Question 1

How might a play like Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman be said to reflect the questions that many social critics were asking about mass American culture in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman refl

Question 2

How did Europeans' increasingly critical views of American race relations affect attitudes toward the Civil Rights movement during the later 1950s? Were critics like Gunnar Myrdal essentially right that Americans would have to choose between their ideals of democracy and their practice of racism?

Accepted Answer

The increasingly critical views of Ameri

Question 3

The Freedom Riders

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A)  protested segregation by torching buses on segregated routes. 
B)  sought to end segregation in facilities serving interstate bus passengers. 
C)  were involved in the sit-ins across the South to end segregation. 
D)  were African Americans who sought to integrate public school buses. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  protested segregation by torching buses on segregated routes. 
B)  sought to end segregation in facilities serving interstate bus passengers. 
C)  were involved in the sit-ins across the South to end segregation. 
D)  were African Americans who sought to integrate public school buses. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 4

Do you think that you would have liked "Ike" in the 1950s? Why or why not? Which of his personal qualities, domestic programs, and foreign-policy decisions do you find most admirable? For what may he be criticized? Why?

Accepted Answer

As an AI, I don't have personal opinions

Question 5

At the time of his death, President John Kennedy's Civil Rights bill

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A)  had been passed, much to the satisfaction of African Americans. 
B)  had been passed, but greatly weakened by amendments. 
C)  was still bogged down in Congress. 
D)  was on the desk waiting to be signed into law. 
E)  was locked in a filibuster in the U.S. Senate. 
A)  had been passed, much to the satisfaction of African Americans. 
B)  had been passed, but greatly weakened by amendments. 
C)  was still bogged down in Congress. 
D)  was on the desk waiting to be signed into law. 
E)  was locked in a filibuster in the U.S. Senate.

Question 6

President John Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy began to join hands with the Civil Rights movement when they

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A)  sent federal marshals to protect the Freedom Riders. 
B)  ordered the FBI to remove the wiretap from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s phone. 
C)  secured passage of the Voting Rights Act. 
D)  issued executive orders prohibiting all racial discrimination in federal employment. 
E)  ordered the immediate desegregation of schools. 
A)  sent federal marshals to protect the Freedom Riders. 
B)  ordered the FBI to remove the wiretap from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s phone. 
C)  secured passage of the Voting Rights Act. 
D)  issued executive orders prohibiting all racial discrimination in federal employment. 
E)  ordered the immediate desegregation of schools.

Question 7

Why did the doctrines of flexible response and guerrilla warfare against communist enemies seem so appealing in the early 1960s? How were those ideas implemented in Vietnam? Where were their most serious flaws? What were the available military alternatives to the Kennedy administration in Vietnam during the early 1960s, and why were they not attempted?

Accepted Answer

The doctrines of flexible response and g

Question 8

What made Eisenhower such a popular and successful president in the 1950s? How would you assess the relative importance of his personality, his policies, and the climate of the times?

Accepted Answer

Eisenhower was such a popular and succes

Question 9

The Paris summit conference, scheduled for 1960, collapsed because of the

Accepted Answer

A)  Suez crisis. 
B)  Bay of Pigs. 
C)  Quemoy episode. 
D)  launching of Sputnik. 
E)  U-2 incident. 
A)  Suez crisis. 
B)  Bay of Pigs. 
C)  Quemoy episode. 
D)  launching of Sputnik. 
E)  U-2 incident.

Question 10

_____ were condemned by the United States in 1956 as the aggressors in the Suez Canal crisis.

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A)  Egypt and Jordan 
B)  The Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact members 
C)  Israel and Turkey 
D)  Lebanon and Syria 
E)  Britain and France 
A)  Egypt and Jordan 
B)  The Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact members 
C)  Israel and Turkey 
D)  Lebanon and Syria 
E)  Britain and France

Question 11

Why were the Peace Corps and the promise to "land a man on the moon by the end of this decade" both identified as key initiatives of the Kennedy administration? Were these two efforts more symbol than substance, or did they reflect important efforts to "get America moving again," as Kennedy had promised?

Accepted Answer

The Peace Corps and the promise to "land

Question 12

On the subject of racial justice, President Eisenhower

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A)  had demanded the integration of the armed forces as early as 1948. 
B)  publicly endorsed the 1954 Supreme Court school-desegregation decision. 
C)  vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1957. 
D)  had advised against integrating the armed forces. 
E)  admired the Christian philosophy of Martin Luther King. 
A)  had demanded the integration of the armed forces as early as 1948. 
B)  publicly endorsed the 1954 Supreme Court school-desegregation decision. 
C)  vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1957. 
D)  had advised against integrating the armed forces. 
E)  admired the Christian philosophy of Martin Luther King.

Question 13

Describe President Eisenhower's response to the Civil Rights movement, to the social-welfare programs of the New Deal, and to federal government spending to promote economic growth, jobs, and education.

