Question 1

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

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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 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Apollo mission

Accepted Answer

The Apollo mission refers to the series

Question 3

Why did the doctrines of flexible response and guerrilla warfare against communist enemies seem so appealing in the early 1960s? How were those ideas implemented in Vietnam? Where were their most serious flaws? What were the available military alternatives to the Kennedy administration in Vietnam during the early 1960s, and why were they not attempted?

Accepted Answer

The doctrines of flexible response and g

Question 4

When he became attorney general, Robert Kennedy sought to refocus the attention of the FBI on

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A)  organized crime and civil rights. 
B)  communist spies and terrorism. 
C)  political corruption and campaign law violations. 
D)  illegal immigration and drug trading. 
E)  automobile theft and illegal weapons. 
A)  organized crime and civil rights. 
B)  communist spies and terrorism. 
C)  political corruption and campaign law violations. 
D)  illegal immigration and drug trading. 
E)  automobile theft and illegal weapons.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Cuban missile crisis

Accepted Answer

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a pivotal m

Question 6

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 7

The new militancy and restlessness among many members of the African American community after 1945 was especially generated by

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A)  the growing moral criticism of segregation by white church leaders. 
B)  blacks' increasing awareness during and after the war of the gap between American democratic ideals and racial practices. 
C)  the appointment of Thurgood Marshall, chief legal counsel of the NAACP, to the Supreme Court. 
D)  Dwight Eisenhower's commitment to civil rights. 
E)  the agitation of A. Philip Randolph. 
A)  the growing moral criticism of segregation by white church leaders. 
B)  blacks' increasing awareness during and after the war of the gap between American democratic ideals and racial practices. 
C)  the appointment of Thurgood Marshall, chief legal counsel of the NAACP, to the Supreme Court. 
D)  Dwight Eisenhower's commitment to civil rights. 
E)  the agitation of A. Philip Randolph.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Gamal Abdel Nasser

Accepted Answer

Gamal Abdel Nasser was the second Presid

Question 9

The record would seem to indicate that President Eisenhower's strongest commitment during his presidency was to

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A)  social justice. 
B)  social harmony. 
C)  party loyalty. 
D)  racial desegregation. 
E)  political reform. 
A)  social justice. 
B)  social harmony. 
C)  party loyalty. 
D)  racial desegregation. 
E)  political reform.

Question 10

The consequences of the Cuban missile crisis included

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A)  a nuclear test-ban treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. 
B)  a Vienna summit meeting between President Kennedy and Chairman Khrushchev. 
C)  the installation of a Moscow-Washington hot line for crisis communication. 
D)  a massive military arms-building program in the Soviet Union. 
E)  the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. 
A)  a nuclear test-ban treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. 
B)  a Vienna summit meeting between President Kennedy and Chairman Khrushchev. 
C)  the installation of a Moscow-Washington hot line for crisis communication. 
D)  a massive military arms-building program in the Soviet Union. 
E)  the tearing down of the Berlin Wall.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John F. Kennedy

Accepted Answer

John F. Kennedy was the 35th President o

Question 12

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 13

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was an outgrowth of the

Accepted Answer

A)  antiwar movement of the 1960s. 
B)  black power movement of the 1960s. 
C)  ban-the-bomb movement of the 1950s. 
D)  Civil Rights Act of 1957. 
E)  sit-in movement launched by young southern blacks. 
A)  antiwar movement of the 1960s. 
B)  black power movement of the 1960s. 
C)  ban-the-bomb movement of the 1950s. 
D)  Civil Rights Act of 1957. 
E)  sit-in movement launched by young southern blacks.

Question 14

The Suez crisis marked the last time in history that the United States could

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A)  use the threat of nuclear war to win concessions. 
B)  criticize Israel's foreign policy. 
C)  condemn its allies for their actions in the Middle East. 
D)  invoke the Eisenhower Doctrine. 
E)  use its oil weapon to make foreign policy demands. 
A)  use the threat of nuclear war to win concessions. 
B)  criticize Israel's foreign policy. 
C)  condemn its allies for their actions in the Middle East. 
D)  invoke the Eisenhower Doctrine. 
E)  use its oil weapon to make foreign policy demands.

