Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Betty Friedan

Accepted Answer

Betty Friedan (1921-2006) was an America

Question 2

In an effort to overturn Jim Crow laws and the segregated system that the South had created, African Americans used all of the following methods except

Accepted Answer

A) economic boycotts. 
B) legal attacks on the underpinnings of segregation in the courts. 
C) appeals to foreign governments to pressure the United States to establish racial justice. 
D) mobilization of black churches on behalf of black rights. 
E) use of the nonviolent tactics of Mohandas Gandhi. 
A) economic boycotts. 
B) legal attacks on the underpinnings of segregation in the courts. 
C) appeals to foreign governments to pressure the United States to establish racial justice. 
D) mobilization of black churches on behalf of black rights. 
E) use of the nonviolent tactics of Mohandas Gandhi.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Landrum-Griffith Act

Accepted Answer

The Landrum-Griffin Act, officially know

Question 4

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 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) anticommunist 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) anticommunist 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 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Nikita Khrushchev

Accepted Answer

Nikita Khrushchev was a prominent Soviet

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) use atomic weapons 
B) blockade the China coast and bomb Manchuria 
C) open negotiations with Mao Zedong 
D) order United Nations troops to invade North Korea 
E) personally go to Korea 
A) use atomic weapons 
B) blockade the China coast and bomb Manchuria 
C) open negotiations with Mao Zedong 
D) order United Nations troops to invade North Korea 
E) personally go to Korea

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Andy Warhol

Accepted Answer

Andy Warhol, born Andrew Warhola on Augu

Question 9

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 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Rosa Parks

Accepted Answer

Rosa Parks, born on February 4, 1913, in

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-An American Dilemma

Accepted Answer

An American Dilemma is a book written by

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Arthur Miller

Accepted Answer

Arthur Miller (1915–2005) was an America

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Peace Corps

Accepted Answer

The Peace Corps is a volunteer program r

Question 14

When he became attorney general, Robert Kennedy sought to refocus the attention of the FBI on

Accepted Answer

A) organized crime and civil rights. 
B) communist spies and terrorism. 
C) political corruption and campaign law violations. 
D) illegal immigration and drug trading. 
E) automobile theft and illegal weapons. 
A) organized crime and civil rights. 
B) communist spies and terrorism. 
C) political corruption and campaign law violations. 
D) illegal immigration and drug trading. 
E) automobile theft and illegal weapons.

Question 15

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 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-The Affluent Society

Accepted Answer

The Affluent Society is a book written b

Question 17

How was the increasingly open expression of sexuality in popular culture and music a reflection of American affluence? In what ways did overt sexuality and mass production mutually enhance one another?

Accepted Answer

The increasingly open expression of sexu

Question 18

Which of the following was not true of the changing nature of work in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

A) Science and technology drove economic growth. 
B) There were fewer jobs in the military-related aerospace industry. 
C) White collar workers were surpassing blue collar workers in numbers. 
D) Labor unions reached a peak and then began to decline. 
E) Job opportunities were opening to women in the white collar work force. 
A) Science and technology drove economic growth. 
B) There were fewer jobs in the military-related aerospace industry. 
C) White collar workers were surpassing blue collar workers in numbers. 
D) Labor unions reached a peak and then began to decline. 
E) Job opportunities were opening to women in the white collar work force.

Question 19

The 1963 best-seller The Feminine Mystique

Accepted Answer

A) is often credited with inspiring the modern women's movement. 
B) spoke to working women struggling against being labeled as "unfeminine." 
C) appealed to educated women who felt bored by the limitations of the housewife role. 
D) was written by American feminist activist Betty Friedan. 
E) All of these choices are correct. 
A) is often credited with inspiring the modern women's movement. 
B) spoke to working women struggling against being labeled as "unfeminine." 
C) appealed to educated women who felt bored by the limitations of the housewife role. 
D) was written by American feminist activist Betty Friedan. 
E) All of these choices are correct.

Question 20

Do you agree with critics of the time that the 1950s was "an age of conformity"? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

I agree with the critics of the time tha

Exam 36: American Zenith 1952-1963

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Betty Friedan

In an effort to overturn Jim Crow laws and the segregated system that the South had created, African Americans used all of the following methods except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Landrum-Griffith Act

On the subject of racial justice, President Eisenhower

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Nikita Khrushchev

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Andy Warhol

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Rosa Parks

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -An American Dilemma

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Arthur Miller

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Peace Corps

When he became attorney general, Robert Kennedy sought to refocus the attention of the FBI on

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?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -The Affluent Society

How was the increasingly open expression of sexuality in popular culture and music a reflection of American affluence? In what ways did overt sexuality and mass production mutually enhance one another?

Which of the following was not true of the changing nature of work in the 1950s?

The 1963 best-seller The Feminine Mystique

Do you agree with critics of the time that the 1950s was "an age of conformity"? Why or why not?

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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

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