Question 1

During the 1952 presidential campaign, Republican candidate Dwight Eisenhower declared that he would ____ to help to end the Korean War.

Accepted Answer

A)  use atomic weapons 
B)  blockade the China coast and bomb Manchuria 
C)  open negotiations with Mao Zedong 
D)  order United Nations troops to invade North Korea 
E)  personally go to Korea 
A)  use atomic weapons 
B)  blockade the China coast and bomb Manchuria 
C)  open negotiations with Mao Zedong 
D)  order United Nations troops to invade North Korea 
E)  personally go to Korea

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Richard Nixon

Accepted Answer

Richard Nixon was the 37th President of

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Elvis Presley

Accepted Answer

Elvis Presley, often known as "The King

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-U-2 incident

Accepted Answer

The U-2 incident refers to a major diplo

Question 5

What political, economic, and social factors explain the rise, resilience, and dedicated activism of the American civil rights movement in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

The rise, resilience, and dedicated acti

Question 6

Assess the diplomatic and military policies ofPresident Eisenhower's Secretary of StateJohn Foster Dulles. Do you think that they were realistic? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of Stat

Question 7

Do you think that you would have liked "Ike" in the 1950s? Why or why not? Which of his personal qualities, domestic programs, and foreign-policy decisions do you find most admirable? For what may he be criticized? Why?

Accepted Answer

As an AI, I don't have personal opinions

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​International Style

Accepted Answer

The International Style is an architectu

Question 9

President Kennedy ordered hundreds of federal marshals and thousands of federal troops to force the racial integration of

Accepted Answer

A)  Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. 
B)  Louisiana State University. 
C)  the lunch counters of Greensboro, North Carolina. 
D)  the bus stations in Birmingham, Alabama. 
E)  the University of Mississippi. 
A)  Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. 
B)  Louisiana State University. 
C)  the lunch counters of Greensboro, North Carolina. 
D)  the bus stations in Birmingham, Alabama. 
E)  the University of Mississippi.

Question 10

How might a play like Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman be said to reflect the questions that many social critics were asking about mass American culture in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman refl

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

John Kenneth Galbraith was a Canadian-Am

Question 12

During his presidency, Dwight Eisenhower accepted the principle and extended the benefits of

Accepted Answer

A)  federal health care programs. 
B)  the Tennessee Valley Authority. 
C)  deficit spending. 
D)  racial equality. 
E)  the Social Security system. 
A)  federal health care programs. 
B)  the Tennessee Valley Authority. 
C)  deficit spending. 
D)  racial equality. 
E)  the Social Security system.

Question 13

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)  was written by American feminist activist Betty Friedan. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
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)  was written by American feminist activist Betty Friedan. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 14

Eisenhower said he based his domestic policies on the principles of dynamic conservatism. Is this a fair label? What was conservative about his policies? What was dynamic? In what areas, if any, did he depart from this philosophy?

Accepted Answer

Eisenhower's label of "dynamic conservat

Question 15

Critically evaluate President Eisenhower's response to the fall of Dienbienphu, the Hungarian revolt, the Suez Crisis, and Castro's revolution in Cuba.

Accepted Answer

President Eisenhower's response to these

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Norman Mailer

Accepted Answer

Norman Mailer (1923-2007) was an America

Question 17

The fundamental criticism directed against the new popular mass media culture in the 1950s, by such social critics as David Riesman and William H. Whyte,Jr., was that

Accepted Answer

A)  affluence tended to erode Americans' moral character. 
B)  Americans had become affluent conformists unable to think for themselves. 
C)  the wealth produced by the new mass economy was unevenly distributed. 
D)  the open sexual displays of figures like Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe were morally dangerous. 
E)  it did not reflect the cultural tastes and preferences of racial and ethnic minorities in America. 
A)  affluence tended to erode Americans' moral character. 
B)  Americans had become affluent conformists unable to think for themselves. 
C)  the wealth produced by the new mass economy was unevenly distributed. 
D)  the open sexual displays of figures like Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe were morally dangerous. 
E)  it did not reflect the cultural tastes and preferences of racial and ethnic minorities in America.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Allen Ginsberg

Accepted Answer

Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and

Question 19

During his second term, President Eisenhower

Accepted Answer

A)  no longer trusted his vice president, Richard Nixon, to lend assistance. 
B)  hoped that he would be able to win a third term. 
C)  took a more active personal role in governing. 
D)  believed that the civil rights movement needed his personal involvement if it were to succeed. 
E)  recognized that only he had the experience to deal with the Soviets. 
A)  no longer trusted his vice president, Richard Nixon, to lend assistance. 
B)  hoped that he would be able to win a third term. 
C)  took a more active personal role in governing. 
D)  believed that the civil rights movement needed his personal involvement if it were to succeed. 
E)  recognized that only he had the experience to deal with the Soviets.