Accepted Answer

President Eisenhower's response to the C

Question 14

The Alliance for Progress, which intended to improve economic growth and democratic reforms in Latin America, was

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A)  effectively implemented by American Peace Corps volunteers. 
B)  effective economically but ineffective in developing pro-American sentiment in the region. 
C)  generally disappointing in its development and implementation. 
D)  weakened by the Kennedy administration's harsh policies toward Cuba. 
E)  an incentive for growing Soviet intervention in the region. 
A)  effectively implemented by American Peace Corps volunteers. 
B)  effective economically but ineffective in developing pro-American sentiment in the region. 
C)  generally disappointing in its development and implementation. 
D)  weakened by the Kennedy administration's harsh policies toward Cuba. 
E)  an incentive for growing Soviet intervention in the region.

Question 15

During the 1952 presidential campaign, Republican candidate Dwight Eisenhower declared that he would help to end the Korean War by

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A)  using atomic weapons. 
B)  blockading the China coast and bomb Manchuria. 
C)  opening negotiations with Mao Zedong. 
D)  ordering United Nations troops to invade North Korea. 
E)  personally going to Korea. 
A)  using atomic weapons. 
B)  blockading the China coast and bomb Manchuria. 
C)  opening negotiations with Mao Zedong. 
D)  ordering United Nations troops to invade North Korea. 
E)  personally going to Korea.

Question 16

As a part of his New Look foreign policy, President Eisenhower

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A)  sought an alliance with China. 
B)  refused to talk with leaders of the Soviet Union. 
C)  called for an "open skies" mutual inspection program over both the United States and the Soviet Union. 
D)  sent help to the Hungarian freedom fighters. 
E)  allied with Israel against the Arab states. 
A)  sought an alliance with China. 
B)  refused to talk with leaders of the Soviet Union. 
C)  called for an "open skies" mutual inspection program over both the United States and the Soviet Union. 
D)  sent help to the Hungarian freedom fighters. 
E)  allied with Israel against the Arab states.

Question 17

When Dwight Eisenhower left the presidency in 1961

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A)  it was noted that his second term had produced little of value, since he was a "lame duck." 
B)  Congress was firmly in the hands of the Republicans. 
C)  he was unhappy with Vice President Nixon's unbending anticommunism. 
D)  he had clearly lost control of the Democratic-dominated Congress. 
E)  he remained an extraordinarily popular figure. 
A)  it was noted that his second term had produced little of value, since he was a "lame duck." 
B)  Congress was firmly in the hands of the Republicans. 
C)  he was unhappy with Vice President Nixon's unbending anticommunism. 
D)  he had clearly lost control of the Democratic-dominated Congress. 
E)  he remained an extraordinarily popular figure.

Question 18

How did television affect American religion, sports, and politics in the 1950s? Were the changes wrought by television to American religion, sports, and religion in the 1950s healthy or unhealthy ones for our values, our democracy, and our popular culture?

Accepted Answer

Television had a significant impact on A

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of Elvis Presley.

Accepted Answer

White singer from Mi

Question 20

In what ways did the Eisenhower administration contribute to the developing American involvement in Vietnam? How did President Kennedy intensify and deepen the American involvement in Vietnam? Why were these decisions made? What were the possible policy alternatives to these decisions about Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

The Eisenhower administration contribute

Exam 35: American Zenith

How might a play like Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman be said to reflect the questions that many social critics were asking about mass American culture in the 1950s?

How did Europeans' increasingly critical views of American race relations affect attitudes toward the Civil Rights movement during the later 1950s? Were critics like Gunnar Myrdal essentially right that Americans would have to choose between their ideals of democracy and their practice of racism?

The Freedom Riders

Do you think that you would have liked "Ike" in the 1950s? Why or why not? Which of his personal qualities, domestic programs, and foreign-policy decisions do you find most admirable? For what may he be criticized? Why?

At the time of his death, President John Kennedy's Civil Rights bill

President John Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy began to join hands with the Civil Rights movement when they

What made Eisenhower such a popular and successful president in the 1950s? How would you assess the relative importance of his personality, his policies, and the climate of the times?

The Paris summit conference, scheduled for 1960, collapsed because of the

_____ were condemned by the United States in 1956 as the aggressors in the Suez Canal crisis.

On the subject of racial justice, President Eisenhower

Describe President Eisenhower's response to the Civil Rights movement, to the social-welfare programs of the New Deal, and to federal government spending to promote economic growth, jobs, and education.

The Alliance for Progress, which intended to improve economic growth and democratic reforms in Latin America, was

During the 1952 presidential campaign, Republican candidate Dwight Eisenhower declared that he would help to end the Korean War by

As a part of his New Look foreign policy, President Eisenhower

When Dwight Eisenhower left the presidency in 1961

How did television affect American religion, sports, and politics in the 1950s? Were the changes wrought by television to American religion, sports, and religion in the 1950s healthy or unhealthy ones for our values, our democracy, and our popular culture?

Identify and state the historical significance of Elvis Presley.

New World Beginnings

The Contest for North America

Settling the English Colonies

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

Launching the New Ship of State

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

The Ferment of Reform and Culture

The South and the Slavery Controversy

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

Renewing the Sectional Struggle

Drifting Toward Disunion

Girding for War the North and the South

The Furnace of Civil War

The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The Industrial Era Dawns

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

America Moves to the City

The Conquest of the West

Rumbles of Discontent

Empire and Expansion

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

American Life in the Roaring Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

America in World War II

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A Sea of Troubles

The Resurgence of Conservatism

America Confronts the Post Cold War Era

The American People Face a New Century

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