Question 1

What inspiration did Martin Luther King Jr. gain from Mahatma Gandhi?

Accepted Answer

A)  the concept of black nationalism 
B)  the principles of Zen pacifism 
C)  the notion of subversive obedience 
D)  the idea of peaceful civil disobedience 
E)  the spiritual essence of Buddhism 
A)  the concept of black nationalism 
B)  the principles of Zen pacifism 
C)  the notion of subversive obedience 
D)  the idea of peaceful civil disobedience 
E)  the spiritual essence of Buddhism

Question 2

During the 1950s, which of the following functioned as economic engines of the U.S. economy?

Accepted Answer

A)  technology and entertainment 
B)  services and education 
C)  agricultural production 
D)  exports and imports 
E)  construction and spending on consumer goods 
A)  technology and entertainment 
B)  services and education 
C)  agricultural production 
D)  exports and imports 
E)  construction and spending on consumer goods

Question 3

Which of the following is true about the growth of the postwar West?

Accepted Answer

A)  Unlike in previous migrations, people flowed into the region exclusively from the Northeast. 
B)  Washington and Oregon eclipsed California's population, due to unprecedented employment opportunities in the defense industry. 
C)  Most western growth took place in rural rather than urban areas. 
D)  Steel production led to explosive population growth in Dallas and Houston. 
E)  California was the most popular destination and surpassed New York as the most populated state in 1963. 
A)  Unlike in previous migrations, people flowed into the region exclusively from the Northeast. 
B)  Washington and Oregon eclipsed California's population, due to unprecedented employment opportunities in the defense industry. 
C)  Most western growth took place in rural rather than urban areas. 
D)  Steel production led to explosive population growth in Dallas and Houston. 
E)  California was the most popular destination and surpassed New York as the most populated state in 1963.

Question 4

Why did the government encourage Americans to build bomb shelters in their houses?

Accepted Answer

A)  because construction was driving the economy 
B)  to convince Americans that nuclear war was survivable 
C)  because they could be useful in case of a weather catastrophe 
D)  because the Soviet Union was doing it 
E)  to strengthen national defenses against a theoretical Soviet invasion 
A)  because construction was driving the economy 
B)  to convince Americans that nuclear war was survivable 
C)  because they could be useful in case of a weather catastrophe 
D)  because the Soviet Union was doing it 
E)  to strengthen national defenses against a theoretical Soviet invasion

Question 5

Why did the editors of Life magazine fear that American freedom might be in danger from not being used enough?

Accepted Answer

A)  American voter participation had fallen dramatically since World War II. 
B)  Americans remained reluctant to travel and see the world. 
C)  Americans failed to enjoy the blessings of their private lives. 
D)  Americans seemed to have largely withdrawn from open dissent in the public sphere. 
E)  Americans no longer knew how to have fun and enjoy their vacations. 
A)  American voter participation had fallen dramatically since World War II. 
B)  Americans remained reluctant to travel and see the world. 
C)  Americans failed to enjoy the blessings of their private lives. 
D)  Americans seemed to have largely withdrawn from open dissent in the public sphere. 
E)  Americans no longer knew how to have fun and enjoy their vacations.

Question 6

In the 1952 presidential campaign, Richard Nixon's Checkers speech

Accepted Answer

A)  Reflected the growing importance of board games in American life. 
B)  Reflected the growing importance of television in American life. 
C)  Reflected the growing importance of pets in American life. 
D)  was not well received, and the Republicans lost the election. 
E)  introduced plans for peace in Korea. 
A)  Reflected the growing importance of board games in American life. 
B)  Reflected the growing importance of television in American life. 
C)  Reflected the growing importance of pets in American life. 
D)  was not well received, and the Republicans lost the election. 
E)  introduced plans for peace in Korea.

Question 7

Eisenhower's intervention in Vietnam partly consisted of

Accepted Answer

A)  urging Ngo Dinh Diem to hold elections. 
B)  hosting the 1954 Geneva Accords. 
C)  the United States paying four-fifths of French war costs. 
D)  providing asylum for Vietnamese communist nationalists fleeing the bloodshed in their country. 
E)  trying to negotiate a peace with Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow. 
A)  urging Ngo Dinh Diem to hold elections. 
B)  hosting the 1954 Geneva Accords. 
C)  the United States paying four-fifths of French war costs. 
D)  providing asylum for Vietnamese communist nationalists fleeing the bloodshed in their country. 
E)  trying to negotiate a peace with Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow.