Question 20

Richard Nixon's Checkers speech, during the 1952 presidential campaign

Accepted Answer

A)  was an eloquent, sincere appeal that demonstrated Nixon's ethical seriousness. 
B)  demonstrated the new power of television and kept him on the Republican ticket with Dwight Eisenhower. 
C)  demonstrated the limitations of the power of television to save the ethically challenged and maudlin Richard Nixon from being cast into political oblivion. 
D)  led Dwight Eisenhower to tone down Nixon's attacks on Democrats for being soft on Communism. 
E)  proved that Nixon had the political skills and leadership to become president if necessary. 
A)  was an eloquent, sincere appeal that demonstrated Nixon's ethical seriousness. 
B)  demonstrated the new power of television and kept him on the Republican ticket with Dwight Eisenhower. 
C)  demonstrated the limitations of the power of television to save the ethically challenged and maudlin Richard Nixon from being cast into political oblivion. 
D)  led Dwight Eisenhower to tone down Nixon's attacks on Democrats for being soft on Communism. 
E)  proved that Nixon had the political skills and leadership to become president if necessary.

During the 1952 presidential campaign, Republican candidate Dwight Eisenhower declared that he would ____ to help to end the Korean War.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Richard Nixon

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Elvis Presley

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -U-2 incident

What political, economic, and social factors explain the rise, resilience, and dedicated activism of the American civil rights movement in the 1950s?

Assess the diplomatic and military policies ofPresident Eisenhower's Secretary of StateJohn Foster Dulles. Do you think that they were realistic? Why or why not?

Do you think that you would have liked "Ike" in the 1950s? Why or why not? Which of his personal qualities, domestic programs, and foreign-policy decisions do you find most admirable? For what may he be criticized? Why?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -International Style

President Kennedy ordered hundreds of federal marshals and thousands of federal troops to force the racial integration of

How might a play like Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman be said to reflect the questions that many social critics were asking about mass American culture in the 1950s?

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

During his presidency, Dwight Eisenhower accepted the principle and extended the benefits of

The 1963 best-seller The Feminine Mystique

Eisenhower said he based his domestic policies on the principles of dynamic conservatism. Is this a fair label? What was conservative about his policies? What was dynamic? In what areas, if any, did he depart from this philosophy?

Critically evaluate President Eisenhower's response to the fall of Dienbienphu, the Hungarian revolt, the Suez Crisis, and Castro's revolution in Cuba.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Norman Mailer

The fundamental criticism directed against the new popular mass media culture in the 1950s, by such social critics as David Riesman and William H. Whyte,Jr., was that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Allen Ginsberg

During his second term, President Eisenhower

Richard Nixon's Checkers speech, during the 1952 presidential campaign

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 in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the “Roaring Twenties” 1920–1929

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 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Exam 15: American Zenith 1952-1963

During the 1952 presidential campaign, Republican candidate Dwight Eisenhower declared that he would ____ to help to end the Korean War.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Richard Nixon

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Elvis Presley

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -U-2 incident

What political, economic, and social factors explain the rise, resilience, and dedicated activism of the American civil rights movement in the 1950s?

Assess the diplomatic and military policies ofPresident Eisenhower's Secretary of StateJohn Foster Dulles. Do you think that they were realistic? Why or why not?

Do you think that you would have liked "Ike" in the 1950s? Why or why not? Which of his personal qualities, domestic programs, and foreign-policy decisions do you find most admirable? For what may he be criticized? Why?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​International Style

President Kennedy ordered hundreds of federal marshals and thousands of federal troops to force the racial integration of

How might a play like Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman be said to reflect the questions that many social critics were asking about mass American culture in the 1950s?

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

During his presidency, Dwight Eisenhower accepted the principle and extended the benefits of

The 1963 best-seller The Feminine Mystique

Eisenhower said he based his domestic policies on the principles of dynamic conservatism. Is this a fair label? What was conservative about his policies? What was dynamic? In what areas, if any, did he depart from this philosophy?

Critically evaluate President Eisenhower's response to the fall of Dienbienphu, the Hungarian revolt, the Suez Crisis, and Castro's revolution in Cuba.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Norman Mailer

The fundamental criticism directed against the new popular mass media culture in the 1950s, by such social critics as David Riesman and William H. Whyte,Jr., was that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Allen Ginsberg

During his second term, President Eisenhower

Richard Nixon's Checkers speech, during the 1952 presidential campaign

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 in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the “Roaring Twenties” 1920–1929

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 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -International Style

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Allen Ginsberg