Question 1

​Which statement about Gamal Abdel Nasser and Egypt is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Nasser became Egypt's leader upon the death of King Farouk. 
B) Nasser gained power by forging a strong alliance with Great Britain. 
C) ​Upon seizing power,Nasser began to make overtures of peace toward Israel. 
D) ​Nasser seized the Suez Canal after the United States withdrew its offer to build the Aswan Dam. 
A) Nasser became Egypt's leader upon the death of King Farouk. 
B) Nasser gained power by forging a strong alliance with Great Britain. 
C) ​Upon seizing power,Nasser began to make overtures of peace toward Israel. 
D) ​Nasser seized the Suez Canal after the United States withdrew its offer to build the Aswan Dam. D

Question 2

Eisenhower's "New Look" military program focused on the production of nuclear weapons and long-range bombers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

In the 1952 presidential campaign,Dwight D.Eisenhower promised to step up military action to defeat communism in Korea.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Which statement about the Tidelands Oil Act is true?​

Accepted Answer

A) It was passed over President Eisenhower's veto. 
B) It funded new drilling and oil exploration in Alaska. 
C) ​It transferred coastal oil land from the federal government to the states. 
D) ​It focused on building new relationships with Middle Eastern oil suppliers. 
A) It was passed over President Eisenhower's veto. 
B) It funded new drilling and oil exploration in Alaska. 
C) ​It transferred coastal oil land from the federal government to the states. 
D) ​It focused on building new relationships with Middle Eastern oil suppliers.

Question 5

​The Truman Doctrine was developed as a response to problems in

Accepted Answer

A) Spain and Portugal. 
B) North Africa. 
C) ​Greece and Turkey. 
D) ​Southeast Asia. 
A) Spain and Portugal. 
B) North Africa. 
C) ​Greece and Turkey. 
D) ​Southeast Asia.

Question 6

Experts like Marynia Farnham and Dr.Spock encouraged women to strive to find fulfilling careers and/or hobbies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

As veterans began to return home following the end of World War II,they experienced all of the following except​

Accepted Answer

A) a rising divorce rate. 
B) a serious housing shortage. 
C) ​the growth of a consumer society. 
D) ​the inability to get loans to buy homes. 
A) a rising divorce rate. 
B) a serious housing shortage. 
C) ​the growth of a consumer society. 
D) ​the inability to get loans to buy homes.

Question 8

​Who were the Little Rock Nine?

Accepted Answer

A) the first integrated high school baseball team in the Deep South 
B) the first black students to attend the previously all-white Central High School 
C) ​the jurors who decided a famous case involving the alleged rape of white students by young black men 
D) ​a group of black students who brought a successful lawsuit against the city of Little Rock for discrimination 
A) the first integrated high school baseball team in the Deep South 
B) the first black students to attend the previously all-white Central High School 
C) ​the jurors who decided a famous case involving the alleged rape of white students by young black men 
D) ​a group of black students who brought a successful lawsuit against the city of Little Rock for discrimination

Question 9

​Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus,sparking a year-long boycott of the buses in what city?

Accepted Answer

A) Atlanta,Georgia 
B) Birmingham,Alabama 
C) ​Little Rock,Arkansas 
D) ​Montgomery,Alabama 
A) Atlanta,Georgia 
B) Birmingham,Alabama 
C) ​Little Rock,Arkansas 
D) ​Montgomery,Alabama

Question 10

​Who served as President Eisenhower's secretary of state?

Accepted Answer

A) John Foster Dulles 
B) George Humphrey 
C) ​Robert McNamara 
D) ​Charles Wilson 
A) John Foster Dulles 
B) George Humphrey 
C) ​Robert McNamara 
D) ​Charles Wilson

Question 11

United Automobile Workers (UAW)?​

Accepted Answer

A) a graduated pay scale 
B) cost-of-living adjustments 
C) ​guaranteed retirement plans 
D) ​health insurance for full-time workers 
A) a graduated pay scale 
B) cost-of-living adjustments 
C) ​guaranteed retirement plans 
D) ​health insurance for full-time workers

Question 12

The Taft-Hartley Act gave the president the authority to impose a cooling-off period to prevent strikes that threatened the national interest.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

​Who precipitated the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up a seat to a white man?

Accepted Answer

A) Martin Luther King,Jr. 
B) Coretta Scott King 
C) ​Thurgood Marshall 
D) ​Rosa Parks 
A) Martin Luther King,Jr. 
B) Coretta Scott King 
C) ​Thurgood Marshall 
D) ​Rosa Parks

Question 14

​Martin Luther King,Jr. ,embraced a philosophy based on

Accepted Answer

A) nonviolent resistance 
B) challenges in legal courts 
C) ​militant opposition to injustice 
D) ​passive acceptance of differences 
A) nonviolent resistance 
B) challenges in legal courts 
C) ​militant opposition to injustice 
D) ​passive acceptance of differences

Question 15

​In 1954,Vietnam was temporarily divided at the

Accepted Answer

A) twelfth parallel. 
B) seventeenth parallel. 
C) ​thirty-eighth parallel. 
D) ​fifty-fourth parallel. 
A) twelfth parallel. 
B) seventeenth parallel. 
C) ​thirty-eighth parallel. 
D) ​fifty-fourth parallel.

