Question 1

The record would seem to indicate that President Eisenhower's strongest commitment during his presidency was to

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A)  social justice. 
B)  social harmony. 
C)  party loyalty. 
D)  racial desegregation. 
E)  political reform. 
A)  social justice. 
B)  social harmony. 
C)  party loyalty. 
D)  racial desegregation. 
E)  political reform.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of Betty Friedan.

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Author of The Femini

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of Billy Graham.

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Celebrity preacher w

Question 4

How did the new American affluence and the Cold War shape American domestic life in the 1950s?

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The new American affluence and the Cold

Question 5

The leader of the nationalist movement in Vietnam since World War I was

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A)  Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung). 
B)  Ngo Dinh Diem. 
C)  Dienbienphu. 
D)  Ho Chi Minh. 
E)  Nguyen Cao Ky. 
A)  Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung). 
B)  Ngo Dinh Diem. 
C)  Dienbienphu. 
D)  Ho Chi Minh. 
E)  Nguyen Cao Ky.

Question 6

The essential purpose of President Kennedy's promise to land a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s was to

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A)  restore American prestige in the space race damaged by the Soviets' Sputnik. 
B)  develop the possibility of deploying American weapons in outer space. 
C)  engage in scientific and astronomical study of the moon and the solar system. 
D)  provide investments and jobs in the key states of Texas and Florida. 
E)  use the space program to develop new technologies in electronics and other areas. 
A)  restore American prestige in the space race damaged by the Soviets' Sputnik. 
B)  develop the possibility of deploying American weapons in outer space. 
C)  engage in scientific and astronomical study of the moon and the solar system. 
D)  provide investments and jobs in the key states of Texas and Florida. 
E)  use the space program to develop new technologies in electronics and other areas.

Question 7

In an effort to overturn Jim Crow laws and the segregated system that the South had created, African Americans used all of the following methods EXCEPT

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A)  economic boycotts. 
B)  legal attacks on the underpinnings of segregation in the courts. 
C)  appeals to foreign governments to pressure the United States to establish racial justice. 
D)  mobilization of black churches on behalf of black rights. 
E)  use of the nonviolent tactics of Mohandas Gandhi. 
A)  economic boycotts. 
B)  legal attacks on the underpinnings of segregation in the courts. 
C)  appeals to foreign governments to pressure the United States to establish racial justice. 
D)  mobilization of black churches on behalf of black rights. 
E)  use of the nonviolent tactics of Mohandas Gandhi.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of Rosa Parks.

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College-educated black woman w

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Black preacher who r

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of John Kenneth Galbraith.

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Harvard economist wh

Question 11

President Eisenhower defined the domestic philosophy of his administration as

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A)  the Fair Deal. 
B)  the silent majority. 
C)  dynamic conservatism. 
D)  two cars in every garage. 
E)  compassionate conservatism. 
A)  the Fair Deal. 
B)  the silent majority. 
C)  dynamic conservatism. 
D)  two cars in every garage. 
E)  compassionate conservatism.

Question 12

Dwight Eisenhower's policies toward Native Americans included

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A)  efforts at tribal preservation. 
B)  the establishment of tribes as legal entities. 
C)  incentives for tribes to hold onto their land. 
D)  a return to the assimilation goals of the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887. 
E)  an emphasis on education and job training. 
A)  efforts at tribal preservation. 
B)  the establishment of tribes as legal entities. 
C)  incentives for tribes to hold onto their land. 
D)  a return to the assimilation goals of the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887. 
E)  an emphasis on education and job training.

Question 13

In retrospect, the election of John Kennedy in 1960 is seen as bringing an end to the political consensus and caution of the 1950s. Could this have been predicted from the campaign of 1960? Should Kennedy be seen as a liberal critic of Eisenhower and Nixon, or in some ways a conservative one?

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In retrospect, the election of John Kenn

Question 14

When the Soviet Union attempted to install nuclear weapons in Cuba, President Kennedy ordered

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A)  the installation of nuclear weapons in Turkey. 
B)  surgical air strikes against the missile sites. 
C)  a ground invasion of Cuba naval landing at Guantanamo Bay. 
D)  an aerial bombing of all of Cuba. 
E)  a naval quarantine of that island. 
A)  the installation of nuclear weapons in Turkey. 
B)  surgical air strikes against the missile sites. 
C)  a ground invasion of Cuba naval landing at Guantanamo Bay. 
D)  an aerial bombing of all of Cuba. 
E)  a naval quarantine of that island.

