Question 1

Do you agree with critics of the time that the 1950s was "an age of conformity"? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

I agree with the critics of the time tha

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novel

Question 3

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 4

Why were women especially affected by the "cult of domesticity," as well as the changing economic patterns involving "white-collar" employment and "blue-collar" employment of the 1950s? What were some of the cultural and literary reactions to these developments concerning women during the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

Women were especially affected by the "c

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​abstract expressionism

Accepted Answer

Abstract Expressionism is an art movemen

Question 7

President Kennedy's alleged assassin was

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A)  Jack Ruby. 
B)  Lee Harvey Oswald. 
C)  Medgar Evers. 
D)  James Earl Ray. 
E)  an agent of Fidel Castro. 
A)  Jack Ruby. 
B)  Lee Harvey Oswald. 
C)  Medgar Evers. 
D)  James Earl Ray. 
E)  an agent of Fidel Castro.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Mohammed Reza Pahlevi

Accepted Answer

Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, also known as the

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Suez crisis

Accepted Answer

The Suez Crisis, also known as the Suez

Question 10

The Eisenhower-promoted public works project that was far larger and more expensive than anything in Roosevelt's New Deal was the

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A)  interstate highway system. 
B)  Grand Coulee dam project. 
C)  urban public subway and light rail project. 
D)  airport construction program. 
E)  public housing system. 
A)  interstate highway system. 
B)  Grand Coulee dam project. 
C)  urban public subway and light rail project. 
D)  airport construction program. 
E)  public housing system.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Bay of Pigs

Accepted Answer

The Bay of Pigs refers to a location on

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Alliance for Progress

Accepted Answer

The Alliance for Progress, known in Span

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Jack Kerouac

Accepted Answer

Jack Kerouac was an American novelist an

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Marilyn Monroe

Accepted Answer

Marilyn Monroe was a famous American act

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-The Feminine Mystique

Accepted Answer

The Feminine Mystique is a book written

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

Paul Robeson was a prominent African Ame

Question 17

Describe and evaluate the content and conduct of Eisenhower's vice-presidential running mate Richard Nixon in his political attacks on and assertions about the Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson? How did Nixon's political background make him an apt choice to make the type of hyperbolic and fiercely ideological political attacks on Stevenson that ultimately weakened the Democratic presidential candidate in the general election?

Accepted Answer

Richard Nixon, as Dwight D. Eisenhower's

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​March on Washington

Accepted Answer

The March on Washington for Jobs and Fre

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Jackson Pollock

Accepted Answer

Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) was an influ

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Arthur Miller

Accepted Answer

Arthur Miller (1915–2005) was an America

Do you agree with critics of the time that the 1950s was "an age of conformity"? Why or why not?

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

As president, Dwight Eisenhower supported

Why were women especially affected by the "cult of domesticity," as well as the changing economic patterns involving "white-collar" employment and "blue-collar" employment of the 1950s? What were some of the cultural and literary reactions to these developments concerning women during the 1950s?

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -abstract expressionism

President Kennedy's alleged assassin was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Mohammed Reza Pahlevi

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Suez crisis

The Eisenhower-promoted public works project that was far larger and more expensive than anything in Roosevelt's New Deal was the

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Bay of Pigs

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Alliance for Progress

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jack Kerouac

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Marilyn Monroe

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -The Feminine Mystique

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -March on Washington

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jackson Pollock

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Arthur Miller

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

Do you agree with critics of the time that the 1950s was "an age of conformity"? Why or why not?

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

As president, Dwight Eisenhower supported

Why were women especially affected by the "cult of domesticity," as well as the changing economic patterns involving "white-collar" employment and "blue-collar" employment of the 1950s? What were some of the cultural and literary reactions to these developments concerning women during the 1950s?

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​abstract expressionism

President Kennedy's alleged assassin was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Mohammed Reza Pahlevi

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Suez crisis

The Eisenhower-promoted public works project that was far larger and more expensive than anything in Roosevelt's New Deal was the

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Bay of Pigs

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Alliance for Progress

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Jack Kerouac

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Marilyn Monroe

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -The Feminine Mystique

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​March on Washington

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Jackson Pollock

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Arthur Miller

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: -abstract expressionism

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Bay of Pigs

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Alliance for Progress

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jack Kerouac

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -March on Washington

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jackson Pollock

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Arthur Miller