensely hostile to New Deal programs and sought to dismantle them,
Believing that the president alone should make policy and Congress should be the one
To carry it out. 
B)  He ended subsidies to agriculture, fought against the rise of unions, and generally
Sought to limit production levels because he believed it would be better for the
Economy. 
C)  He promised to outdo Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and establish his own completely
Separate deal that would be far more honest, more successful, and wider in scope. 
D)  He retained most New Deal programs and even expanded some of them, while also
Working to rid the government of the "excesses" that had resulted from many years of
Democratic control. 
E)  He transformed New Deal programs due to his desire to privatize Social Security and
Belief that conservatism was incompatible with welfare programs.

Question 11

What were among the most significant developments of the civil rights movement in the 1950s? Why?

Accepted Answer

Among the most significant developments

Question 12

Match each description with the item below.
-John Keats

Accepted Answer

A) was the openly gay cultural figure who wrote the provocative prose-poem "Howl" 
B) challenged bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, by being arrested rather than giving up a seat to a white man 
C) wrote The Crack in the Picture Window, a vicious satire of affluent suburbia 
D) was the American pilot who had spied on the Soviets by taking pictures of military installations 
E) proclaimed the creation of a Democratic Republic of Vietnam and used force to resist the restoration of a colonial regime
F)was the Soviet premier who threatened to give East Germany control of East Berlin and walked out of the resulting summit meeting
G)was an Arkansas governor who argued that racial integration was an issue of states rights
H)was a chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court under whose leadership it was an engine for social and political change
I)led a Communist regime in Cuba and failed to be ousted despite a secret operation authorized by Eisenhower
J)was the prime minister of Iran who cut diplomatic ties with Great Britain and was later overthrown 
A) was the openly gay cultural figure who wrote the provocative prose-poem "Howl" 
B) challenged bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, by being arrested rather than giving up a seat to a white man 
C) wrote The Crack in the Picture Window, a vicious satire of affluent suburbia 
D) was the American pilot who had spied on the Soviets by taking pictures of military installations 
E) proclaimed the creation of a Democratic Republic of Vietnam and used force to resist the restoration of a colonial regime
F)was the Soviet premier who threatened to give East Germany control of East Berlin and walked out of the resulting summit meeting
G)was an Arkansas governor who argued that racial integration was an issue of states rights
H)was a chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court under whose leadership it was an engine for social and political change
I)led a Communist regime in Cuba and failed to be ousted despite a secret operation authorized by Eisenhower
J)was the prime minister of Iran who cut diplomatic ties with Great Britain and was later overthrown

Question 13

Middle-class whites organized Citizens' Councils after the Brown decision to organize support for integration and African American civil rights.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

An important reason for passage of the GI Bill was to

Accepted Answer

A)  keep men in the military beyond their terms of enlistment. 
B)  spend surplus funds in the federal budget. 
C)  help Roosevelt get reelected. 
D)  prevent widespread unemployment. 
E)  promote renting over buying homes. 
A)  keep men in the military beyond their terms of enlistment. 
B)  spend surplus funds in the federal budget. 
C)  help Roosevelt get reelected. 
D)  prevent widespread unemployment. 
E)  promote renting over buying homes.

Question 15

Dwight D. Eisenhower tried to reduce Social Security and other entitlement programs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Due to the overall prosperity of the decade, blacks were able to close the income gap with whites by the end of the 1950s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What were the goals and strategies of the civil rights movement? What was its impact?

Accepted Answer

The goals of the civil rights movement w

Question 18

Match each description with the item below.
-Ho Chi Minh

Accepted Answer

A) was the openly gay cultural figure who wrote the provocative prose-poem "Howl" 
B) challenged bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, by being arrested rather than giving up a seat to a white man 
C) wrote The Crack in the Picture Window, a vicious satire of affluent suburbia 
D) was the American pilot who had spied on the Soviets by taking pictures of military installations 
E) proclaimed the creation of a Democratic Republic of Vietnam and used force to resist the restoration of a colonial regime
F)was the Soviet premier who threatened to give East Germany control of East Berlin and walked out of the resulting summit meeting
G)was an Arkansas governor who argued that racial integration was an issue of states rights
H)was a chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court under whose leadership it was an engine for social and political change
I)led a Communist regime in Cuba and failed to be ousted despite a secret operation authorized by Eisenhower
J)was the prime minister of Iran who cut diplomatic ties with Great Britain and was later overthrown 
A) was the openly gay cultural figure who wrote the provocative prose-poem "Howl" 
B) challenged bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, by being arrested rather than giving up a seat to a white man 
C) wrote The Crack in the Picture Window, a vicious satire of affluent suburbia 
D) was the American pilot who had spied on the Soviets by taking pictures of military installations 
E) proclaimed the creation of a Democratic Republic of Vietnam and used force to resist the restoration of a colonial regime
F)was the Soviet premier who threatened to give East Germany control of East Berlin and walked out of the resulting summit meeting
G)was an Arkansas governor who argued that racial integration was an issue of states rights
H)was a chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court under whose leadership it was an engine for social and political change
I)led a Communist regime in Cuba and failed to be ousted despite a secret operation authorized by Eisenhower
J)was the prime minister of Iran who cut diplomatic ties with Great Britain and was later overthrown

Question 19

Which of the following was a consequence of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Accepted Answer

A)  It officially ended segregation in public schools in the South. 
B)  It showed that well-coordinated, nonviolent black activism could cause major changes. 
C)  It was the last major accomplishment of Martin Luther King Jr. before his assassination. 
D)  It proved that Eisenhower was willing to directly intervene to help achieve civil rights victories. 
E)  It promoted the cause of black nationalism and led it to spread across the country. 
A)  It officially ended segregation in public schools in the South. 
B)  It showed that well-coordinated, nonviolent black activism could cause major changes. 
C)  It was the last major accomplishment of Martin Luther King Jr. before his assassination. 
D)  It proved that Eisenhower was willing to directly intervene to help achieve civil rights victories. 
E)  It promoted the cause of black nationalism and led it to spread across the country.

Question 20

The Federal-Aid Highway Act was the largest federal project in history.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 28: Cold War America

Discuss possible reasons why American youth rebelled during a decade of unprecedented prosperity rather than during the hard times of the Great Depression.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Beats?

What was the state of car ownership in America by 1955?

Match each description with the item below. -Fidel Castro

Which of the following statements accurately describes the baby boom in the United States?

Society's message to women in the 1950s was that they should strive to combine motherhood and professional careers.

Match each description with the item below. -Orval Faubus

What were the prevailing images of middle-class women during the 1950s?

According to the advertisements in popular magazines at the time, the ideal woman of the mid-1950s was

What stance did Eisenhower take in terms of New Deal programs?

What were among the most significant developments of the civil rights movement in the 1950s? Why?

Match each description with the item below. -John Keats

Middle-class whites organized Citizens' Councils after the Brown decision to organize support for integration and African American civil rights.

An important reason for passage of the GI Bill was to

Dwight D. Eisenhower tried to reduce Social Security and other entitlement programs.

Due to the overall prosperity of the decade, blacks were able to close the income gap with whites by the end of the 1950s.

What were the goals and strategies of the civil rights movement? What was its impact?

Match each description with the item below. -Ho Chi Minh

Which of the following was a consequence of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

The Federal-Aid Highway Act was the largest federal project in history.

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