Question 1

Labor and employers agreed to a new "social contract" that included which of the following provisions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Employers required the National Association of Manufacturers to accept unions. 
B)  Unions left decisions regarding worker organization in management's hands. 
C)  Unions left decisions regarding plant location in management's hands. 
D)  Employers implemented wage cuts. 
E)  Employers paid for workers' childcare expenses. 
A)  Employers required the National Association of Manufacturers to accept unions. 
B)  Unions left decisions regarding worker organization in management's hands. 
C)  Unions left decisions regarding plant location in management's hands. 
D)  Employers implemented wage cuts. 
E)  Employers paid for workers' childcare expenses.

Question 2

What did the "Kitchen Debate" between Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev focus on?

Accepted Answer

A)  the beauty of Moscow 
B)  the theoretical basis of communism 
C)  the meaning of freedom 
D)  military industries 
E)  the possibility of becoming allies 
A)  the beauty of Moscow 
B)  the theoretical basis of communism 
C)  the meaning of freedom 
D)  military industries 
E)  the possibility of becoming allies

Question 3

During the "Kitchen Debate," what prediction made by Nikita Khrushchev would never become a reality?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Soviet Union would be the first to land on the moon. 
B)  The United States would win the Vietnam War. 
C)  The United States would keep public schools segregated. 
D)  The Soviet Union would outproduce Americans in consumer goods. 
E)  The Soviet Union's communist government would outlast the United States as a republic. 
A)  The Soviet Union would be the first to land on the moon. 
B)  The United States would win the Vietnam War. 
C)  The United States would keep public schools segregated. 
D)  The Soviet Union would outproduce Americans in consumer goods. 
E)  The Soviet Union's communist government would outlast the United States as a republic.

Question 4

By the end of the 1950s, what problem was the car causing?

Accepted Answer

A)  inequality 
B)  unemployment 
C)  pollution 
D)  suburban overpopulation 
E)  a decline in consumption 
A)  inequality 
B)  unemployment 
C)  pollution 
D)  suburban overpopulation 
E)  a decline in consumption

Question 5

During the 1950s, Americans

Accepted Answer

A)  reaffirmed the virtues of family life. 
B)  welcomed a large wave of immigrants from eastern Europe. 
C)  had fewer babies than before. 
D)  married older than they did before. 
E)  encouraged women to get a college education. 
A)  reaffirmed the virtues of family life. 
B)  welcomed a large wave of immigrants from eastern Europe. 
C)  had fewer babies than before. 
D)  married older than they did before. 
E)  encouraged women to get a college education.

Question 6

During the 1950s, television

Accepted Answer

A)  was accessible to very few people. 
B)  described and projected the lives of working men and women. 
C)  became the most common source of information. 
D)  only projected superfluous images and programs. 
E)  targeted women. 
A)  was accessible to very few people. 
B)  described and projected the lives of working men and women. 
C)  became the most common source of information. 
D)  only projected superfluous images and programs. 
E)  targeted women.

Question 7

What made the Army-McCarthy hearings unusual for American television programming of the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

A)  It appeared in color. 
B)  It was the first live broadcast. 
C)  It was the first broadcast via satellite. 
D)  It was deeply political and controversial. 
E)  It included explicit sexual revelations. 
A)  It appeared in color. 
B)  It was the first live broadcast. 
C)  It was the first broadcast via satellite. 
D)  It was deeply political and controversial. 
E)  It included explicit sexual revelations.

Question 8

Match between columns
                        Premises: National Defense Education Act
military-industrial complex
Sputnik
missile gap
massive retaliation
Southern Manifesto
the Beats
Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Accepted Answer

The Answer of called to resist racial integration and first is...

Question 9

In today's United States, the most land is cultivated for what?

Accepted Answer

A)  to grow citrus fruit 
B)  to grow lettuce 
C)  to raise cattle 
D)  to grow grass 
E)  to grow potatoes 
A)  to grow citrus fruit 
B)  to grow lettuce 
C)  to raise cattle 
D)  to grow grass 
E)  to grow potatoes

Question 10

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles's policy of massive retaliation

Accepted Answer

A)  was part of the effort to rely more on conventional forces. 
B)  eased tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. 
C)  calmed the American public's fear of nuclear war. 
D)  applied only to communist China. 
E)  declared that any Soviet attack would be countered by a nuclear attack. 
A)  was part of the effort to rely more on conventional forces. 
B)  eased tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. 
C)  calmed the American public's fear of nuclear war. 
D)  applied only to communist China. 
E)  declared that any Soviet attack would be countered by a nuclear attack.

Question 11

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Geneva Accords

Accepted Answer

The Geneva Accords were a set of agreeme

Question 12

What did Nixon recognize as even more globally influential than military might?