Question 8

After World War II, most working women

Accepted Answer

A)  worked in factories. 
B)  worked part-time to help support the family's lifestyle. 
C)  sought personal fulfillment. 
D)  earned as much money as their husbands. 
E)  formed unions. 
A)  worked in factories. 
B)  worked part-time to help support the family's lifestyle. 
C)  sought personal fulfillment. 
D)  earned as much money as their husbands. 
E)  formed unions.

Question 9

After the arrest of Rosa Parks, what did Martin Luther King Jr. emphasize about her in his December 5, 1955, speech?

Accepted Answer

A)  She spoke loudly. 
B)  She had integrity. 
C)  She was frail and helpless. 
D)  She was a communist. 
E)  She had given up hope. 
A)  She spoke loudly. 
B)  She had integrity. 
C)  She was frail and helpless. 
D)  She was a communist. 
E)  She had given up hope.

Question 10

Between 1950 and 1973 there was a reduction in income inequality. This was in part due to the federal government's progressive income tax policy. In practice, how did this policy work?

Accepted Answer

A)  Income tax was paid depending on the age of the person. 
B)  Voters paid higher taxes than nonvoters. 
C)  All citizens paid an equal sum. 
D)  Wealthy Americans paid higher taxes than others. 
E)  Immigrants paid higher taxes than citizens. 
A)  Income tax was paid depending on the age of the person. 
B)  Voters paid higher taxes than nonvoters. 
C)  All citizens paid an equal sum. 
D)  Wealthy Americans paid higher taxes than others. 
E)  Immigrants paid higher taxes than citizens.

Question 11

During the 1950s, American teenagers

Accepted Answer

A)  grew in number, cultivating their own popular culture. 
B)  felt mostly fulfilled due to mass consumption. 
C)  declined in number due to the baby boom. 
D)  voted in significant numbers. 
E)  glorified middle-class norms. 
A)  grew in number, cultivating their own popular culture. 
B)  felt mostly fulfilled due to mass consumption. 
C)  declined in number due to the baby boom. 
D)  voted in significant numbers. 
E)  glorified middle-class norms.

Question 12

During the Cold War, religious differences

Accepted Answer

A)  created much division among Americans. 
B)  were heightened by the growth of the suburbs. 
C)  were not a factor, as church and synagogue membership declined. 
D)  were intensified through the institution of school prayer. 
E)  were absorbed within the notion of a common Judeo-Christian heritage. 
A)  created much division among Americans. 
B)  were heightened by the growth of the suburbs. 
C)  were not a factor, as church and synagogue membership declined. 
D)  were intensified through the institution of school prayer. 
E)  were absorbed within the notion of a common Judeo-Christian heritage.

Question 13

What word significantly pervaded the language of the civil rights movement of the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

A)  anger 
B)  freedom 
C)  community 
D)  emancipation 
E)  acquiescence 
A)  anger 
B)  freedom 
C)  community 
D)  emancipation 
E)  acquiescence

Question 14

How did the United States violate the UN Charter in 1954?

Accepted Answer

A)  by organizing a military attack to depose Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán in Guatemala 
B)  by sending economic aid to Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran 
C)  by attacking Egypt for its attempt to nationalize the Suez Canal 
D)  by using the principle of containment in the Middle East 
E)  by sending troops to Lebanon 
A)  by organizing a military attack to depose Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán in Guatemala 
B)  by sending economic aid to Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran 
C)  by attacking Egypt for its attempt to nationalize the Suez Canal 
D)  by using the principle of containment in the Middle East 
E)  by sending troops to Lebanon

Question 15

How did Los Angeles epitomize the new emphasis on the car in 1950s America?

