Question 1

Great Britain asked for assistance from the United States to stop the threat of Soviet expansion to Greece and Turkey.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

At the end of the Korean War,North and South Korea were divided at the thirty-eighth parallel.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

​What was unique about Levittown,New York,when it was built in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

A) It was built by federal government contractors. 
B) It was a planned community of prefabricated houses. 
C) ​Only veterans of World War II were allowed as first-time owners. 
D) ​It attracted unprecedented numbers of African Americans from the city. 
A) It was built by federal government contractors. 
B) It was a planned community of prefabricated houses. 
C) ​Only veterans of World War II were allowed as first-time owners. 
D) ​It attracted unprecedented numbers of African Americans from the city.

Question 4

​Who was Alan Freed?

Accepted Answer

A) a Broadway star 
B) a variety show host 
C) ​a rhythm and blues artist 
D) ​a rock 'n' roll disc jockey 
A) a Broadway star 
B) a variety show host 
C) ​a rhythm and blues artist 
D) ​a rock 'n' roll disc jockey

Question 5

The Soviet Union tested its first atomic device in 1949,years earlier than Americans had anticipated.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Alger Hiss was eventually tried and convicted of perjury after denying he had been a member of a communist cell.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What was the basic premise of the domino theory?​

Accepted Answer

A) The spread of communism would eventually result in mutually assured destruction. 
B) If one state in a region fell to communism,the surrounding countries would fall as well. 
C) ​The free world had to line up its military,economic,and political power with that of the Soviet Union. 
D) ​Working together with the Soviet Union and other communist countries on peaceful endeavors was the best way to avoid war. 
A) The spread of communism would eventually result in mutually assured destruction. 
B) If one state in a region fell to communism,the surrounding countries would fall as well. 
C) ​The free world had to line up its military,economic,and political power with that of the Soviet Union. 
D) ​Working together with the Soviet Union and other communist countries on peaceful endeavors was the best way to avoid war.

Question 8

​Which of the following strategies was influential in ending the Soviet Union's blockade of East Berlin?

Accepted Answer

A) the intervention of U.N.peacekeeping forces 
B) U.S.military intervention and the threat of nuclear intervention 
C) ​the steady supply of food,fuel,and medical supplies delivered by airlift 
D) ​sympathy strikes among people within the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe 
E) ​secret negotiations between the foreign ministers of the United States and the Soviet Union 
A) the intervention of U.N.peacekeeping forces 
B) U.S.military intervention and the threat of nuclear intervention 
C) ​the steady supply of food,fuel,and medical supplies delivered by airlift 
D) ​sympathy strikes among people within the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe 
E) ​secret negotiations between the foreign ministers of the United States and the Soviet Union

Question 9

What was Winston Churchill referring to when he spoke of the iron curtain?​

Accepted Answer

A) the division between Soviet-dominated eastern Europe and the rest of the continent 
B) the barrier that had to be established to contain communism within its existing boundaries 
C) ​changes in Britain's Parliament that had removed him from his position as prime minister 
D) ​the rift within the Truman government regarding policy toward the Soviet Union and Communism 
A) the division between Soviet-dominated eastern Europe and the rest of the continent 
B) the barrier that had to be established to contain communism within its existing boundaries 
C) ​changes in Britain's Parliament that had removed him from his position as prime minister 
D) ​the rift within the Truman government regarding policy toward the Soviet Union and Communism

Question 10

​Which best describes Elvis Presley's influence on music?

Accepted Answer

A) Music became a bonding experience for parents and teenagers. 
B) Record companies began to produce more rhythm and blues music. 
C) ​Televised shows and music videos became essential for record sales. 
D) ​The popularity of rock 'n' roll music declined due to criticism from adults. 
A) Music became a bonding experience for parents and teenagers. 
B) Record companies began to produce more rhythm and blues music. 
C) ​Televised shows and music videos became essential for record sales. 
D) ​The popularity of rock 'n' roll music declined due to criticism from adults.

Question 11

Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government fell to communists led by Mau Tse-tung in 1949.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

John F.Kennedy "won" the series of televised debates with Nixon in the 1960 presidential election.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

All of the following were provisions of the National Security Act of 1947 except​

Accepted Answer

A) the creation of a single Department of Defense to oversee all the armed forces 
B) the establishment of the Central Intelligence Agency to collect intelligence abroad 
C) the establishment of the National Security Council to provide foreign policy information to the president 
D) the creation of the House Un-American Activities Committee to investigate subversive activities within the United States 
A) the creation of a single Department of Defense to oversee all the armed forces 
B) the establishment of the Central Intelligence Agency to collect intelligence abroad 
C) the establishment of the National Security Council to provide foreign policy information to the president 
D) the creation of the House Un-American Activities Committee to investigate subversive activities within the United States

Question 14

​Dr.Benjamin Spock provided American women with information on what topic?

