Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Paul Robeson

Accepted Answer

Paul Robeson was a prominent African Ame

Question 2

Why were women especially affected by the cult of domesticity,as well as the changing economic patterns of the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

Women were especially affected by the cu

Question 3

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)  None of these 
E)  All of these 
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)  None of these 
E)  All of these

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Fulton J.Sheen

Accepted Answer

Fulton J. Sheen was an influential Ameri

Question 5

The 1957 Eisenhower Doctrine empowered the president to extend economic and military aid to nations of ____ that wanted help to resist communist aggression.

Accepted Answer

A)  Southeast Asia 
B)  Africa 
C)  Central and Eastern Europe 
D)  the Middle East 
E)  Latin America 
A)  Southeast Asia 
B)  Africa 
C)  Central and Eastern Europe 
D)  the Middle East 
E)  Latin America

Question 6

As a part of his New Look foreign policy,President Eisenhower

Accepted Answer

A)  sought an alliance with China. 
B)  refused to talk with leaders of the Soviet Union. 
C)  called for open skies over both the United States and the Soviet Union. 
D)  sent help to the Hungarian freedom fighters. 
E)  allied with Israel against the Arab states. 
A)  sought an alliance with China. 
B)  refused to talk with leaders of the Soviet Union. 
C)  called for open skies over both the United States and the Soviet Union. 
D)  sent help to the Hungarian freedom fighters. 
E)  allied with Israel against the Arab states.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"spirit of Camp David"

Accepted Answer

The "spirit of Camp David" refers to the

Question 8

On the subject of racial justice,President Eisenhower

Accepted Answer

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 9

Which of these were NOT among the aspects of 1950s popular culture that conservatives found troubling?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rock 'n roll music 
B)  Elvis Presley 
C)  Marilyn Monroe 
D)  Playboy magazine 
E)  Novels such as The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit 
A)  Rock 'n roll music 
B)  Elvis Presley 
C)  Marilyn Monroe 
D)  Playboy magazine 
E)  Novels such as The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Question 10

The 1955 Geneva Conference

Accepted Answer

A)  unified the two Vietnams. 
B)  made Ngo Dinh Diem president of Vietnam. 
C)  called for the two Vietnams to hold national elections within two years. 
D)  created the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. 
E)  established a permanent division of Vietnam. 
A)  unified the two Vietnams. 
B)  made Ngo Dinh Diem president of Vietnam. 
C)  called for the two Vietnams to hold national elections within two years. 
D)  created the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. 
E)  established a permanent division of Vietnam.

Question 11

Describe President Eisenhower's response to McCarthyism,the civil rights movement,and social-welfare programs of the New Deal.

Accepted Answer

President Eisenhower's response to McCar

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Accepted Answer

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Accepted Answer

The Southern Christian Leadership Confer

Question 14

In response to a supposed Soviet threat to Middle Eastern oil,the American Central Intelligence Agency in 1953

Accepted Answer

A)  began seeking alternative sources of energy. 
B)  staged a coup to overthrow the Iranian government and install Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi as dictator-like monarch. 
C)  engaged in sabotage against pro-Soviet governments in the region. 
D)  developed close cooperation with Israeli intelligence agencies. 
E)  gathered conclusive evidence of the Soviets' plans to control Egypt. 
A)  began seeking alternative sources of energy. 
B)  staged a coup to overthrow the Iranian government and install Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi as dictator-like monarch. 
C)  engaged in sabotage against pro-Soviet governments in the region. 
D)  developed close cooperation with Israeli intelligence agencies. 
E)  gathered conclusive evidence of the Soviets' plans to control Egypt.

Question 15

The Paris summit conference,scheduled for 1960,collapsed because of the

Accepted Answer

A)  Suez crisis. 
B)  Bay of Pigs. 
C)  Quemoy episode. 
D)  launching of Sputnik. 
E)  U-2 incident. 
A)  Suez crisis. 
B)  Bay of Pigs. 
C)  Quemoy episode. 
D)  launching of Sputnik. 
E)  U-2 incident.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Checkers speech

Accepted Answer

The Checkers speech was a nationally tel

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ho Chi Minh

Accepted Answer

Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969) was a Vietnamese

Question 18

Describe the literary flowering of post-World War II America.How did that culture reflect new voices of African Americans,southerners,and Jews?

Accepted Answer

The literary flowering of post-World War

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Billy Graham

Accepted Answer

Billy Graham was an influential American

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

An American Dilemma is a book written by

Exam 37: The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Paul Robeson

Why were women especially affected by the cult of domesticity,as well as the changing economic patterns of the 1950s?

The 1963 best-seller The Feminine Mystique

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Fulton J.Sheen

The 1957 Eisenhower Doctrine empowered the president to extend economic and military aid to nations of ____ that wanted help to resist communist aggression.

As a part of his New Look foreign policy,President Eisenhower

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"spirit of Camp David"

On the subject of racial justice,President Eisenhower

Which of these were NOT among the aspects of 1950s popular culture that conservatives found troubling?

The 1955 Geneva Conference

Describe President Eisenhower's response to McCarthyism,the civil rights movement,and social-welfare programs of the New Deal.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Southern Christian Leadership Conference

In response to a supposed Soviet threat to Middle Eastern oil,the American Central Intelligence Agency in 1953

The Paris summit conference,scheduled for 1960,collapsed because of the

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Checkers speech

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ho Chi Minh

Describe the literary flowering of post-World War II America.How did that culture reflect new voices of African Americans,southerners,and Jews?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Billy Graham

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

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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 at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

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,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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