Question 16

In 1953,the CIA was involved in overthrowing the government of which country as part of an effort to protect U.S.oil supplies?​

Accepted Answer

A) Guatemala 
B) Iran 
C) ​Saudi Arabia 
D) ​Venezuela 
E) ​Vietnam 
A) Guatemala 
B) Iran 
C) ​Saudi Arabia 
D) ​Venezuela 
E) ​Vietnam

Question 17

​Which African American athlete broke the color line in Major League Baseball?

Accepted Answer

A) Hank Aaron 
B) Josh Gibson 
C) ​Satchel Paige 
D) ​Jackie Robinson 
A) Hank Aaron 
B) Josh Gibson 
C) ​Satchel Paige 
D) ​Jackie Robinson

Question 18

President Truman vetoed the Taft-Hartley Act,but Congress overrode his veto.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Who was America's leading white cover artist?​

Accepted Answer

A) Allen Ginsberg 
B) Pat Boone 
C) ​Elvis Presley 
D) ​Little Richard 
A) Allen Ginsberg 
B) Pat Boone 
C) ​Elvis Presley 
D) ​Little Richard

Question 20

​Who delivered a 1950 speech about "communist subversion" and went on to make accusations against suspected communists within and beyond the ranks of the government?

Accepted Answer

A) Dwight Eisenhower 
B) J.Edgar Hoover 
C) ​Douglas MacArthur 
D) ​Joseph McCarthy 
E) ​Harry Truman 
A) Dwight Eisenhower 
B) J.Edgar Hoover 
C) ​Douglas MacArthur 
D) ​Joseph McCarthy 
E) ​Harry Truman

Exam 21: Affluence and Anxiety: Cold War America, 1945-1960

​Which statement about Gamal Abdel Nasser and Egypt is true?

Eisenhower's "New Look" military program focused on the production of nuclear weapons and long-range bombers.

In the 1952 presidential campaign,Dwight D.Eisenhower promised to step up military action to defeat communism in Korea.

Which statement about the Tidelands Oil Act is true?​

​The Truman Doctrine was developed as a response to problems in

Experts like Marynia Farnham and Dr.Spock encouraged women to strive to find fulfilling careers and/or hobbies.

As veterans began to return home following the end of World War II,they experienced all of the following except​

​Who were the Little Rock Nine?

​Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus,sparking a year-long boycott of the buses in what city?

​Who served as President Eisenhower's secretary of state?

United Automobile Workers (UAW)?​

The Taft-Hartley Act gave the president the authority to impose a cooling-off period to prevent strikes that threatened the national interest.

​Who precipitated the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up a seat to a white man?

​Martin Luther King,Jr. ,embraced a philosophy based on

​In 1954,Vietnam was temporarily divided at the

In 1953,the CIA was involved in overthrowing the government of which country as part of an effort to protect U.S.oil supplies?​

​Which African American athlete broke the color line in Major League Baseball?

President Truman vetoed the Taft-Hartley Act,but Congress overrode his veto.

Who was America's leading white cover artist?​

​Who delivered a 1950 speech about "communist subversion" and went on to make accusations against suspected communists within and beyond the ranks of the government?

The Atlantic World and the Dawn of Exploration, 1492-1535

Contact, colonization, and Exchange in the Atlantic World, 1492-1600

Colonizing North America, 1565-1763

Dissolving the Political Bands, 1763-1776

The American Revolution, 1776-1789

Forging a New Nation, 1790-1828

The Market Revolution and Social Reform, 1800-1860

The Peculiar Institution: the Old South and Slavery, 1800-1860

Democracy and Popular Politics, 1828-1848

Manifest Destiny and Western Expansion, 1820-1860

The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861

A House Divided: Civil War, 1861-1865

Bitter Aftermath: Reconstruction and Redemption, 1863-1896

Projecting Power, widening Borders: the Politics of Westward Expansion, 1865-1914

Change and Resistance: Industrialization, urbanization, and Farm Protest, 1865-1910

The Reform Impulse: the Progressive Era, 1895-1920

America and Global Conflict: World War I, 1914-1920

The Rise of American Mass Culture, 1920-1929

A Nation in Crisis: the Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

World War Ii at Home and Abroad, 1939-1945

Revolution and Crisis, 1960-1974

A Conservative Resurgence, 1975-1992

America in a Global Context, 1989-Present

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Which statement about Gamal Abdel Nasser and Egypt is true?

Which statement about the Tidelands Oil Act is true?

The Truman Doctrine was developed as a response to problems in

As veterans began to return home following the end of World War II,they experienced all of the following except

Who were the Little Rock Nine?

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus,sparking a year-long boycott of the buses in what city?

Who served as President Eisenhower's secretary of state?

United Automobile Workers (UAW)?

Who precipitated the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up a seat to a white man?

Martin Luther King,Jr. ,embraced a philosophy based on

In 1954,Vietnam was temporarily divided at the

In 1953,the CIA was involved in overthrowing the government of which country as part of an effort to protect U.S.oil supplies?

Which African American athlete broke the color line in Major League Baseball?

Who was America's leading white cover artist?

Who delivered a 1950 speech about "communist subversion" and went on to make accusations against suspected communists within and beyond the ranks of the government?