Question 1

Guatemalan leader Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán

Accepted Answer

A)  sought to reduce foreign corporations' control over his country's economy. 
B)  was ousted by the KGB and replaced with a Soviet-friendly dictator. 
C)  was a friend and close ally of Soviet premier Joseph Stalin before his death. 
D)  appealed to President Eisenhower for military support to defeat a growing communist insurgency in Guatemala. 
E)  was born in Moscow and became a nationalist after emigrating to Guatemala. 
A)  sought to reduce foreign corporations' control over his country's economy. 
B)  was ousted by the KGB and replaced with a Soviet-friendly dictator. 
C)  was a friend and close ally of Soviet premier Joseph Stalin before his death. 
D)  appealed to President Eisenhower for military support to defeat a growing communist insurgency in Guatemala. 
E)  was born in Moscow and became a nationalist after emigrating to Guatemala.

Question 2

Prior to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, what experience did Rosa Parks have with the civil rights movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Giving up her bus seat was her first protest for civil rights. 
B)  She was introduced to protesting when she met Martin Luther King Jr. 
C)  She had been involved in civil rights protests since the 1930s. 
D)  She first became interested in civil rights in the 1920s when she marched with Marcus Garvey. 
E)  She previously advocated the use of violence to gain more rights. 
A)  Giving up her bus seat was her first protest for civil rights. 
B)  She was introduced to protesting when she met Martin Luther King Jr. 
C)  She had been involved in civil rights protests since the 1930s. 
D)  She first became interested in civil rights in the 1920s when she marched with Marcus Garvey. 
E)  She previously advocated the use of violence to gain more rights.

Question 3

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Historian Carl Degler titled his book on the years 1945 to 1966 The Age of Affluence and Anxiety. Thinking back to the previous chapter, does this title accurately portray the paradox of the 1950s? Why, or why not?

Accepted Answer

The title "The Age of Affluence and Anxi

Question 4

After World War II, how were Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms altered?

Accepted Answer

A)  Truman said they were no longer needed because World War II was over. 
B)  Freedom from fear was stressed even more, due to the Cold War 
C)  Freedom of enterprise replaced freedom from want and fear. 
D)  Freedom of worship was replaced with freedom of the press. 
E)  Freedom from war was added in hopes that the Cold War would not lead to a hot war. 
A)  Truman said they were no longer needed because World War II was over. 
B)  Freedom from fear was stressed even more, due to the Cold War 
C)  Freedom of enterprise replaced freedom from want and fear. 
D)  Freedom of worship was replaced with freedom of the press. 
E)  Freedom from war was added in hopes that the Cold War would not lead to a hot war.

Question 5

While in office, President Dwight D. Eisenhower rolled back the New Deal programs put forth by Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What about the golden age of capitalism between 1946 and 1960 was most beneficial for Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  The American GNP more than doubled. 
B)  The United States maintained a trade surplus. 
C)  Prices remained stable. 
D)  Most monetary gains reached ordinary citizens through rising wages. 
E)  The economy operated on the gold standard, which made it safe from recessions. 
A)  The American GNP more than doubled. 
B)  The United States maintained a trade surplus. 
C)  Prices remained stable. 
D)  Most monetary gains reached ordinary citizens through rising wages. 
E)  The economy operated on the gold standard, which made it safe from recessions.

Question 7

How did the Southern Manifesto characterize race relations in the South before the Brown v. Board decision?

Accepted Answer

A)  Blacks liked being subservient. 
B)  Blacks and whites lived in completely separate communities and largely ignored each other. 
C)  Blacks had an unfair amount of power over whites. 
D)  Segregation was hated by both blacks and whites. 
E)  Relations between blacks and whites were friendly. 
A)  Blacks liked being subservient. 
B)  Blacks and whites lived in completely separate communities and largely ignored each other. 
C)  Blacks had an unfair amount of power over whites. 
D)  Segregation was hated by both blacks and whites. 
E)  Relations between blacks and whites were friendly.

Question 8

Why did auto manufacturers and oil companies vault to the top ranks of corporate America in 1950s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Profits in both industries rose steeply, due to the vast majority of auto manufacturing and oil Refinery jobs being shipped overseas. 
B)  Lucrative government defense contracts continued, due to a need for military vehicles. 
C)  The consumer demand for the automobile boomed in this decade. 
D)  Most members of Congress had business backgrounds. 
E)  More Americans lived in the suburbs and used public transportation to commute to work. 
A)  Profits in both industries rose steeply, due to the vast majority of auto manufacturing and oil Refinery jobs being shipped overseas. 
B)  Lucrative government defense contracts continued, due to a need for military vehicles. 
C)  The consumer demand for the automobile boomed in this decade. 
D)  Most members of Congress had business backgrounds. 
E)  More Americans lived in the suburbs and used public transportation to commute to work.

Question 9

Which of the following assessments of the civil rights movement is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  The movement invigorated white Americans just like black Americans. 
B)  The movement grew popular at a time when whites had largely given up on the practice of segregation. 
C)  Although well-intentioned, the civil rights movement slowed progress toward equality. 
D)  The movement came as a great surprise and was predicted only by a few. 
E)  The movement was centered on student organizations and college protests. 
A)  The movement invigorated white Americans just like black Americans. 
B)  The movement grew popular at a time when whites had largely given up on the practice of segregation. 
C)  Although well-intentioned, the civil rights movement slowed progress toward equality. 
D)  The movement came as a great surprise and was predicted only by a few. 
E)  The movement was centered on student organizations and college protests.

Question 10

During the 1950s, mass consumption was promoted as

Accepted Answer

A)  a patriotic act. 
B)  trivial. 
C)  an act of rebellion. 
D)  communism. 
E)  anti-patriotic. 
A)  a patriotic act. 
B)  trivial. 
C)  an act of rebellion. 
D)  communism. 
E)  anti-patriotic.

