Question 1

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 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John Foster Dulles

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John Foster Dulles was an influential Am

Question 3

Was Kennedy's confrontation with Khrushchev in the Cuban missile crisis a brilliant demonstration of firmness without aggressiveness or a dangerous strategy that could easily have resulted in nuclear war?

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Kennedy's confrontation with Khrushchev

Question 4

In terms of politics, television did all of the following except

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A) threaten the traditional role of political parties. 
B) apply the standards of show business and commercialism to political messages. 
C) enable political parties to continue their role of educating and mobilizing the electorate. 
D) allow politicians to address voters directly. 
E) encourage reliance on short slogans and sound bites. 
A) threaten the traditional role of political parties. 
B) apply the standards of show business and commercialism to political messages. 
C) enable political parties to continue their role of educating and mobilizing the electorate. 
D) allow politicians to address voters directly. 
E) encourage reliance on short slogans and sound bites.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ho Chi Minh

Accepted Answer

Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969) was a Vietnamese

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Norman Mailer

Accepted Answer

Norman Mailer (1923-2007) was an America

Question 7

By the end of the 1950s, Latin American anger toward the United States had intensified because Washington had done all of the following except

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A) extend massive aid to Europe and little to Latin America. 
B) continue to intervene in Latin American affairs. 
C) support bloody dictators who claimed to be fighting communism. 
D) provide encouragement to Fidel Castro's communist government in Cuba. 
E) sponsored the CIA-directed coup in Guatemala. 
A) extend massive aid to Europe and little to Latin America. 
B) continue to intervene in Latin American affairs. 
C) support bloody dictators who claimed to be fighting communism. 
D) provide encouragement to Fidel Castro's communist government in Cuba. 
E) sponsored the CIA-directed coup in Guatemala.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Fulton J. Sheen

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Fulton J. Sheen was an influential Ameri

Question 9

What political, economic, and social factors explain the rise, resilience, and dedicated activism of the American civil rights movement in the 1950s?

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The rise, resilience, and dedicated acti

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Richard Nixon

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Richard Nixon was the 37th President of

Question 11

In 1956, the United States condemned ____ 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 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"cult of domesticity"

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The "cult of domesticity," also known as

Question 13

How did American popular culture reflect the affluence of the 1950s? Why did so many contemporary observers see figures like Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe as a threat to American moral values?

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American popular culture in the 1950s re

Question 14

How did the global reach and influence of American mass popular culture affect the cultural trends and developments in rest of the world in the 1950s and afterwards?

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The global reach and influence of Americ

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Brown v. Board of Education

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Brown v. Board of Education was a landma

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sputnik

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Sputnik was the name given to a series o

Question 17

Describe the literary flowering of post-World War II America. How did that culture reflect new voices of African Americans, southerners, and Jews?

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The literary flowering of post-World War

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Paul Robeson

Accepted Answer

Paul Robeson was a prominent African Ame

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Accepted Answer

The Southern Christian Leadership Confer

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Billy Graham

Accepted Answer

Billy Graham was an influential American

Exam 36: American Zenith 1952-1963

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John Foster Dulles

Was Kennedy's confrontation with Khrushchev in the Cuban missile crisis a brilliant demonstration of firmness without aggressiveness or a dangerous strategy that could easily have resulted in nuclear war?

In terms of politics, television did all of the following except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ho Chi Minh

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Norman Mailer

By the end of the 1950s, Latin American anger toward the United States had intensified because Washington had done all of the following except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Fulton J. Sheen

What political, economic, and social factors explain the rise, resilience, and dedicated activism of the American civil rights movement in the 1950s?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Richard Nixon

In 1956, the United States condemned ____ as the aggressors in the Suez Canal crisis.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"cult of domesticity"

How did American popular culture reflect the affluence of the 1950s? Why did so many contemporary observers see figures like Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe as a threat to American moral values?

How did the global reach and influence of American mass popular culture affect the cultural trends and developments in rest of the world in the 1950s and afterwards?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Brown v. Board of Education

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sputnik

Describe the literary flowering of post-World War II America. How did that culture reflect new voices of African Americans, southerners, and Jews?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Paul Robeson

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Billy Graham

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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