Accepted Answer

A) birth control 
B) child care 
C) ​homeopathic remedies 
D) ​sex 
A) birth control 
B) child care 
C) ​homeopathic remedies 
D) ​sex

Question 15

​Who was John F.Kennedy's Republican opponent in the presidential election of 1960?

Accepted Answer

A) Dwight Eisenhower 
B) Richard Nixon 
C) ​Lyndon Johnson 
D) ​John Nance Garner 
E) ​J.Edgar Hoover 
A) Dwight Eisenhower 
B) Richard Nixon 
C) ​Lyndon Johnson 
D) ​John Nance Garner 
E) ​J.Edgar Hoover

Question 16

The States' Rights Party,or Dixiecrats,was formed primarily to oppose new laws governing unions and the workplace.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

​What was the Beat Generation?

Accepted Answer

A) a group of parents and educators who opposed the new rock 'n' roll culture 
B) a group of writers and poets who attacked mainstream values and conformity 
C) ​a group of World War II veterans who demanded respect for older Americans 
D) ​a group of young people who focused on economic prosperity and material gain 
A) a group of parents and educators who opposed the new rock 'n' roll culture 
B) a group of writers and poets who attacked mainstream values and conformity 
C) ​a group of World War II veterans who demanded respect for older Americans 
D) ​a group of young people who focused on economic prosperity and material gain

Question 18

Richard Nixon planned to resign from the vice presidency prior to the 1956 to run for the Senate,but President Eisenhower persuaded him to remain as his running mate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

​What did John Foster Dulles call the buildup of atomic warheads and the implied threat of using them?

Accepted Answer

A) brinksmanship 
B) containment 
C) ​covert action 
D) ​domino theory 
A) brinksmanship 
B) containment 
C) ​covert action 
D) ​domino theory

Question 20

The average age at which men and women married was higher following World War II than it had been before the war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

Great Britain asked for assistance from the United States to stop the threat of Soviet expansion to Greece and Turkey.

At the end of the Korean War,North and South Korea were divided at the thirty-eighth parallel.

​What was unique about Levittown,New York,when it was built in the 1950s?

​Who was Alan Freed?

The Soviet Union tested its first atomic device in 1949,years earlier than Americans had anticipated.

Alger Hiss was eventually tried and convicted of perjury after denying he had been a member of a communist cell.

What was the basic premise of the domino theory?​

​Which of the following strategies was influential in ending the Soviet Union's blockade of East Berlin?

What was Winston Churchill referring to when he spoke of the iron curtain?​

​Which best describes Elvis Presley's influence on music?

Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government fell to communists led by Mau Tse-tung in 1949.

John F.Kennedy "won" the series of televised debates with Nixon in the 1960 presidential election.

All of the following were provisions of the National Security Act of 1947 except​

​Dr.Benjamin Spock provided American women with information on what topic?

​Who was John F.Kennedy's Republican opponent in the presidential election of 1960?

The States' Rights Party,or Dixiecrats,was formed primarily to oppose new laws governing unions and the workplace.

​What was the Beat Generation?

Richard Nixon planned to resign from the vice presidency prior to the 1956 to run for the Senate,but President Eisenhower persuaded him to remain as his running mate.

​What did John Foster Dulles call the buildup of atomic warheads and the implied threat of using them?

The average age at which men and women married was higher following World War II than it had been before the war.

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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What was unique about Levittown,New York,when it was built in the 1950s?

Who was Alan Freed?

What was the basic premise of the domino theory?

Which of the following strategies was influential in ending the Soviet Union's blockade of East Berlin?

What was Winston Churchill referring to when he spoke of the iron curtain?

Which best describes Elvis Presley's influence on music?

All of the following were provisions of the National Security Act of 1947 except

Dr.Benjamin Spock provided American women with information on what topic?

Who was John F.Kennedy's Republican opponent in the presidential election of 1960?

What was the Beat Generation?

What did John Foster Dulles call the buildup of atomic warheads and the implied threat of using them?