Question 1

Which of the following most accurately characterizes television programming in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

A)  controversial political programs 
B)  popular interpretations of classic plays 
C)  ethnic situation comedies 
D)  shows featuring perfectly coiffed moms, frisky yet obedient kids, and all-knowing dads 
E)  cooking competition shows 
A)  controversial political programs 
B)  popular interpretations of classic plays 
C)  ethnic situation comedies 
D)  shows featuring perfectly coiffed moms, frisky yet obedient kids, and all-knowing dads 
E)  cooking competition shows D

Question 2

Jackie Robinson was a significant figure in the civil rights movement because he

Accepted Answer

A)  led the Montgomery Bus Boycott. 
B)  became the first black baseball player to play in the modern Major Leagues. 
C)  was president of the NAACP when schools were desegregated. 
D)  created the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. 
E)  wrote The Invisible Man . 
A)  led the Montgomery Bus Boycott. 
B)  became the first black baseball player to play in the modern Major Leagues. 
C)  was president of the NAACP when schools were desegregated. 
D)  created the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. 
E)  wrote The Invisible Man . B

Question 3

All the following statements describe the affluence of the 1950s except

Accepted Answer

A)  Federal spending was a major stimulus for economic growth. 
B)  Electronics became one of the nation's largest industries. 
C)  About 60 percent of Americans owned homes by the end of the decade. 
D)  All of these choices 
E)  None of these choices 
A)  Federal spending was a major stimulus for economic growth. 
B)  Electronics became one of the nation's largest industries. 
C)  About 60 percent of Americans owned homes by the end of the decade. 
D)  All of these choices 
E)  None of these choices D

Question 4

In Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling:

Accepted Answer

A)  Overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson 
B)  Outlawed restrictive covenants 
C)  Required Arkansas to permit black students to attend its all-white public schools 
D)  Ended segregation in public colleges and universities throughout the South 
E)  None of these choices 
A)  Overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson 
B)  Outlawed restrictive covenants 
C)  Required Arkansas to permit black students to attend its all-white public schools 
D)  Ended segregation in public colleges and universities throughout the South 
E)  None of these choices

Question 5

Does the title of John Kenneth Galbraith's book The Affluent Society accurately reflect the economy of the 1950s? How was this affluence measured? What sectors of the economy boomed? How did organized labor, Hispanics (Puerto Ricans and Mexican-Americans), and Native Americans fare in this economy?

Accepted Answer

The title of John Kenneth Galbraith's bo

Question 6

Ray Kroc

Accepted Answer

A)  introduced the United States to standardized fast-food restaurants when he began to franchise the McDonald's drive-in restaurant. 
B)  mapped the United States in order to build the Interstate Highway system. 
C)  was the disc jockey who discovered Elvis Presley. 
D)  invented the first effective birth control pill. 
E)  led the revival of Christianity in the 1950s through his writings and public appearances. 
A)  introduced the United States to standardized fast-food restaurants when he began to franchise the McDonald's drive-in restaurant. 
B)  mapped the United States in order to build the Interstate Highway system. 
C)  was the disc jockey who discovered Elvis Presley. 
D)  invented the first effective birth control pill. 
E)  led the revival of Christianity in the 1950s through his writings and public appearances.

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson was the first African Am

Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Computers, Mark I, ENIAC

Accepted Answer

The term "computers" originally referred

Question 9

Why was the Warren Court so significant in the 1950s? What were its major decisions? How did Chief Justice Warren's view of the role of the court influence government and social policy?

Accepted Answer

The Warren Court was significant in the

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Domesticity

Accepted Answer

Domesticity refers to the quality or sta

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Dwight Eisenhower

Accepted Answer

Dwight D. Eisenhower, full name Dwight D

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Beats, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac

Accepted Answer

Beats refers to the Beat Generation, a l

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Earl Warren

Accepted Answer

Earl Warren was an American jurist and p

Question 14

MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the eastern United States that correctly identifies each of the following: 
   
Levittown

Accepted Answer

The answer of MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on...

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Sputnik

Accepted Answer

Sputnik was the world's first artificial

Question 16

In 1954, the Supreme Court issued its unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education . Less than a year later, more than a hundred Senators and Congressmen from the South signed a "Manifesto" pledging themselves "to use all lawful means to bring about a reversal of this decision." Upon what bases do the contrary views of the Supreme Court and the "Southern Manifesto" rest? Who do you think has the better argument, and why?

Accepted Answer

The contrary views of the Supreme Court

Question 17

How did child-rearing and education theories change during the 1950s? Why were these changes significant to American society?

Accepted Answer

During the 1950s, child-rearing and educ

Question 18

Which of the following was not one of the reasons that the Interstate Highway Act was significant?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was the largest and most expensive public-works program in American history. 
B)  It heightened Americans' dependence on cars and trucks. 
C)  It accelerated suburban growth. 
D)  It helped to homogenize the nation. 
E)  It reinvigorated central cities by making it easier for people to drive in to them. 
A)  It was the largest and most expensive public-works program in American history. 
B)  It heightened Americans' dependence on cars and trucks. 
C)  It accelerated suburban growth. 
D)  It helped to homogenize the nation. 
E)  It reinvigorated central cities by making it easier for people to drive in to them.

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Consensus and Conservatism

Accepted Answer

Consensus and Conservatism are two impor

Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Television Culture

Accepted Answer

Television culture refers to the impact

Exam 27: America at Midcentury

Which of the following most accurately characterizes television programming in the 1950s?

Jackie Robinson was a significant figure in the civil rights movement because he

All the following statements describe the affluence of the 1950s except

In Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling:

Does the title of John Kenneth Galbraith's book The Affluent Society accurately reflect the economy of the 1950s? How was this affluence measured? What sectors of the economy boomed? How did organized labor, Hispanics (Puerto Ricans and Mexican-Americans), and Native Americans fare in this economy?

Ray Kroc

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Computers, Mark I, ENIAC

Why was the Warren Court so significant in the 1950s? What were its major decisions? How did Chief Justice Warren's view of the role of the court influence government and social policy?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Domesticity

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Dwight Eisenhower

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Beats, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Earl Warren

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the eastern United States that correctly identifies each of the following: Levittown

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Sputnik

How did child-rearing and education theories change during the 1950s? Why were these changes significant to American society?

Which of the following was not one of the reasons that the Interstate Highway Act was significant?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Consensus and Conservatism

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Television Culture

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