Exam 25: America at Midcentury, 1945-1960

Supreme Court decisions in such 1940s cases as Smith v. Allwright, Morgan v. Virginia, and Shelley v. Kramer suggest that by the 1950s ___________________________.

Which of the following is considered a major contributor to the postwar economic boom?

Which of the following was an important social trend during the 1950s?

Discuss the military-industrial complex in the context of the Cold War.

The importance of religion during the Cold War era was demonstrated by ________________________.

Defend or refute the following statement: "During the 1950s, Americans were confident to the verge of complacency about the perfectibility of American society, and anxious to the point of paranoia about the threat of communism."

Industry was attracted to the Sunbelt for which of the following reasons?

Discuss and evaluate the response of President Truman to the anticommunist hysteria of the late 1940s and early 1950s.

One way in which Alfred Kinsey's work on human sexuality was important is that it ____________________________.

In a period of tremendous prosperity, there were nevertheless millions of Americans who did not share in the dream. Who were they, why were they outsiders, and why were they so easily overlooked?

Which of the following made up the nation's poorest group after the Second World War?

How did the CIO respond to the HUAC "witch hunts" of the late 1940s?

In his book Baby and Child Care, Dr. Benjamin Spock asserted that _________________.

In its report To Secure These Rights, President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights proposed which of the following?

Which of the following is a reason for Eisenhower's victory in the 1952 presidential election?

Which of the following made possible the computer revolution?

Explain and evaluate the Eisenhower administration's policy toward Native Americans.

Discuss the characteristics of McCarthyism, the tactics used by Senator McCarthy, and the consequences of McCarthy's anticommunist crusade. What eventually caused the political demise of Senator McCarthy?

Who held the philosophy that civil disobedience fused the spirit of Christianity was the ideal strategy of achieving racial justice through nonviolent resistance?

Which of the following is true of the Civil Rights Act of 1957?