Question 1

Two postwar American fiction writers, who explored the problems and anxieties of affluence, were

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A)  John Updike and John Cheever. 
B)  Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut. 
C)  Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. 
D)  Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin. 
E)  Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. 
A)  John Updike and John Cheever. 
B)  Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut. 
C)  Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. 
D)  Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin. 
E)  Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Fidel Castro

Accepted Answer

Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary a

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Southern Renaissance

Accepted Answer

The Southern Renaissance refers to a per

Question 4

Was Kennedy's confrontation with Khrushchev in the Cuban missile crisis a brilliant demonstration of firmness without aggressiveness or a dangerous strategy that could easily have resulted in nuclear war?

Accepted Answer

Kennedy's confrontation with Khrushchev

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Freedom Riders

Accepted Answer

The Freedom Riders were civil rights act

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Billy Graham was an influential American

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting

Question 8

During the 1950s, the Central Intelligence Agency engineered pro-American political coups in both

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A)  Iran and Guatemala. 
B)  Iraq and Nicaragua. 
C)  Lebanon and El Salvador. 
D)  Libya and Costa Rica. 
E)  Egypt and Cuba. 
A)  Iran and Guatemala. 
B)  Iraq and Nicaragua. 
C)  Lebanon and El Salvador. 
D)  Libya and Costa Rica. 
E)  Egypt and Cuba.

Question 9

How did Europeans' increasingly critical views of American race relations affect attitudes toward the civil rights movement during the later 1950s? Were critics like Gunnar Myrdal essentially right that Americans would have to choose between their ideals of democracy and their practice of racism?

Accepted Answer

The increasingly critical views of Ameri

Question 10

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 11

How did American popular culture reflect the affluence of the 1950s? Why did so many contemporary observers see figures like Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe as a threat to American moral values?

Accepted Answer

American popular culture in the 1950s re

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Betty Friedan

Accepted Answer

Betty Friedan (1921-2006) was an America

Question 13

Dwight Eisenhower's greatest asset as president was his

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A)  vast military experience. 
B)  willingness to take a partisan stand. 
C)  commitment to social justice. 
D)  willingness to involve himself in rough campaigning. 
E)  enjoyment of the affection and respect of the American people. 
A)  vast military experience. 
B)  willingness to take a partisan stand. 
C)  commitment to social justice. 
D)  willingness to involve himself in rough campaigning. 
E)  enjoyment of the affection and respect of the American people.

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

An American Dilemma is a book written by

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Federal Highway Act of 1956

Accepted Answer

The Federal Highway Act of 1956, officia

Question 16

What explains the widespread affluence of the 1950s? What was the specific impact of television and mass advertisingon American values and lifestyles during the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

The widespread affluence of the 1950s ca

Question 17

President Kennedy's most bitter confrontation with big business occurred when he

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A)  raised taxes on corporate business profits. 
B)  refused to support compensation for American businesses' lost investments in Cuba. 
C)  demanded that the American oil industry stop driving up the price of gasoline. 
D)  forced steel industry leaders to roll back steel price increases. 
E)  lowered tariff rates to permit more European imports into the United States. 
A)  raised taxes on corporate business profits. 
B)  refused to support compensation for American businesses' lost investments in Cuba. 
C)  demanded that the American oil industry stop driving up the price of gasoline. 
D)  forced steel industry leaders to roll back steel price increases. 
E)  lowered tariff rates to permit more European imports into the United States.

Question 18

As the French fortress of Dien Bien Phu was about to fall to Ho Chi Minh's communist forces in 1954, President Eisenhower

Accepted Answer

A)  agreed to send small military units to aid the French. 
B)  relied on the advice of Vice President Nixon and Secretary of State Dulles. 
C)  sought a compromise settlement at Geneva. 
D)  refused to permit any American military involvement. 
E)  threatened nuclear attack on the Vietnamese communists. 
A)  agreed to send small military units to aid the French. 
B)  relied on the advice of Vice President Nixon and Secretary of State Dulles. 
C)  sought a compromise settlement at Geneva. 
D)  refused to permit any American military involvement. 
E)  threatened nuclear attack on the Vietnamese communists.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Andy Warhol

Accepted Answer

Andy Warhol, born Andrew Warhola on Augu

Question 20

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

Two postwar American fiction writers, who explored the problems and anxieties of affluence, were

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Fidel Castro

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Southern Renaissance

Was Kennedy's confrontation with Khrushchev in the Cuban missile crisis a brilliant demonstration of firmness without aggressiveness or a dangerous strategy that could easily have resulted in nuclear war?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Freedom Riders

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

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

During the 1950s, the Central Intelligence Agency engineered pro-American political coups in both

How did Europeans' increasingly critical views of American race relations affect attitudes toward the civil rights movement during the later 1950s? Were critics like Gunnar Myrdal essentially right that Americans would have to choose between their ideals of democracy and their practice of racism?

Dwight Eisenhower's policies toward Native Americans included

How did American popular culture reflect the affluence of the 1950s? Why did so many contemporary observers see figures like Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe as a threat to American moral values?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Betty Friedan

Dwight Eisenhower's greatest asset as president was his

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Federal Highway Act of 1956

What explains the widespread affluence of the 1950s? What was the specific impact of television and mass advertisingon American values and lifestyles during the 1950s?

President Kennedy's most bitter confrontation with big business occurred when he

As the French fortress of Dien Bien Phu was about to fall to Ho Chi Minh's communist forces in 1954, President Eisenhower

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Andy Warhol

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?

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

Two postwar American fiction writers, who explored the problems and anxieties of affluence, were

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Fidel Castro

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Southern Renaissance

Was Kennedy's confrontation with Khrushchev in the Cuban missile crisis a brilliant demonstration of firmness without aggressiveness or a dangerous strategy that could easily have resulted in nuclear war?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Freedom Riders

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

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

During the 1950s, the Central Intelligence Agency engineered pro-American political coups in both

How did Europeans' increasingly critical views of American race relations affect attitudes toward the civil rights movement during the later 1950s? Were critics like Gunnar Myrdal essentially right that Americans would have to choose between their ideals of democracy and their practice of racism?

Dwight Eisenhower's policies toward Native Americans included

How did American popular culture reflect the affluence of the 1950s? Why did so many contemporary observers see figures like Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe as a threat to American moral values?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Betty Friedan

Dwight Eisenhower's greatest asset as president was his

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Federal Highway Act of 1956

What explains the widespread affluence of the 1950s? What was the specific impact of television and mass advertisingon American values and lifestyles during the 1950s?

President Kennedy's most bitter confrontation with big business occurred when he

As the French fortress of Dien Bien Phu was about to fall to Ho Chi Minh's communist forces in 1954, President Eisenhower

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Andy Warhol

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?

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: -Southern Renaissance

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Freedom Riders

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Andy Warhol