Question 1

President Kennedy ordered hundreds of federal marshals and thousands of federal troops to force the racial integration of

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A)  Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. 
B)  Louisiana State University. 
C)  the lunch counters of Greensboro, North Carolina. 
D)  the bus stations in Birmingham, Alabama. 
E)  the University of Mississippi. 
A)  Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. 
B)  Louisiana State University. 
C)  the lunch counters of Greensboro, North Carolina. 
D)  the bus stations in Birmingham, Alabama. 
E)  the University of Mississippi.

Question 2

Critically evaluate President Eisenhower's response to the fall of Dien Bien Phu, the Hungarian revolt, the Suez Crisis, and Castro's revolution in Cuba.

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President Eisenhower's response to these

Question 3

During his second term, President Eisenhower

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A)  no longer trusted his vice president, Richard Nixon, to lend assistance. 
B)  hoped that he would be able to win a third term. 
C)  took a more active personal role in governing. 
D)  believed that the civil rights movement needed his personal involvement if it were to succeed. 
E)  recognized that only he had the experience to deal with the Soviets. 
A)  no longer trusted his vice president, Richard Nixon, to lend assistance. 
B)  hoped that he would be able to win a third term. 
C)  took a more active personal role in governing. 
D)  believed that the civil rights movement needed his personal involvement if it were to succeed. 
E)  recognized that only he had the experience to deal with the Soviets.

Question 4

Two postwar American fiction writers who explored the problems and anxieties of affluence were

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A)  John Updike and John Cheever. 
B)  Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut. 
C)  Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. 
D)  Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin. 
E)  Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. 
A)  John Updike and John Cheever. 
B)  Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut. 
C)  Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. 
D)  Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin. 
E)  Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor.

Question 5

In the epochal 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the Supreme Court

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A)  declared that the concept of "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites was unconstitutional. 
B)  upheld its earlier decision in Plessy v. Ferguson. 
C)  rejected desegregation. 
D)  declined to rule on whether segregated facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional. 
E)  ordered immediate and total integration of all American schools. 
A)  declared that the concept of "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites was unconstitutional. 
B)  upheld its earlier decision in Plessy v. Ferguson. 
C)  rejected desegregation. 
D)  declined to rule on whether segregated facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional. 
E)  ordered immediate and total integration of all American schools.

Question 6

The consequences of the Cuban missile crisis included

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A)  a nuclear test-ban treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. 
B)  a Vienna summit meeting between President Kennedy and Chairman Khrushchev. 
C)  the installation of a Moscow-Washington hot line for crisis communication. 
D)  a massive military arms-building program in the Soviet Union. 
E)  the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. 
A)  a nuclear test-ban treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. 
B)  a Vienna summit meeting between President Kennedy and Chairman Khrushchev. 
C)  the installation of a Moscow-Washington hot line for crisis communication. 
D)  a massive military arms-building program in the Soviet Union. 
E)  the tearing down of the Berlin Wall.

Question 7

The new militancy and restlessness among many members of the African-American community after 1945 was especially generated by

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A)  the growing moral criticism of segregation by white church leaders. 
B)  blacks' increasing awareness during and after the war of the gap between American democratic ideals and racial practices. 
C)  the appointment of Thurgood Marshall, chief legal counsel of the NAACP, to the Supreme Court. 
D)  Dwight Eisenhower's commitment to civil rights. 
E)  the agitation of A. Philip Randolph. 
A)  the growing moral criticism of segregation by white church leaders. 
B)  blacks' increasing awareness during and after the war of the gap between American democratic ideals and racial practices. 
C)  the appointment of Thurgood Marshall, chief legal counsel of the NAACP, to the Supreme Court. 
D)  Dwight Eisenhower's commitment to civil rights. 
E)  the agitation of A. Philip Randolph.

Question 8

What accounts for the public's fascination with John F. Kennedy both while he was president and since his assassination? Do you think that the Kennedy presidency has become more myth than reality in our collective memory? Why or why not?