Question 11

Massive retaliation was a policy that declared that any Soviet attack on an American ally would be countered by a nuclear assault on the Soviet Union itself.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Match between columns
                        Premises: Montgomery Bus Boycott
modern republicanism
Eisenhower Doctrine
Mendez v. Westminster
Southern Manifesto
new conservatives
brinksmanship
Brown v. Board of Education
social contract
free enterprise
Warren Court
SCLC

Accepted Answer

The Answer of desegregation of Orange County schools and consumer is...

Question 13

Why did the Eisenhower administration embrace the doctrine of "massive retaliation"?

Accepted Answer

A)  The doctrine provided Eisenhower with the necessary flexibility to fight communism in Central America and Southeast Asia. 
B)  The doctrine prevented not only large but small military conflicts as well. 
C)  The constant threat of mutually assured destruction under the doctrine made for more cautious diplomacy. 
D)  The doctrine reduced national anxiety over the threat of nuclear annihilation. 
E)  As a man with mostly military experience, he did not know how else to address the Cold War crisis. 
A)  The doctrine provided Eisenhower with the necessary flexibility to fight communism in Central America and Southeast Asia. 
B)  The doctrine prevented not only large but small military conflicts as well. 
C)  The constant threat of mutually assured destruction under the doctrine made for more cautious diplomacy. 
D)  The doctrine reduced national anxiety over the threat of nuclear annihilation. 
E)  As a man with mostly military experience, he did not know how else to address the Cold War crisis.

Question 14

What made Elvis such a popular celebrity?

Accepted Answer

A)  He sang songs no one had ever heard before. 
B)  He was one of the most gifted vocal performers of his generation. 
C)  He was a white performer with the rhythms and moves of black singers. 
D)  He sang openly about civil rights and equality. 
E)  His mixed-race parentage made him popular among blacks and whites. 
A)  He sang songs no one had ever heard before. 
B)  He was one of the most gifted vocal performers of his generation. 
C)  He was a white performer with the rhythms and moves of black singers. 
D)  He sang openly about civil rights and equality. 
E)  His mixed-race parentage made him popular among blacks and whites.

Question 15

Why did the writers of the Southern Manifesto claim the Brown v. Board decision was unconstitutional?

Accepted Answer

A)  They stated the Constitution did not discuss education. 
B)  The original Constitution had permitted slavery. 
C)  The decision was not needed because the Fourteenth Amendment protected everyone. 
D)  The case needed to have more time and briefs filed. 
E)  The Fifteenth Amendment allowed for states to run their own elections. 
A)  They stated the Constitution did not discuss education. 
B)  The original Constitution had permitted slavery. 
C)  The decision was not needed because the Fourteenth Amendment protected everyone. 
D)  The case needed to have more time and briefs filed. 
E)  The Fifteenth Amendment allowed for states to run their own elections.

Question 16

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was initiated by Jo Ann Robinson and others who gathered at a local church after Rosa Parks's arrest.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following challenged the mass conformity of the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

A)  an emphasis on work ethic 
B)  desperate materialism 
C)  militarization 
D)  Beat poet Allen Ginsberg 
E)  rejection of drugs 
A)  an emphasis on work ethic 
B)  desperate materialism 
C)  militarization 
D)  Beat poet Allen Ginsberg 
E)  rejection of drugs

Question 18

The movement for social justice that emerged as a result of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Accepted Answer

A)  brought unwelcomed international attention to racial tensions in the United States. 
B)  was supported by conservatives across the United States. 
C)  constantly recurred to violence. 
D)  was short-lived. 
E)  was marked by the language of democracy. 
A)  brought unwelcomed international attention to racial tensions in the United States. 
B)  was supported by conservatives across the United States. 
C)  constantly recurred to violence. 
D)  was short-lived. 
E)  was marked by the language of democracy.

Question 19

Despite talk of the glories of the free market, government policies during the 1950s played a crucial role in the postwar economic boom.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which of the following spurred the growth of the suburban middle class?

Accepted Answer

A)  income tax 
B)  popular interest in the arts 
C)  a campaign against segregation 
D)  subsidies and mortgages 
E)  women's college education 
A)  income tax 
B)  popular interest in the arts 
C)  a campaign against segregation 
D)  subsidies and mortgages 
E)  women's college education

Exam 24: An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

Guatemalan leader Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán

Prior to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, what experience did Rosa Parks have with the civil rights movement?

After World War II, how were Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms altered?

While in office, President Dwight D. Eisenhower rolled back the New Deal programs put forth by Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.

What about the golden age of capitalism between 1946 and 1960 was most beneficial for Americans?

How did the Southern Manifesto characterize race relations in the South before the Brown v. Board decision?

Why did auto manufacturers and oil companies vault to the top ranks of corporate America in 1950s?

Which of the following assessments of the civil rights movement is most accurate?

During the 1950s, mass consumption was promoted as

Massive retaliation was a policy that declared that any Soviet attack on an American ally would be countered by a nuclear assault on the Soviet Union itself.

Why did the Eisenhower administration embrace the doctrine of "massive retaliation"?

What made Elvis such a popular celebrity?

Why did the writers of the Southern Manifesto claim the Brown v. Board decision was unconstitutional?

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was initiated by Jo Ann Robinson and others who gathered at a local church after Rosa Parks's arrest.

Which of the following challenged the mass conformity of the 1950s?

The movement for social justice that emerged as a result of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Despite talk of the glories of the free market, government policies during the 1950s played a crucial role in the postwar economic boom.

Which of the following spurred the growth of the suburban middle class?

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