Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sweatt v. Painter

Accepted Answer

Sweatt v. Painter was a landmark United

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ngo Dinh Diem

Accepted Answer

Ngo Dinh Diem (1901–1963) was a signific

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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 Guantamano 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 Guantamano Bay. 
D) an aerial bombing of all of Cuba. 
E) a naval quarantine of that island.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Allen Ginsberg

Accepted Answer

Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and

Question 5

The Freedom Riders

Accepted Answer

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 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​abstract expressionism

Accepted Answer

Abstract Expressionism is an art movemen

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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 8

As the French fortress of Dien Bien Phu was about to fall to Ho Chi Minh's communist forces in 1954, President Eisenhower

Accepted Answer

A) agreed to send small military units to aid the French. 
B) relied on the advice of Vice President Nixon and Secretary of State Dulles. 
C) sought a compromise settlement at Geneva. 
D) refused to permit any American military involvement. 
E) threatened nuclear attack on the Vietnamese communists. 
A) agreed to send small military units to aid the French. 
B) relied on the advice of Vice President Nixon and Secretary of State Dulles. 
C) sought a compromise settlement at Geneva. 
D) refused to permit any American military involvement. 
E) threatened nuclear attack on the Vietnamese communists.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Berlin Wall

Accepted Answer

The Berlin Wall was a fortified barrier

Question 10

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Which of ​the following developments helped propel the civil rights movement in the 1950s and early 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A) The unanimous holding in Brown v.Board of Education (1954) that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. 
B) The federal government forcefully ensuring the integration of Little Rock's Central High School, despite the determined opposition of Arkansas Goveror Orval Faubus and his segregationist supporters. 
C) The "sit-in" movement of young African Americans which sought to compel equal treatment of blacks and whites in restaurants, transportation, employment, housing, and voter registration. 
D) The formation of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCL
C)  by the Rev.Martin Luther King, Jr.to mobilize black churches on behalf of black civil rights. 
E) The enthusiastic endorsement of President Eisenhower of the enactment of a strong civil rights bill. 
A) The unanimous holding in Brown v.Board of Education (1954) that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. 
B) The federal government forcefully ensuring the integration of Little Rock's Central High School, despite the determined opposition of Arkansas Goveror Orval Faubus and his segregationist supporters. 
C) The "sit-in" movement of young African Americans which sought to compel equal treatment of blacks and whites in restaurants, transportation, employment, housing, and voter registration. 
D) The formation of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCL
C)  by the Rev.Martin Luther King, Jr.to mobilize black churches on behalf of black civil rights. 
E) The enthusiastic endorsement of President Eisenhower of the enactment of a strong civil rights bill.

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Federal Highway Act of 1956

Accepted Answer

The Federal Highway Act of 1956, officia

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Oral Faubus

Accepted Answer

Orval Faubus was the Governor of Arkansa

Question 14

Compare and contrast Truman's and Eisenhower's foreign policies. What was new about the new look? What illustrates the basic continuity of the containment doctrine?

Accepted Answer

Truman's foreign policy, known as the Tr

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

The new American affluence and the Cold

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John Updike

Accepted Answer

John Updike was an American novelist, po

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Gamal Abdel Nasser

Accepted Answer

Gamal Abdel Nasser was the second Presid

Question 18

American and world public opinion turned strongly in favor of the civil rights movement when

Accepted Answer

A) Senator Barry Goldwater came out in favor of the civil rights bill. 
B) Martin Luther King led a successful nonviolent march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. 
C) J.Edgar Hoover's wiretaps on Martin Luther King were exposed. 
D) Martin Luther King's peaceful demonstrators were viciously attacked in Birmingham. 
E) Martin Luther King met with President Kennedy at the White House. 
A) Senator Barry Goldwater came out in favor of the civil rights bill. 
B) Martin Luther King led a successful nonviolent march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. 
C) J.Edgar Hoover's wiretaps on Martin Luther King were exposed. 
D) Martin Luther King's peaceful demonstrators were viciously attacked in Birmingham. 
E) Martin Luther King met with President Kennedy at the White House.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Flannery O'Connor

Accepted Answer

Flannery O'Connor was an American writer

Question 20

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?

Accepted Answer

In retrospect, the election of John Kenn

Exam 36: American Zenith 1952-1963

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sweatt v. Painter

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ngo Dinh Diem

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Allen Ginsberg

The Freedom Riders

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​abstract expressionism

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

As the French fortress of Dien Bien Phu was about to fall to Ho Chi Minh's communist forces in 1954, President Eisenhower

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Berlin Wall

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Which of ​the following developments helped propel the civil rights movement in the 1950s and early 1960s?

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Federal Highway Act of 1956

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Oral Faubus

Compare and contrast Truman's and Eisenhower's foreign policies. What was new about the new look? What illustrates the basic continuity of the containment doctrine?

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John Updike

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Gamal Abdel Nasser

American and world public opinion turned strongly in favor of the civil rights movement when

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Flannery O'Connor

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?

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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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Allen Ginsberg

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -abstract expressionism

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Berlin Wall

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Which of the following developments helped propel the civil rights movement in the 1950s and early 1960s?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Gamal Abdel Nasser