Question 1

The postwar era witnessed its most dramatic population growth in

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A)  the suburbs. 
B)  the Midwest. 
C)  rural areas. 
D)  the Northeast. 
E)  the Mississippi Valley. 
A)  the suburbs. 
B)  the Midwest. 
C)  rural areas. 
D)  the Northeast. 
E)  the Mississippi Valley.

Question 2

By 1960, millions of homes in the United States had a television set.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following efforts were examples of Eisenhower's "middle way" approach?

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A)  raising taxes and increasing the power of the federal government 
B)  funding new technology and relying purely on other countries for agricultural goods 
C)  balancing the federal budget and increasing the minimum wage 
D)  promoting the weapons industry and providing aid for the homeless 
E)  lowering the minimum wage and increasing the national debt in the name of the
Public good 
A)  raising taxes and increasing the power of the federal government 
B)  funding new technology and relying purely on other countries for agricultural goods 
C)  balancing the federal budget and increasing the minimum wage 
D)  promoting the weapons industry and providing aid for the homeless 
E)  lowering the minimum wage and increasing the national debt in the name of the
Public good

Question 4

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

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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 5

Trace the development of U.S.-Middle East relations during the Eisenhower administration.

Accepted Answer

During the Eisenhower administration, U.

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

What was Levittown, designed by William Levitt?

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A)  a luxury Manhattan apartment complex made possible by new building techniques 
B)  a new type of urban community completely cut off from government assistance 
C)  an upscale drive-in movie theater with the latest films and music 
D)  housing intended for African American families, especially those of veterans 
E)  a suburban planned community geared toward white lower-middle-class Americans 
A)  a luxury Manhattan apartment complex made possible by new building techniques 
B)  a new type of urban community completely cut off from government assistance 
C)  an upscale drive-in movie theater with the latest films and music 
D)  housing intended for African American families, especially those of veterans 
E)  a suburban planned community geared toward white lower-middle-class Americans

Question 8

The single most important stimulant to the postwar economy was

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A)  a massive government jobs program. 
B)  low government spending. 
C)  cold war-related military spending. 
D)  the discovery of alternative fuels to oil. 
E)  increased European competition. 
A)  a massive government jobs program. 
B)  low government spending. 
C)  cold war-related military spending. 
D)  the discovery of alternative fuels to oil. 
E)  increased European competition.

Question 9

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

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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

Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the United States in the 1950s?

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A)  Although foreign affairs remained unprecedentedly stable during this period, domestic affairs took a turn for the worse, as several epidemics brought shorter average life spans and economic growth brought increased crime. 
B)  Because the cold war had come to an end soon after the Second World War, Americans came to experience prosperity in their day-to-day lives and could focus on rebuilding the economy without the threat of nuclear war in the background. 
C)  Most Americans had emerged from the Second World War disappointed by their country's exhausted industrial capacity and declining international stature and looked to the cold war as a means of becoming a world power once again. 
D)  The period was dominated by American presidents who leaned toward extremes in all ways, much as the leaders of the Axis powers had during the Second World War-refusing to take an approach of moderation and insisting on fighting fire with fire. 
E)  Although white, middle-class Americans enjoyed unprecedented economic growth, the idealized image of America at the time was much more complicated in terms of race and class, and many feared what the new age of nuclear terror might bring. 
A)  Although foreign affairs remained unprecedentedly stable during this period, domestic affairs took a turn for the worse, as several epidemics brought shorter average life spans and economic growth brought increased crime. 
B)  Because the cold war had come to an end soon after the Second World War, Americans came to experience prosperity in their day-to-day lives and could focus on rebuilding the economy without the threat of nuclear war in the background. 
C)  Most Americans had emerged from the Second World War disappointed by their country's exhausted industrial capacity and declining international stature and looked to the cold war as a means of becoming a world power once again. 
D)  The period was dominated by American presidents who leaned toward extremes in all ways, much as the leaders of the Axis powers had during the Second World War-refusing to take an approach of moderation and insisting on fighting fire with fire. 
E)  Although white, middle-class Americans enjoyed unprecedented economic growth, the idealized image of America at the time was much more complicated in terms of race and class, and many feared what the new age of nuclear terror might bring.

Question 11

Match each description with the item below.
-John Keats

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

Before becoming president, Eisenhower was MOST shaped by his experience in

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A)  business. 
B)  the military. 
C)  higher education. 
D)  politics. 
E)  the law. 
A)  business. 
B)  the military. 
C)  higher education. 
D)  politics. 
E)  the law.

Question 13

Since the nineteenth century, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia had been ruled by

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A)  China. 
B)  Japan. 
C)  France. 
D)  Great Britain. 
E)  themselves. 
A)  China. 
B)  Japan. 
C)  France. 
D)  Great Britain. 
E)  themselves.

Question 14

Which of the following statements accurately describes Elvis Presley's recordings?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were never very commercially successful at the time. 
B)  They blended a variety of musical styles. 
C)  They appealed equally to all ages and generations. 
D)  They are best remembered for his piano playing. 
E)  They were part of a Communist plot. 
A)  They were never very commercially successful at the time. 
B)  They blended a variety of musical styles. 
C)  They appealed equally to all ages and generations. 
D)  They are best remembered for his piano playing. 
E)  They were part of a Communist plot.

Question 15

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the case Brown v. Board of Education?

Accepted Answer

A)  It struck down "separate but equal" in public education. 
B)  It ordered an immediate end to Jim Crow segregation. 
C)  It rejected the legal arguments of the NAACP. 
D)  It was closely divided. 
E)  It recognized the high quality of black schools in the South. 
A)  It struck down "separate but equal" in public education. 
B)  It ordered an immediate end to Jim Crow segregation. 
C)  It rejected the legal arguments of the NAACP. 
D)  It was closely divided. 
E)  It recognized the high quality of black schools in the South.

Question 16

Match each description with the item below.
-Francis Gary Powers

Accepted Answer

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

Exam 28: Cold War America

The postwar era witnessed its most dramatic population growth in

By 1960, millions of homes in the United States had a television set.

Which of the following efforts were examples of Eisenhower's "middle way" approach?

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

Trace the development of U.S.-Middle East relations during the Eisenhower administration.

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

What was Levittown, designed by William Levitt?

The single most important stimulant to the postwar economy was

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

Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the United States in the 1950s?

Match each description with the item below. -John Keats

Before becoming president, Eisenhower was MOST shaped by his experience in

Since the nineteenth century, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia had been ruled by

Which of the following statements accurately describes Elvis Presley's recordings?

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the case Brown v. Board of Education?

Match each description with the item below. -Francis Gary Powers

The Collision of Cultures

Englands Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic

The Emergence of a Market Economy

Nationalism and Sectionalism

The Jacksonian Era

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform

Western Expansion

The Gathering Storm

The War of the Union

The Era of Reconstruction

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

The New South and the New West

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

The Progressive Era

America and the Great War

A Clash of Cultures

The Reactionary Twenties

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The Second World War

The Cold War and the Fair Deal

A New Frontier and a Great Society

Rebellion and Reaction

Conservative Revival

Twenty-First-Century America

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