Question 1

The Suez crisis marked the last time in history that the United States could

Accepted Answer

A) use the threat of nuclear war to win concessions. 
B) criticize Israel's foreign policy. 
C) condemn its allies for their actions in the Middle East. 
D) invoke the Eisenhower Doctrine. 
E) use its oil weapon to make foreign policy demands. 
A) use the threat of nuclear war to win concessions. 
B) criticize Israel's foreign policy. 
C) condemn its allies for their actions in the Middle East. 
D) invoke the Eisenhower Doctrine. 
E) use its oil weapon to make foreign policy demands.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​rock 'n' roll

Accepted Answer

Rock 'n' roll is a genre of popular musi

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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 4

The vast expansion of employment opportunities for women in the 1950s

Accepted Answer

A) led to the advent of the "pink collar ghetto" of occupations. 
B) created a dual role for women as homemakers and workers. 
C) fueled a social revolution that raised questions about gender roles. 
D) included women filling a substantial percentage of the new jobs created in the clerical and service industries. 
E) All of these choices are correct. 
A) led to the advent of the "pink collar ghetto" of occupations. 
B) created a dual role for women as homemakers and workers. 
C) fueled a social revolution that raised questions about gender roles. 
D) included women filling a substantial percentage of the new jobs created in the clerical and service industries. 
E) All of these choices are correct.

Question 5

The fundamental criticism directed against the new popular mass media culture in the 1950s, by such social critics as David Riesman and William H. Whyte,Jr., was that

Accepted Answer

A) affluence tended to erode Americans' moral character. 
B) Americans had become affluent conformists unable to think for themselves. 
C) the wealth produced by the new mass economy was unevenly distributed. 
D) the open sexual displays of figures like Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe were morally dangerous. 
E) it did not reflect the cultural tastes and preferences of racial and ethnic minorities in America. 
A) affluence tended to erode Americans' moral character. 
B) Americans had become affluent conformists unable to think for themselves. 
C) the wealth produced by the new mass economy was unevenly distributed. 
D) the open sexual displays of figures like Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe were morally dangerous. 
E) it did not reflect the cultural tastes and preferences of racial and ethnic minorities in America.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Bay of Pigs

Accepted Answer

The Bay of Pigs refers to a location on

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Accepted Answer

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Comm

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Alliance for Progress

Accepted Answer

The Alliance for Progress, known in Span

Question 9

President Eisenhower's vehemently anticommunist secretary of state, through most of his two administrations, was

Accepted Answer

A) John Bricker. 
B) John Foster Dulles. 
C) Allen Dulles. 
D) Dean Acheson. 
E) George C.Marshall. 
A) John Bricker. 
B) John Foster Dulles. 
C) Allen Dulles. 
D) Dean Acheson. 
E) George C.Marshall.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Mohammed Reza Pahlevi

Accepted Answer

Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, also known as the

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A) corporate interests. 
B) liberal Republicans. 
C) hard-line anticommunists. 
D) moderate Republicans. 
E) southern Republicans. 
A) corporate interests. 
B) liberal Republicans. 
C) hard-line anticommunists. 
D) moderate Republicans. 
E) southern Republicans.

Question 12

How did the Beat Generation represent a stark example of dissent and rebellion amid the literary culture of the 1950s? What was its long-term impact on the cultural tastes and development of the post-World War II "baby boom" generation?

Accepted Answer

The Beat Generation represented a stark

Question 13

In response to the launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957

Accepted Answer

A) Harry Truman condemned the Republicans for allowing a scientific gap to occur. 
B) the federal government began spending billions of dollars to improve American science, math, and foreign language education through the National Defense Education Act (NDE
A) . 
C) the United States spent nearly a decade trying to equal this achievement. 
D) the Republican party took responsibility for the fact that the United States had fallen behind the Soviets in this area of scientific discovery. 
E) scientists blamed America's slowness on poor math and science education in the schools. 
A) Harry Truman condemned the Republicans for allowing a scientific gap to occur. 
B) the federal government began spending billions of dollars to improve American science, math, and foreign language education through the National Defense Education Act (NDE
A) . 
C) the United States spent nearly a decade trying to equal this achievement. 
D) the Republican party took responsibility for the fact that the United States had fallen behind the Soviets in this area of scientific discovery. 
E) scientists blamed America's slowness on poor math and science education in the schools.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sylvia Plath

Accepted Answer

Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novel

Question 15

Dwight Eisenhower's greatest asset as president was his

Accepted Answer

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 16

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

Accepted Answer

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 17

The Beat Generation can be described in all of the following ways except

Accepted Answer

A) they formed the protest culture of the late 1950s and early 1960s. 
B) they promoted interest in bebop jazz and Eastern religious mysticism. 
C) in founding their own movement, the hippies later rejected many of the Beat notions. 
D) they embraced sexual liberation. 
E) their name came from the term "beatnik," meant as a Cold War insult. 
A) they formed the protest culture of the late 1950s and early 1960s. 
B) they promoted interest in bebop jazz and Eastern religious mysticism. 
C) in founding their own movement, the hippies later rejected many of the Beat notions. 
D) they embraced sexual liberation. 
E) their name came from the term "beatnik," meant as a Cold War insult.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-James Baldwin

Accepted Answer

James Baldwin was an American novelist,

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Jackie Robinson

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson was an American professi

Question 20

As president, Dwight Eisenhower supported

Accepted Answer

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.

Exam 36: American Zenith 1952-1963

The Suez crisis marked the last time in history that the United States could

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​rock 'n' roll

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

The vast expansion of employment opportunities for women in the 1950s

The fundamental criticism directed against the new popular mass media culture in the 1950s, by such social critics as David Riesman and William H. Whyte,Jr., was that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Bay of Pigs

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Alliance for Progress

President Eisenhower's vehemently anticommunist secretary of state, through most of his two administrations, was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Mohammed Reza Pahlevi

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

How did the Beat Generation represent a stark example of dissent and rebellion amid the literary culture of the 1950s? What was its long-term impact on the cultural tastes and development of the post-World War II "baby boom" generation?

In response to the launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sylvia Plath

Dwight Eisenhower's greatest asset as president was his

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

The Beat Generation can be described in all of the following ways except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -James Baldwin

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jackie Robinson

As president, Dwight Eisenhower supported

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

Filters

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -rock 'n' roll

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Bay of Pigs

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Alliance for Progress