Question 1

Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin were the first men to walk on the moon.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The popular "beat" novel On the Road (1957) was written by

Accepted Answer

A)  Allen Ginsberg. 
B)  J. D. Salinger. 
C)  Jack Kerouac. 
D)  William Burroughs. 
E)  Saul Bellow. 
A)  Allen Ginsberg. 
B)  J. D. Salinger. 
C)  Jack Kerouac. 
D)  William Burroughs. 
E)  Saul Bellow.

Question 3

The Soviet-American Paris summit in 1960 was ended by the downing of a Soviet spy plane over United States airspace.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Consider the automobile and television. Which of these two products had the most influence in changing American society during the 1950s? Why?

Accepted Answer

Both the automobile and the television h

Question 5

Given mounting American dependence on foreign oil, the Truman administration was reluctant to recognize the new state of Israel.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In his farewell address to the nation, President Eisenhower warned against the "unwarranted influence" of the "________ complex."

Accepted Answer

The answer of In his farewell address to the nation,...

Question 7

How do you account for the rise of the civil rights movement?

Accepted Answer

The rise of the civil rights movement ca

Question 8

All of the following researchers made important contributions to the development of antibiotics EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  Louis Pasteur. 
B)  Paul Muller. 
C)  Joseph Lister. 
D)  Alexander Fleming. 
E)  Howard Florey. 
A)  Louis Pasteur. 
B)  Paul Muller. 
C)  Joseph Lister. 
D)  Alexander Fleming. 
E)  Howard Florey.

Question 9

The 1955 "beat" poem "Howl" was written by ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The 1955 "beat" poem "Howl" was written...

Question 10

In the post-World War II era, ________ brought mass-production techniques to the housing industry.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the post-World War II era, ________...

Question 11

During the 1950s, television networks

Accepted Answer

A)  refused to show how the lower classes lived in America. 
B)  generally sought to convey an idealized image of a homogeneous America. 
C)  created conditions that helped to ameliorate social conflict. 
D)  both refused to show how the lower classes lived in America and generally conveyed an idealized image of America. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  refused to show how the lower classes lived in America. 
B)  generally sought to convey an idealized image of a homogeneous America. 
C)  created conditions that helped to ameliorate social conflict. 
D)  both refused to show how the lower classes lived in America and generally conveyed an idealized image of America. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 12

In his 1950 book, The Lonely Crowd, sociologist David Riesman argued that Americans were

Accepted Answer

A)  increasingly more likely to judge themselves on the basis of their own values. 
B)  increasingly interested in winning approval in their jobs and from their family. 
C)  increasingly more likely to be "other-directed." 
D)  both increasingly more likely to judge themselves on the basis of their own values, and increasingly interested in winning approval in their jobs and from their family. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  increasingly more likely to judge themselves on the basis of their own values. 
B)  increasingly interested in winning approval in their jobs and from their family. 
C)  increasingly more likely to be "other-directed." 
D)  both increasingly more likely to judge themselves on the basis of their own values, and increasingly interested in winning approval in their jobs and from their family. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 13

What were the various strategies used by supporters and opponents of desegregation?

Accepted Answer

Supporters and opponents of desegregatio

Question 14

What were the major changes in America as a result of the growing availability and reliance on private automobiles?

Accepted Answer

The major changes in America as a result

Question 15

Where would one most likely find the poor in America in the 1950s? Why did they remain poor?

Accepted Answer

In the 1950s, one would most likely find

Question 16

In 1960, the city in the United States with the largest Mexican American population was

Accepted Answer

A)  New York. 
B)  San Antonio. 
C)  Chicago. 
D)  San Diego. 
E)  Los Angeles. 
A)  New York. 
B)  San Antonio. 
C)  Chicago. 
D)  San Diego. 
E)  Los Angeles.

Question 17

The experiences of World War II were among the major factors leading to the rise of the civil rights movement in the 1950s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Since World War II, the developments in antibiotics have made bacterial infections one of the most successfully treated of all human illnesses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Alexander Fleming discovered the antibacterial properties of an organism he named ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Alexander Fleming discovered the antibacterial properties of...

Question 20

Rural America

Accepted Answer

A)  lost 10 percent of its population in 1956 alone. 
B)  saw its percentage of the national income drop to less than 2 percent in the 1950s. 
C)  saw the South increase plantings of cotton as a cash crop in the 1950s. 
D)  both lost 10 percent of its population in 1956 alone, and saw its percentage of the national income drop to less than two percent within the decade of the 1950s. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  lost 10 percent of its population in 1956 alone. 
B)  saw its percentage of the national income drop to less than 2 percent in the 1950s. 
C)  saw the South increase plantings of cotton as a cash crop in the 1950s. 
D)  both lost 10 percent of its population in 1956 alone, and saw its percentage of the national income drop to less than two percent within the decade of the 1950s. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Exam 28: The Affluent Society

Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin were the first men to walk on the moon.

The popular "beat" novel On the Road (1957) was written by

The Soviet-American Paris summit in 1960 was ended by the downing of a Soviet spy plane over United States airspace.

Consider the automobile and television. Which of these two products had the most influence in changing American society during the 1950s? Why?

Given mounting American dependence on foreign oil, the Truman administration was reluctant to recognize the new state of Israel.

In his farewell address to the nation, President Eisenhower warned against the "unwarranted influence" of the "________ complex."

How do you account for the rise of the civil rights movement?

All of the following researchers made important contributions to the development of antibiotics EXCEPT

The 1955 "beat" poem "Howl" was written by ________.

In the post-World War II era, ________ brought mass-production techniques to the housing industry.

During the 1950s, television networks

In his 1950 book, The Lonely Crowd, sociologist David Riesman argued that Americans were

What were the various strategies used by supporters and opponents of desegregation?

What were the major changes in America as a result of the growing availability and reliance on private automobiles?

Where would one most likely find the poor in America in the 1950s? Why did they remain poor?

In 1960, the city in the United States with the largest Mexican American population was

The experiences of World War II were among the major factors leading to the rise of the civil rights movement in the 1950s.

Since World War II, the developments in antibiotics have made bacterial infections one of the most successfully treated of all human illnesses.

Alexander Fleming discovered the antibacterial properties of an organism he named ________.

Rural America

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

The Age of Globalization

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