Question 1

Economic growth contributed to political stability.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Describe the changing strategies that labor employed in their dealings with industry during the "affluent" 1950s.

Accepted Answer

During the "affluent" 1950s, labor emplo

Question 3

During the 1950s and Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency, the

Accepted Answer

A) United States rejected its former role as protector of the free world. 
B) United States economy fell into a prolonged economic recession. 
C) United States experienced a period of economic growth and affluence. 
D) domestic programs of the Roosevelt and Truman eras were completely eliminated. 
E) Bay of Pigs invasion failed. 
A) United States rejected its former role as protector of the free world. 
B) United States economy fell into a prolonged economic recession. 
C) United States experienced a period of economic growth and affluence. 
D) domestic programs of the Roosevelt and Truman eras were completely eliminated. 
E) Bay of Pigs invasion failed.

Question 4

John Kenneth Galbraith advanced a theory that "power elites" were effectively strangling political and economic life in the U.S.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

According to President Eisenhower in 1961, the greatest danger to the United States was

Accepted Answer

A) communism. 
B) Latin American revolutions. 
C) the Soviet Union. 
D) the military-industrial complex. 
E) Middle Eastern terrorists. 
A) communism. 
B) Latin American revolutions. 
C) the Soviet Union. 
D) the military-industrial complex. 
E) Middle Eastern terrorists.

Question 6

Catholic Bishop ____________________ hosted an Emmy-winning TV program called Life Is Worth Living.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Catholic Bishop ____________________ hosted an Emmy-winning TV...

Question 7

The founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference included

Accepted Answer

A) Stokely Carmichael. 
B) Malcolm X. 
C) Orval Faubus. 
D) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 
E) Strom Thurmond. 
A) Stokely Carmichael. 
B) Malcolm X. 
C) Orval Faubus. 
D) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 
E) Strom Thurmond.

Question 8

The Termination and Relocation Programs implemented by the federal government resulted in which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Migration to urban areas by Native Americans 
B) Higher life expectancy rates than white Americans. 
C) Less frequent discrimination in employment 
D) Increased respect for the reservation by the government. 
E) all of these choices 
A) Migration to urban areas by Native Americans 
B) Higher life expectancy rates than white Americans. 
C) Less frequent discrimination in employment 
D) Increased respect for the reservation by the government. 
E) all of these choices

Question 9

The National Defense Education Act of 1958 overcame congressional opposition to federal aid to education.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Dwight D. Eisenhower was committed to balancing the federal budget.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The U.S. corporation that worked closely with the CIA to undermine the Guatemalan government in 1954 was

Accepted Answer

A) IBM. 
B) Westinghouse. 
C) Coca-Cola. 
D) Ford Motor Company. 
E) United Fruit Company. 
A) IBM. 
B) Westinghouse. 
C) Coca-Cola. 
D) Ford Motor Company. 
E) United Fruit Company.

Question 12

Social critics of the 1950s portrayed the United States as a society of

Accepted Answer

A) rugged individualists. 
B) "other-directed" conformists. 
C) "inner-directed" rebels. 
D) semiliterate comic-book readers. 
E) violent rebels. 
A) rugged individualists. 
B) "other-directed" conformists. 
C) "inner-directed" rebels. 
D) semiliterate comic-book readers. 
E) violent rebels.

Question 13

Imre Nagy sought to create a multiparty democracy in Hungary.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

U.S. religious life in the 1950s was characterized by

Accepted Answer

A) a decline in church membership. 
B) a growth in and dominance of the Catholic Church. 
C) the spread of anti-Semitism. 
D) an emphasis on a pluralistic faith in the Judeo-Christian tradition. 
E) unusual growth of the Jewish faith. 
A) a decline in church membership. 
B) a growth in and dominance of the Catholic Church. 
C) the spread of anti-Semitism. 
D) an emphasis on a pluralistic faith in the Judeo-Christian tradition. 
E) unusual growth of the Jewish faith.

Question 15

The Communist leader of the Vietnamese war for independence from France was

Accepted Answer

A) Mao Tse Tung. 
B) Ho Chi Minh. 
C) Ngo Dinh Diem. 
D) Jiang Jieshi. 
E) Chen Chang. 
A) Mao Tse Tung. 
B) Ho Chi Minh. 
C) Ngo Dinh Diem. 
D) Jiang Jieshi. 
E) Chen Chang.

Question 16

Compare the foreign policy strategies of Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy.

Accepted Answer

President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Presi

Question 17

Describe the emergence of a "mass" consumer culture and the emerging critique of this culture in 1950s America.

Accepted Answer

In the 1950s, America experienced the em

Question 18

In the 1950s the real wages and fringe benefits of U.S. workers improved steadily.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The "King" of pop music in the 1950s was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The "King" of pop music in the...

Question 20

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 set up a mechanism for expediting lawsuits by African Americans who claimed that their voting rights had been abridged.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 28: America at Midcentury, 1953-1963

Economic growth contributed to political stability.

Describe the changing strategies that labor employed in their dealings with industry during the "affluent" 1950s.

During the 1950s and Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency, the

John Kenneth Galbraith advanced a theory that "power elites" were effectively strangling political and economic life in the U.S.

According to President Eisenhower in 1961, the greatest danger to the United States was

Catholic Bishop ____________________ hosted an Emmy-winning TV program called Life Is Worth Living.

The founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference included

The Termination and Relocation Programs implemented by the federal government resulted in which of the following?

The National Defense Education Act of 1958 overcame congressional opposition to federal aid to education.

Dwight D. Eisenhower was committed to balancing the federal budget.

The U.S. corporation that worked closely with the CIA to undermine the Guatemalan government in 1954 was

Social critics of the 1950s portrayed the United States as a society of

Imre Nagy sought to create a multiparty democracy in Hungary.

U.S. religious life in the 1950s was characterized by

The Communist leader of the Vietnamese war for independence from France was

Compare the foreign policy strategies of Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy.

Describe the emergence of a "mass" consumer culture and the emerging critique of this culture in 1950s America.

In the 1950s the real wages and fringe benefits of U.S. workers improved steadily.

The "King" of pop music in the 1950s was ____________________.

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 set up a mechanism for expediting lawsuits by African Americans who claimed that their voting rights had been abridged.

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, Conquest, Catastrophe

Colonization in North America, 1600-1680

Empires, Indians, and the Struggle for Power in North America, 1670-1720

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent, 1720-1763

Reform, Resistance, Revolution, 1763-1776

The Revolutionary Republic, 1776-1789

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture, 1815-1850

Whigs and Democrats, 1815-1840

Antebellum Reform, 1820-1860

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery 1845-1860

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, Peoples, Cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism, 1900-1917

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War, 1939-1945

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

America During a Divisive War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, Social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2014

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