Accepted Answer

A)  Filmmakers in Hollywood released hundreds of movies in the new "road picture" genre, featuring sleek cars racing down Los Angeles highways. 
B)  The city's centralized design enabled people to carpool to suburban transit centers and then take public transportation. 
C)  People drove to and from work on a web of highways and shopped at malls only accessible by driving. 
D)  Bucking the western trend, Los Angeles actually maintained its extensive system of trains, trolleys, and buses well into the 1970s. 
E)  Very little of the city's space was paved over with roads and freeways due to limited funding. 
A)  Filmmakers in Hollywood released hundreds of movies in the new "road picture" genre, featuring sleek cars racing down Los Angeles highways. 
B)  The city's centralized design enabled people to carpool to suburban transit centers and then take public transportation. 
C)  People drove to and from work on a web of highways and shopped at malls only accessible by driving. 
D)  Bucking the western trend, Los Angeles actually maintained its extensive system of trains, trolleys, and buses well into the 1970s. 
E)  Very little of the city's space was paved over with roads and freeways due to limited funding.

Question 16

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Describe the impact of suburbanization on American women. How did expectations surrounding "the American way of life" affect the lives of women? How were their varied experiences similar? How were they different? Explain.

Accepted Answer

Suburbanization had a significant impact

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

The Kitchen Debate refers to a famous ex

Question 18

New conservatives trusted government to

Accepted Answer

A)  restore Christian morality. 
B)  promote individual autonomy. 
C)  endorse religious differences. 
D)  support progress. 
E)  create a new and enhanced New Deal. 
A)  restore Christian morality. 
B)  promote individual autonomy. 
C)  endorse religious differences. 
D)  support progress. 
E)  create a new and enhanced New Deal.

Question 19

To libertarian conservatives, freedom meant

Accepted Answer

A)  first and foremost a moral condition. 
B)  individual autonomy, limited government, and unregulated capitalism. 
C)  using government as a vehicle for social REForm, ensuring an equal distribution of wealth. 
D)  what it did in the late eighteenth century-the right to own property and to vote. 
E)  racial equality and the end of a segregated society. 
A)  first and foremost a moral condition. 
B)  individual autonomy, limited government, and unregulated capitalism. 
C)  using government as a vehicle for social REForm, ensuring an equal distribution of wealth. 
D)  what it did in the late eighteenth century-the right to own property and to vote. 
E)  racial equality and the end of a segregated society.

Question 20

How did most white Americans feel about segregation?

Accepted Answer

A)  They despised it but did not do much about it. 
B)  They actively worked to change it. 
C)  They did not feel a determination to confront it. 
D)  They used the press and TV to denounce it as undemocratic. 
E)  They refused to work for companies that discriminated against blacks. 
A)  They despised it but did not do much about it. 
B)  They actively worked to change it. 
C)  They did not feel a determination to confront it. 
D)  They used the press and TV to denounce it as undemocratic. 
E)  They refused to work for companies that discriminated against blacks.

Exam 24: An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

What inspiration did Martin Luther King Jr. gain from Mahatma Gandhi?

During the 1950s, which of the following functioned as economic engines of the U.S. economy?

Which of the following is true about the growth of the postwar West?

Why did the government encourage Americans to build bomb shelters in their houses?

Why did the editors of Life magazine fear that American freedom might be in danger from not being used enough?

In the 1952 presidential campaign, Richard Nixon's Checkers speech

Eisenhower's intervention in Vietnam partly consisted of

After World War II, most working women

After the arrest of Rosa Parks, what did Martin Luther King Jr. emphasize about her in his December 5, 1955, speech?

Between 1950 and 1973 there was a reduction in income inequality. This was in part due to the federal government's progressive income tax policy. In practice, how did this policy work?

During the 1950s, American teenagers

During the Cold War, religious differences

What word significantly pervaded the language of the civil rights movement of the 1950s?

How did the United States violate the UN Charter in 1954?

How did Los Angeles epitomize the new emphasis on the car in 1950s America?

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

New conservatives trusted government to

To libertarian conservatives, freedom meant

How did most white Americans feel about segregation?

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Democracy in America, 1815-1840

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Americas Gilded Age, 1870-1890

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Safe for Democracy: the United States and World War I, 1916-1920

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The New Deal, 1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945

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