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The public's fascination with John F. Ke

Question 9

Describe and evaluate the content and conduct of Eisenhower's vice-presidential running mate Richard Nixon in his political attacks on and assertions about the Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson? How did Nixon's political background make him an apt choice to make the type of hyperbolic and fiercely ideological political attacks on Stevenson that ultimately weakened the Democratic presidential candidate in the general election?

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Richard Nixon, as Dwight D. Eisenhower's

Question 10

The Supreme Court began to advance the cause of civil rights in the 1950s because

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A)  the Court was the only branch of government with the constitutional authority to do so. 
B)  the courts were dominated by New Deal liberals. 
C)  President Eisenhower had requested the Court's assistance. 
D)  Congress and the presidency had largely abdicated their responsibilities by keeping hands off the issue. 
E)  the Constitution clearly prohibited any segregation. 
A)  the Court was the only branch of government with the constitutional authority to do so. 
B)  the courts were dominated by New Deal liberals. 
C)  President Eisenhower had requested the Court's assistance. 
D)  Congress and the presidency had largely abdicated their responsibilities by keeping hands off the issue. 
E)  the Constitution clearly prohibited any segregation.

Question 11

In response to a supposed Soviet threat to Middle Eastern oil, the American Central Intelligence Agency in 1953

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A)  began seeking alternative sources of energy. 
B)  staged a coup to overthrow the Iranian government and install Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi as dictator-like monarch. 
C)  engaged in sabotage against pro-Soviet governments in the region. 
D)  developed close cooperation with Israeli intelligence agencies. 
E)  gathered conclusive evidence of the Soviets' plans to control Egypt. 
A)  began seeking alternative sources of energy. 
B)  staged a coup to overthrow the Iranian government and install Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi as dictator-like monarch. 
C)  engaged in sabotage against pro-Soviet governments in the region. 
D)  developed close cooperation with Israeli intelligence agencies. 
E)  gathered conclusive evidence of the Soviets' plans to control Egypt.

Question 12

The title of Ralph Ellison's novel Invisible Man refers to a(n)

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A)  anti-communist agent who is forced to live underground. 
B)  World War II bomber pilot who is ignored upon his return home. 
C)  victim of nuclear testing who is dying of radiation. 
D)  father who is disrespected by his family. 
E)  African American whose supposed supporters are unable to see him as a real man. 
A)  anti-communist agent who is forced to live underground. 
B)  World War II bomber pilot who is ignored upon his return home. 
C)  victim of nuclear testing who is dying of radiation. 
D)  father who is disrespected by his family. 
E)  African American whose supposed supporters are unable to see him as a real man.

Question 13

As president, Dwight Eisenhower supported

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A)  putting the brakes on military spending. 
B)  the abolition of the Social Security system. 
C)  the dismissal of his secretary of health, education, and welfare for condemning free distribution on the Salk polio vaccine as socialized medicine. 
D)  the continuation of the Tennessee Valley Authority. 
E)  a stronger voice for organized labor. 
A)  putting the brakes on military spending. 
B)  the abolition of the Social Security system. 
C)  the dismissal of his secretary of health, education, and welfare for condemning free distribution on the Salk polio vaccine as socialized medicine. 
D)  the continuation of the Tennessee Valley Authority. 
E)  a stronger voice for organized labor.

Question 14

Dwight Eisenhower's greatest asset as president was his

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A)  vast military experience. 
B)  willingness to take a partisan stand. 
C)  commitment to social justice. 
D)  willingness to involve himself in rough campaigning. 
E)  enjoyment of the affection and respect of the American people. 
A)  vast military experience. 
B)  willingness to take a partisan stand. 
C)  commitment to social justice. 
D)  willingness to involve himself in rough campaigning. 
E)  enjoyment of the affection and respect of the American people.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of Adlai Stevenson.

