Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Earl Warren

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Earl Warren was an American jurist and p

Question 2

Dwight Eisenhower's policies toward Native Americans included

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A)  efforts at tribal preservation. 
B)  the establishment of tribes as legal entities. 
C)  incentives for tribes to hold onto their land. 
D)  a return to the assimilation goals of the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887. 
E)  an emphasis on education and job training for Indians. 
A)  efforts at tribal preservation. 
B)  the establishment of tribes as legal entities. 
C)  incentives for tribes to hold onto their land. 
D)  a return to the assimilation goals of the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887. 
E)  an emphasis on education and job training for Indians.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Accepted Answer

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Comm

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John Kenneth Galbraith

Accepted Answer

John Kenneth Galbraith was a Canadian-Am

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Flannery O'Connor

Accepted Answer

Flannery O'Connor was an American writer

Question 6

President Eisenhower's vehemently anticommunist secretary of state,through most of his two administrations,was

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A)  John Bricker. 
B)  John Foster Dulles. 
C)  Christian Herter. 
D)  Dean Acheson. 
E)  George C. Marshall. 
A)  John Bricker. 
B)  John Foster Dulles. 
C)  Christian Herter. 
D)  Dean Acheson. 
E)  George C. Marshall.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Brown v.Board of Education

Accepted Answer

Brown v. Board of Education was a landma

Question 8

How were Latin American radicals like Fidel Castro able to charge the United States with hypocrisy in its conduct of foreign policy in the region?

Accepted Answer

Latin American radicals like Fidel Castr

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Jackie Robinson

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson was an American professi

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sweatt v.Painter

Accepted Answer

Sweatt v. Painter was a landmark United

Question 11

In 1956,when Hungary revolted against continued domination by the Soviet Union,the United States under Dwight Eisenhower

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A)  sent money to the rebels. 
B)  quickly recognized the new Hungarian government. 
C)  refused to admit any Hungarian refugees. 
D)  gave only outdated military equipment to the Hungarian freedom fighters. 
E)  did nothing to help to defeat the communists. 
A)  sent money to the rebels. 
B)  quickly recognized the new Hungarian government. 
C)  refused to admit any Hungarian refugees. 
D)  gave only outdated military equipment to the Hungarian freedom fighters. 
E)  did nothing to help to defeat the communists.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Saul Bellow

Accepted Answer

Saul Bellow (1915-2005) was a Canadian-A

Question 13

As president,Dwight Eisenhower supported

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A)  putting the brakes on military spending. 
B)  the abolition of the Social Security system. 
C)  the dismissal of his secretary of health, education, and welfare for condemning free distribution on the Salk polio vaccine as socialized medicine. 
D)  the continuation of the Tennessee Valley Authority. 
E)  a stronger voice for organized labor. 
A)  putting the brakes on military spending. 
B)  the abolition of the Social Security system. 
C)  the dismissal of his secretary of health, education, and welfare for condemning free distribution on the Salk polio vaccine as socialized medicine. 
D)  the continuation of the Tennessee Valley Authority. 
E)  a stronger voice for organized labor.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Adlai Stevenson

Accepted Answer

Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900–1965) was

Question 15

Why was there such strong popular support for McCarthy's anticommunist crusade in the early 1950s?

Accepted Answer

There were several reasons for the stron

Question 16

In an effort to overturn Jim Crow laws and the segregated system that they 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 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sylvia Plath

Accepted Answer

Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novel

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"televangelists"

Accepted Answer

Televangelists are religious leaders who

Question 19

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 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-David Riesman

Accepted Answer

David Riesman (1909-2002) was an America

Exam 37: The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Earl Warren

Dwight Eisenhower's policies toward Native Americans included

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John Kenneth Galbraith

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Flannery O'Connor

President Eisenhower's vehemently anticommunist secretary of state,through most of his two administrations,was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Brown v.Board of Education

How were Latin American radicals like Fidel Castro able to charge the United States with hypocrisy in its conduct of foreign policy in the region?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jackie Robinson

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sweatt v.Painter

In 1956,when Hungary revolted against continued domination by the Soviet Union,the United States under Dwight Eisenhower

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Saul Bellow

As president,Dwight Eisenhower supported

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Adlai Stevenson

Why was there such strong popular support for McCarthy's anticommunist crusade in the early 1950s?

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sylvia Plath

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"televangelists"

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?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -David Riesman

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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