Question 1

During the 1950s, television created a uniform image of American life, even as it showed conditions that could well accentuate social conflict.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The Supreme Court set no specific timetable for the desegregation of schools.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The Eisenhower administration used the CIA to topple the leftist government of Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán in ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Eisenhower administration used the CIA to...

Question 4

Until the early 1950s, the country the United States assisted in trying to control Vietnam was

Accepted Answer

A)  France. 
B)  Taiwan. 
C)  Japan. 
D)  England. 
E)  China. 
A)  France. 
B)  Taiwan. 
C)  Japan. 
D)  England. 
E)  China.

Question 5

The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956 was essentially successful.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Relations between the United States and the Soviet Union worsened during and after a failed revolution in ________, where Soviet tanks and troops crushed the uprising and restored a pro-Soviet regime.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Relations between the United States and the...

Question 7

As secretary of state, John Foster Dulles believed the containment policy practices of the Truman administration had been too moderate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Martin Luther King Jr. was leader of the

Accepted Answer

A)  Southern Christian Leadership Conference. 
B)  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 
C)  United Negro Improvement Association. 
D)  Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. 
E)  Congress of Racial Equality. 
A)  Southern Christian Leadership Conference. 
B)  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 
C)  United Negro Improvement Association. 
D)  Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. 
E)  Congress of Racial Equality.

Question 9

One of the last acts of the Eisenhower administration was to cut off diplomatic relations with Castro's Cuba.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In the 1950s, advertisers played an enormously important role in television programming.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In the early twentieth century, the vaccine that raised the most safety concerns in the United States was for the prevention of

Accepted Answer

A)  typhoid. 
B)  tetanus. 
C)  small pox. 
D)  rubella. 
E)  tuberculosis. 
A)  typhoid. 
B)  tetanus. 
C)  small pox. 
D)  rubella. 
E)  tuberculosis.

Question 12

All of the following statements regarding poverty in America between 1950 and 1960 are true EXCEPT that

Accepted Answer

A)  more than 30 million Americans lived in poverty at any given time during the year 1960. 
B)  the percentage of the population living in poverty rose during the decade. 
C)  Native Americans were the single poorest group in the country. 
D)  most of the poor experienced poverty only temporarily. 
E)  many rural Americans lived on the margins of the affluent society. 
A)  more than 30 million Americans lived in poverty at any given time during the year 1960. 
B)  the percentage of the population living in poverty rose during the decade. 
C)  Native Americans were the single poorest group in the country. 
D)  most of the poor experienced poverty only temporarily. 
E)  many rural Americans lived on the margins of the affluent society.

Question 13

Following World War II, American scientists made a critical contribution to the development of penicillin by

Accepted Answer

A)  demonstrating the value of antiseptic solutions to prevent infection. 
B)  first using the antibacterial agent known as sulfanilamide. 
C)  developing methods for its mass production and commercial distribution. 
D)  discovering the antibacterial properties for which the drug was named. 
E)  discovering it could be used to treat streptococcal blood infections. 
A)  demonstrating the value of antiseptic solutions to prevent infection. 
B)  first using the antibacterial agent known as sulfanilamide. 
C)  developing methods for its mass production and commercial distribution. 
D)  discovering the antibacterial properties for which the drug was named. 
E)  discovering it could be used to treat streptococcal blood infections.

Exam 28: The Affluent Society

During the 1950s, television created a uniform image of American life, even as it showed conditions that could well accentuate social conflict.

The Supreme Court set no specific timetable for the desegregation of schools.

The Eisenhower administration used the CIA to topple the leftist government of Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán in ________.

Until the early 1950s, the country the United States assisted in trying to control Vietnam was

The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956 was essentially successful.

Relations between the United States and the Soviet Union worsened during and after a failed revolution in ________, where Soviet tanks and troops crushed the uprising and restored a pro-Soviet regime.

As secretary of state, John Foster Dulles believed the containment policy practices of the Truman administration had been too moderate.

Martin Luther King Jr. was leader of the

One of the last acts of the Eisenhower administration was to cut off diplomatic relations with Castro's Cuba.

In the 1950s, advertisers played an enormously important role in television programming.

In the early twentieth century, the vaccine that raised the most safety concerns in the United States was for the prevention of

All of the following statements regarding poverty in America between 1950 and 1960 are true EXCEPT that

Following World War II, American scientists made a critical contribution to the development of penicillin by

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