Question 1

To libertarian conservatives,freedom meant:

Accepted Answer

A)  first and foremost a moral condition. 
B)  individual autonomy, limited government, and unregulated capitalism. 
C)  using government as a vehicle for social reform, ensuring an equal distribution of wealth. 
D)  what it did in the late eighteenth century-the right to own property and to vote. 
E)  racial equality and the end of a segregated society. 
A)  first and foremost a moral condition. 
B)  individual autonomy, limited government, and unregulated capitalism. 
C)  using government as a vehicle for social reform, ensuring an equal distribution of wealth. 
D)  what it did in the late eighteenth century-the right to own property and to vote. 
E)  racial equality and the end of a segregated society.

Question 2

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Southern Manifesto

Accepted Answer

The Southern Manifesto was a document is

Question 3

Dwight D.Eisenhower was elected president in 1952 in part because he:

Accepted Answer

A)  pledged to use nuclear weapons in the Korean War. 
B)  promised to dismantle the New Deal. 
C)  supported civil rights. 
D)  manifested a public image of fatherly warmth. 
E)  promised to cut highway construction spending. 
A)  pledged to use nuclear weapons in the Korean War. 
B)  promised to dismantle the New Deal. 
C)  supported civil rights. 
D)  manifested a public image of fatherly warmth. 
E)  promised to cut highway construction spending.

Question 4

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Role for women

Accepted Answer

The role for women has evolved significa

Question 5

During the 1950s,American teenagers:

Accepted Answer

A)  declined in number within the general population. 
B)  increased in number and were often perceived to be alienated. 
C)  were not viewed as a distinct population group. 
D)  voted in significant numbers. 
E)  were prohibited from reading any comic books. 
A)  declined in number within the general population. 
B)  increased in number and were often perceived to be alienated. 
C)  were not viewed as a distinct population group. 
D)  voted in significant numbers. 
E)  were prohibited from reading any comic books.

Question 6

The new conservatives understood freedom as first and foremost a moral condition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-modern republicanism

Accepted Answer

A) desegregation of Orange County schools 
B) active agent of social change 
C) coalition of black ministers and activists 
D) denounced Brown decision as an abuse of judicial power 
E) Eisenhower's term for his policies
F)defined freedom as a moral condition
G)American pledge to help Middle Eastern countries
H)massive retaliation
I)propelled Martin Luther King Jr.as a national symbol
J)reversed the separate-but-equal doctrine
K)agreement between unions and management
L)consumer capitalism 
A) desegregation of Orange County schools 
B) active agent of social change 
C) coalition of black ministers and activists 
D) denounced Brown decision as an abuse of judicial power 
E) Eisenhower's term for his policies
F)defined freedom as a moral condition
G)American pledge to help Middle Eastern countries
H)massive retaliation
I)propelled Martin Luther King Jr.as a national symbol
J)reversed the separate-but-equal doctrine
K)agreement between unions and management
L)consumer capitalism

Question 8

Thurgood Marshall argued before the Supreme Court in Brown v.Board of Education that segregation did lifelong damage to black children,undermining their self-esteem.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

While in office,President Dwight D.Eisenhower rolled back the New Deal programs put forth by Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The conservative movement was not a cohesive movement.Explain the positions taken by libertarians versus the new conservatives.How did each understand the meaning of freedom?

Accepted Answer

The conservative movement in the United

Question 11

During the 1950s,religion had less to do with spiritual activities or sacred values than with personal identity and group assimilation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In 1948,the Supreme Court ruled against provisions that would have allowed banks and private developers from barring non-whites from home ownership in the suburbs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Why did auto manufacturers and oil companies vault to the top ranks of corporate America in 1950s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Profits in both industries rose steeply, due to the vast majority of auto manufacturing and oil refinery jobs being shipped overseas. 
B)  Lucrative government defense contracts continued, due to a postwar need for military trucks and jeeps. 
C)  The consumer demand for the automobile boomed in this decade. 
D)  Most members of Congress had business backgrounds. 
E)  More Americans lived in the suburbs and used public transportation to commute to work. 
A)  Profits in both industries rose steeply, due to the vast majority of auto manufacturing and oil refinery jobs being shipped overseas. 
B)  Lucrative government defense contracts continued, due to a postwar need for military trucks and jeeps. 
C)  The consumer demand for the automobile boomed in this decade. 
D)  Most members of Congress had business backgrounds. 
E)  More Americans lived in the suburbs and used public transportation to commute to work.

Question 14

The Kitchen Debate refers to the public debate during the 1950s over whether women ought to work outside of the home.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

By 1955,the number of women working in America had exceeded the levels of World War II.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

House Beautiful magazine stated that the country's most powerful weapon in the Cold War was "the freedom offered by washing machines and dishwashers,vacuum cleaners,automobiles,and refrigerators." Analyze this statement,explaining how consumerism was used in the 1950s to combat the Cold War.Is consumerism used today as a tool of American foreign policy?