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Idealistic governor of Illinoi

Question 16

President Kennedy's most bitter confrontation with big business occurred when he

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A)  raised taxes on corporate business profits. 
B)  refused to support compensation for American businesses' lost investments in Cuba. 
C)  demanded that the American oil industry stop driving up the price of gasoline. 
D)  forced steel industry leaders to roll back steel price increases. 
E)  lowered tariff rates to permit more European imports into the United States. 
A)  raised taxes on corporate business profits. 
B)  refused to support compensation for American businesses' lost investments in Cuba. 
C)  demanded that the American oil industry stop driving up the price of gasoline. 
D)  forced steel industry leaders to roll back steel price increases. 
E)  lowered tariff rates to permit more European imports into the United States.

Question 17

During the 1950s, the Central Intelligence Agency engineered pro-American political coups in both

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A)  Iran and Guatemala. 
B)  Iraq and Nicaragua. 
C)  Lebanon and El Salvador. 
D)  Libya and Costa Rica. 
E)  Egypt and Cuba. 
A)  Iran and Guatemala. 
B)  Iraq and Nicaragua. 
C)  Lebanon and El Salvador. 
D)  Libya and Costa Rica. 
E)  Egypt and Cuba.

Question 18

In 1956, when Hungary revolted against continued domination by the Soviet Union, the United States under Dwight Eisenhower

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A)  sent money to the rebels. 
B)  quickly recognized the new Hungarian government. 
C)  refused to admit any Hungarian refugees and declined to provide military assistance to the anticommunist Hungarian rebels. 
D)  gave only outdated military equipment to the Hungarian freedom fighters. 
E)  did nothing to help to defeat the communists. 
A)  sent money to the rebels. 
B)  quickly recognized the new Hungarian government. 
C)  refused to admit any Hungarian refugees and declined to provide military assistance to the anticommunist Hungarian rebels. 
D)  gave only outdated military equipment to the Hungarian freedom fighters. 
E)  did nothing to help to defeat the communists.

Question 19

American military forces entered Vietnam in order to

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A)  try to drive the communists out of North Vietnam. 
B)  help to stage a coup against Ngo Dinh Diem. 
C)  prevent Ngo Dinh Diem's regime from falling to the communists. 
D)  establish defensive perimeters around Saigon and other Vietnamese cities. 
E)  promote democratic reforms in South Vietnam. 
A)  try to drive the communists out of North Vietnam. 
B)  help to stage a coup against Ngo Dinh Diem. 
C)  prevent Ngo Dinh Diem's regime from falling to the communists. 
D)  establish defensive perimeters around Saigon and other Vietnamese cities. 
E)  promote democratic reforms in South Vietnam.

Question 20

Why was there such strong popular domestic political support initially for Senator Joseph McCarthy's anticommunist crusade in the early 1950s?

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Senator Joseph McCarthy's anticommunist

Exam 35: American Zenith

President Kennedy ordered hundreds of federal marshals and thousands of federal troops to force the racial integration of

Critically evaluate President Eisenhower's response to the fall of Dien Bien Phu, the Hungarian revolt, the Suez Crisis, and Castro's revolution in Cuba.

During his second term, President Eisenhower

Two postwar American fiction writers who explored the problems and anxieties of affluence were

In the epochal 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the Supreme Court

The consequences of the Cuban missile crisis included

The new militancy and restlessness among many members of the African-American community after 1945 was especially generated by

What accounts for the public's fascination with John F. Kennedy both while he was president and since his assassination? Do you think that the Kennedy presidency has become more myth than reality in our collective memory? Why or why not?

The Supreme Court began to advance the cause of civil rights in the 1950s because

In response to a supposed Soviet threat to Middle Eastern oil, the American Central Intelligence Agency in 1953

The title of Ralph Ellison's novel Invisible Man refers to a(n)

As president, Dwight Eisenhower supported

Dwight Eisenhower's greatest asset as president was his

Identify and state the historical significance of Adlai Stevenson.

President Kennedy's most bitter confrontation with big business occurred when he

During the 1950s, the Central Intelligence Agency engineered pro-American political coups in both

In 1956, when Hungary revolted against continued domination by the Soviet Union, the United States under Dwight Eisenhower

American military forces entered Vietnam in order to

Why was there such strong popular domestic political support initially for Senator Joseph McCarthy's anticommunist crusade in the early 1950s?

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