Question 15

Eisenhower said he based his domestic policies on the principles of dynamic conservatism. Is this a fair label? What was conservative about his policies? What was dynamic? In what areas, if any, did he depart from this philosophy?

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Eisenhower's label of "dynamic conservat

Question 16

President Kennedy's alleged assassin was

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A)  Jack Ruby. 
B)  Lee Harvey Oswald. 
C)  Medgar Evers. 
D)  James Earl Ray. 
E)  an agent of Fidel Castro. 
A)  Jack Ruby. 
B)  Lee Harvey Oswald. 
C)  Medgar Evers. 
D)  James Earl Ray. 
E)  an agent of Fidel Castro.

Question 17

Richard Nixon was selected as Dwight Eisenhower's vice-presidential running mate in 1952 as a concession to the

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A)  corporate interests. 
B)  liberal Republicans. 
C)  hard-line anti-communists. 
D)  moderate Republicans. 
E)  Southern Republicans. 
A)  corporate interests. 
B)  liberal Republicans. 
C)  hard-line anti-communists. 
D)  moderate Republicans. 
E)  Southern Republicans.

Question 18

During the 1963 March on Washington, Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his famous "I Have A Dream Speech," in which he proclaimed

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A)  that blacks would become more militant if their rights were not secured. 
B)  that a black man would one day be president 
C)  that his children would one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin. 
D)  that blacks would return to Africa if they were not granted their civil rights by the U.S. government. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  that blacks would become more militant if their rights were not secured. 
B)  that a black man would one day be president 
C)  that his children would one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin. 
D)  that blacks would return to Africa if they were not granted their civil rights by the U.S. government. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 19

The 1963 March on Washington led by Martin Luther King, Jr., provided critical support for

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A)  the War on Poverty. 
B)  the Democratic party. 
C)  the Voting Rights bill. 
D)  the Civil Rights bill to protect black citizens and to prohibit segregation in public accommodations. 
E)  jobs and Medicare. 
A)  the War on Poverty. 
B)  the Democratic party. 
C)  the Voting Rights bill. 
D)  the Civil Rights bill to protect black citizens and to prohibit segregation in public accommodations. 
E)  jobs and Medicare.

Question 20

The Cuban missile crisis resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  U.S. agreement to abandon the American base at Guantanamo. 
B)  the removal of Nikita Khrushchev from power in the Soviet Union. 
C)  a U.S. promise not to invade Cuba. 
D)  an ambitious program of military expansion by the Soviet Union. 
E)  withdrawal of U.S. missiles in Turkey. 
A)  U.S. agreement to abandon the American base at Guantanamo. 
B)  the removal of Nikita Khrushchev from power in the Soviet Union. 
C)  a U.S. promise not to invade Cuba. 
D)  an ambitious program of military expansion by the Soviet Union. 
E)  withdrawal of U.S. missiles in Turkey.

Exam 35: American Zenith

The record would seem to indicate that President Eisenhower's strongest commitment during his presidency was to

Identify and state the historical significance of Betty Friedan.

Identify and state the historical significance of Billy Graham.

How did the new American affluence and the Cold War shape American domestic life in the 1950s?

The leader of the nationalist movement in Vietnam since World War I was

The essential purpose of President Kennedy's promise to land a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s was to

In an effort to overturn Jim Crow laws and the segregated system that the South had created, African Americans used all of the following methods EXCEPT

Identify and state the historical significance of Rosa Parks.

Identify and state the historical significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Identify and state the historical significance of John Kenneth Galbraith.

President Eisenhower defined the domestic philosophy of his administration as

Dwight Eisenhower's policies toward Native Americans included

In retrospect, the election of John Kennedy in 1960 is seen as bringing an end to the political consensus and caution of the 1950s. Could this have been predicted from the campaign of 1960? Should Kennedy be seen as a liberal critic of Eisenhower and Nixon, or in some ways a conservative one?

When the Soviet Union attempted to install nuclear weapons in Cuba, President Kennedy ordered

Eisenhower said he based his domestic policies on the principles of dynamic conservatism. Is this a fair label? What was conservative about his policies? What was dynamic? In what areas, if any, did he depart from this philosophy?

President Kennedy's alleged assassin was

Richard Nixon was selected as Dwight Eisenhower's vice-presidential running mate in 1952 as a concession to the

During the 1963 March on Washington, Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his famous "I Have A Dream Speech," in which he proclaimed

The 1963 March on Washington led by Martin Luther King, Jr., provided critical support for

The Cuban missile crisis resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

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American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

The Road to Revolution

America Secedes From the Empire

The Confederation and the Constitution

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The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

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The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

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