Accepted Answer

In the 1950s, consumerism was used as a

Question 17

Between 1950 and 1970,suburbanization:

Accepted Answer

A)  eased racial tensions in American cities. 
B)  encouraged a revitalization of American cities. 
C)  hardened racial divisions in American life. 
D)  encouraged Puerto Rican immigration. 
E)  was the theme of the Broadway musical West Side Story. 
A)  eased racial tensions in American cities. 
B)  encouraged a revitalization of American cities. 
C)  hardened racial divisions in American life. 
D)  encouraged Puerto Rican immigration. 
E)  was the theme of the Broadway musical West Side Story.

Question 18

Why did the Soviet Union strongly support the national independence movements in the new Third World?

Accepted Answer

A)  Soviets were desperately trying to expand their share in foreign export markets. 
B)  They hoped to convince new nations to ally themselves with the eastern bloc against European and American imperialists. 
C)  Soviets feared the obvious appeal an alliance with former colonial rulers had for these new nations. 
D)  The Soviet Union had made the right to self-determination a principle for all nations around the world. 
E)  The Soviet Union was looking to secure reliable export markets for their consumer goods surpluses. 
A)  Soviets were desperately trying to expand their share in foreign export markets. 
B)  They hoped to convince new nations to ally themselves with the eastern bloc against European and American imperialists. 
C)  Soviets feared the obvious appeal an alliance with former colonial rulers had for these new nations. 
D)  The Soviet Union had made the right to self-determination a principle for all nations around the world. 
E)  The Soviet Union was looking to secure reliable export markets for their consumer goods surpluses.

Question 19

Why did the Eisenhower administration embrace the doctrine of "massive retaliation"?

Accepted Answer

A)  The doctrine provided Eisenhower with the necessary flexibility to fight communism in Central America and Southeast Asia. 
B)  The doctrine prevented not only large but small military conflicts as well. 
C)  The constant threat of mutually assured destruction under the doctrine made for more cautious diplomacy. 
D)  The doctrine reduced national anxiety over the threat of nuclear annihilation. 
E)  As a man with mostly military experience, he did not know how else to address the Cold War crisis. 
A)  The doctrine provided Eisenhower with the necessary flexibility to fight communism in Central America and Southeast Asia. 
B)  The doctrine prevented not only large but small military conflicts as well. 
C)  The constant threat of mutually assured destruction under the doctrine made for more cautious diplomacy. 
D)  The doctrine reduced national anxiety over the threat of nuclear annihilation. 
E)  As a man with mostly military experience, he did not know how else to address the Cold War crisis.

Question 20

In the 1960 presidential election,John F.Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon by a landslide.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 24: An Affluent Society,1953-1960

To libertarian conservatives,freedom meant:

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Southern Manifesto

Dwight D.Eisenhower was elected president in 1952 in part because he:

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Role for women

During the 1950s,American teenagers:

The new conservatives understood freedom as first and foremost a moral condition.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -modern republicanism

Thurgood Marshall argued before the Supreme Court in Brown v.Board of Education that segregation did lifelong damage to black children,undermining their self-esteem.

While in office,President Dwight D.Eisenhower rolled back the New Deal programs put forth by Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.

The conservative movement was not a cohesive movement.Explain the positions taken by libertarians versus the new conservatives.How did each understand the meaning of freedom?

During the 1950s,religion had less to do with spiritual activities or sacred values than with personal identity and group assimilation.

In 1948,the Supreme Court ruled against provisions that would have allowed banks and private developers from barring non-whites from home ownership in the suburbs.

Why did auto manufacturers and oil companies vault to the top ranks of corporate America in 1950s?

The Kitchen Debate refers to the public debate during the 1950s over whether women ought to work outside of the home.

By 1955,the number of women working in America had exceeded the levels of World War II.

Between 1950 and 1970,suburbanization:

Why did the Soviet Union strongly support the national independence movements in the new Third World?

Why did the Eisenhower administration embrace the doctrine of "massive retaliation"?

In the 1960 presidential election,John F.Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon by a landslide.

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America,1660-1750

Slavery,Freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: The Civil War,1861-1865

What Is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

America’s Gilded Age,1870-1890

Freedom’s Boundaries,at Home and Abroad,1890-1900

The Progressive Era,1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: The United States and World War I,1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties,1920-1932

The New Deal,1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II,1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War,1945-1953

The Sixties,1960-1968

The Triumph of Conservatism,1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy,1989–2001

A New Century and New Crises

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