Accepted Answer

A)  capitalist rhetoric 
B)  America's relationship with Cuba 
C)  American goods and popular culture 
D)  propaganda disguised as art 
E)  American cuisine 
A)  capitalist rhetoric 
B)  America's relationship with Cuba 
C)  American goods and popular culture 
D)  propaganda disguised as art 
E)  American cuisine

Question 13

The Kitchen Debate refers to the public debate during the 1950s over whether women ought to work outside of the home.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Why did President Eisenhower use the CIA to overthrow the government of Iran in the early 1950s?

Accepted Answer

A)  He did not believe Iran was ready for a democratically elected leader after centuries of monarchical rule. 
B)  Iran had REFused to enter peace talks with the United States and the Soviet Union in 1950. 
C)  Israel had protested Iran's friendly relationship with Egypt. 
D)  The government had attempted to nationalize British-owned oil fields. 
E)  The government was slowly adopting communist policies. 
A)  He did not believe Iran was ready for a democratically elected leader after centuries of monarchical rule. 
B)  Iran had REFused to enter peace talks with the United States and the Soviet Union in 1950. 
C)  Israel had protested Iran's friendly relationship with Egypt. 
D)  The government had attempted to nationalize British-owned oil fields. 
E)  The government was slowly adopting communist policies.

Question 15

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Accepted Answer

A)  declared the South would continue with segregation in public institutions. 
B)  was a coalition formed by black ministers and civil rights activists. 
C)  was formed to promote Christian values in public schools. 
D)  represented the white South. 
E)  denounced the Court's decision in the Brown case. 
A)  declared the South would continue with segregation in public institutions. 
B)  was a coalition formed by black ministers and civil rights activists. 
C)  was formed to promote Christian values in public schools. 
D)  represented the white South. 
E)  denounced the Court's decision in the Brown case.

Question 16

In terms of income, America became more equal between the 1950s and the 1970s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

To what global issue did Martin Luther King Jr. link the struggle for civil rights in America?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Korean War 
B)  increasing freedom in Africa 
C)  the expansion of capitalism 
D)  the nuclear arms race 
E)  the sinking of the SS Andrea Doria 
A)  the Korean War 
B)  increasing freedom in Africa 
C)  the expansion of capitalism 
D)  the nuclear arms race 
E)  the sinking of the SS Andrea Doria

Question 18

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Discuss the changes in the American economy during the postwar period. Be sure to discuss the agricultural, industrial, and consumer sectors of the economy.

Accepted Answer

The postwar period in America, following

Question 19

How did 1950s consumerism differ from previous eras?

Accepted Answer

A)  Advertising techniques started to focus on women only. 
B)  It demonstrated it was not better than communism. 
C)  Mass consumption was characterized as anti-patriotic. 
D)  Americans started using cash instead of their credit cards to purchase consumer goods. 
E)  Americans became comfortable living in debt while using credit to buy consumer goods. 
A)  Advertising techniques started to focus on women only. 
B)  It demonstrated it was not better than communism. 
C)  Mass consumption was characterized as anti-patriotic. 
D)  Americans started using cash instead of their credit cards to purchase consumer goods. 
E)  Americans became comfortable living in debt while using credit to buy consumer goods.

Question 20

Between 1950 and 1970, suburbanization

Accepted Answer

A)  allowed for whites and nonwhites to live in the same neighborhoods and attend the same schools. 
B)  promoted gender equality. 
C)  encouraged a large number of northern blacks to migrate south. 
D)  strengthened racial divisions. 
E)  welcomed thousands of Puerto Ricans. 
A)  allowed for whites and nonwhites to live in the same neighborhoods and attend the same schools. 
B)  promoted gender equality. 
C)  encouraged a large number of northern blacks to migrate south. 
D)  strengthened racial divisions. 
E)  welcomed thousands of Puerto Ricans.

Exam 24: An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

Labor and employers agreed to a new "social contract" that included which of the following provisions?

What did the "Kitchen Debate" between Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev focus on?

During the "Kitchen Debate," what prediction made by Nikita Khrushchev would never become a reality?

By the end of the 1950s, what problem was the car causing?

During the 1950s, Americans

During the 1950s, television

What made the Army-McCarthy hearings unusual for American television programming of the 1950s?

In today's United States, the most land is cultivated for what?

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles's policy of massive retaliation

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Geneva Accords

What did Nixon recognize as even more globally influential than military might?

The Kitchen Debate refers to the public debate during the 1950s over whether women ought to work outside of the home.

Why did President Eisenhower use the CIA to overthrow the government of Iran in the early 1950s?

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference

In terms of income, America became more equal between the 1950s and the 1970s.

To what global issue did Martin Luther King Jr. link the struggle for civil rights in America?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Discuss the changes in the American economy during the postwar period. Be sure to discuss the agricultural, industrial, and consumer sectors of the economy.

How did 1950s consumerism differ from previous eras?

Between 1950 and 1970, suburbanization

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