Question 15

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

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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 16

Richard Nixon was selected as Dwight Eisenhower's vice-presidential running mate in 1952 as a concession to the

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A)  corporate interests. 
B)  liberal Republicans. 
C)  hard-line anticommunists. 
D)  moderate Republicans. 
E)  southern Republicans. 
A)  corporate interests. 
B)  liberal Republicans. 
C)  hard-line anticommunists. 
D)  moderate Republicans. 
E)  southern Republicans.

Question 17

President John Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy began to join hands with the civil rights movement when they

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A)  sent federal marshals to protect the Freedom Riders. 
B)  ordered the FBI to remove the wiretap from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s phone. 
C)  secured passage of the Voting Rights Act. 
D)  issued executive orders prohibiting all racial discrimination in federal employment. 
E)  ordered the immediate desegregation of schools. 
A)  sent federal marshals to protect the Freedom Riders. 
B)  ordered the FBI to remove the wiretap from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s phone. 
C)  secured passage of the Voting Rights Act. 
D)  issued executive orders prohibiting all racial discrimination in federal employment. 
E)  ordered the immediate desegregation of schools.

Question 18

The vast expansion of employment opportunities for women in the 1950s

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A)  led to the advent of the "pink collar ghetto" of occupations. 
B)  created a dual role for women as homemakers and workers. 
C)  fueled a social revolution that raised questions about gender roles. 
D)  included women filling a substantial percentage of the new jobs created in the clerical and service industries. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.
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A)  led to the advent of the "pink collar ghetto" of occupations. 
B)  created a dual role for women as homemakers and workers. 
C)  fueled a social revolution that raised questions about gender roles. 
D)  included women filling a substantial percentage of the new jobs created in the clerical and service industries. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.
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Question 19

The Beat Generation can be described in all of the following ways except

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A)  they formed the protest culture of the late 1950s and early 1960s. 
B)  they promoted interest in bebop jazz and Eastern religious mysticism. 
C)  in founding their own movement, the hippies later rejected many of the Beat notions. 
D)  they embraced sexual liberation. 
E)  their name came from the term "beatnik," meant as a Cold War insult. 
A)  they formed the protest culture of the late 1950s and early 1960s. 
B)  they promoted interest in bebop jazz and Eastern religious mysticism. 
C)  in founding their own movement, the hippies later rejected many of the Beat notions. 
D)  they embraced sexual liberation. 
E)  their name came from the term "beatnik," meant as a Cold War insult.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Nikita Khrushchev

Accepted Answer

Nikita Khrushchev was a prominent Soviet

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Apollo mission

When he became attorney general, Robert Kennedy sought to refocus the attention of the FBI on

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Cuban missile crisis

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

The new militancy and restlessness among many members of the African American community after 1945 was especially generated by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Gamal Abdel Nasser

The record would seem to indicate that President Eisenhower's strongest commitment during his presidency was to

The consequences of the Cuban missile crisis included

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John F. Kennedy

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

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was an outgrowth of the

The Suez crisis marked the last time in history that the United States could

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

Richard Nixon was selected as Dwight Eisenhower's vice-presidential running mate in 1952 as a concession to the

President John Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy began to join hands with the civil rights movement when they

The vast expansion of employment opportunities for women in the 1950s

The Beat Generation can be described in all of the following ways except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Nikita Khrushchev

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Apollo mission

When he became attorney general, Robert Kennedy sought to refocus the attention of the FBI on

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Cuban missile crisis

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

The new militancy and restlessness among many members of the African American community after 1945 was especially generated by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Gamal Abdel Nasser

The record would seem to indicate that President Eisenhower's strongest commitment during his presidency was to

The consequences of the Cuban missile crisis included

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John F. Kennedy

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

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was an outgrowth of the

The Suez crisis marked the last time in history that the United States could

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

Richard Nixon was selected as Dwight Eisenhower's vice-presidential running mate in 1952 as a concession to the

President John Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy began to join hands with the civil rights movement when they

The vast expansion of employment opportunities for women in the 1950s

The Beat Generation can be described in all of the following ways except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Nikita Khrushchev

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: -Apollo mission

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Cuban missile crisis

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Gamal Abdel Nasser

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