Question 1

Explore the origins of the civil rights movement in the 1950s.

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Essay should address several key points:

Question 2

Economic growth contributed to political stability.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Eisenhower's "New Look" argued that

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A) the government had to pump more money into the domestic economy. 
B) Washington had to take a leading role in the struggle for equal rights. 
C) the defense of the United States would rely less on ground forces and more on cheaper air power. 
D) federal intervention in the economy would cease. 
E) the federal government should subsidize the fashion industry. 
A) the government had to pump more money into the domestic economy. 
B) Washington had to take a leading role in the struggle for equal rights. 
C) the defense of the United States would rely less on ground forces and more on cheaper air power. 
D) federal intervention in the economy would cease. 
E) the federal government should subsidize the fashion industry.

Question 4

Earl Warren was appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower as chief justice of the Supreme Court in 1953.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Eisenhower's administration fought communism by all the following means except

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A) increasing the size and power of the CIA. 
B) giving economic aid to friendly nations. 
C) funding Radio Free Europe,Voice of America,Radio Asia,and other propaganda agencies. 
D) threatening the Soviet Union with nuclear attack if U.S.security were threatened. 
E) refusing to support any government that did not have democratic principles. 
A) increasing the size and power of the CIA. 
B) giving economic aid to friendly nations. 
C) funding Radio Free Europe,Voice of America,Radio Asia,and other propaganda agencies. 
D) threatening the Soviet Union with nuclear attack if U.S.security were threatened. 
E) refusing to support any government that did not have democratic principles.

Question 6

The founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference included

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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 7

Network television was dominated by NBC,CBS,and ABC.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The civil rights group most involved in the "freedom rides" of the Kennedy presidency was the

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A) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNC
C) . 
B) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCL
C) . 
C) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). 
D) Congress of Racial Equality (COR
E) . 
E) Black Panthers. 
A) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNC
C) . 
B) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCL
C) . 
C) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). 
D) Congress of Racial Equality (COR
E) . 
E) Black Panthers.

Question 9

Thirty-five years after his death,John F.Kennedy is still one of the most popular and enigmatic leaders in U.S.history.Examine Kennedy's background image and analyze the reasons for his continued popularity.

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John F.Kennedy came from a wealthy,polit

Question 10

Dr.Martin Luther King,Jr.proposed to end segregation through

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A) violent confrontation. 
B) compromise and accommodation. 
C) nonviolent direct action. 
D) interracial marriage. 
E) Supreme Court rulings. 
A) violent confrontation. 
B) compromise and accommodation. 
C) nonviolent direct action. 
D) interracial marriage. 
E) Supreme Court rulings.

Question 11

Arizona Republican ____________________ criticized postwar leaders for a weak defense policy in his book Conscience of a Conservative.

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The answer of Arizona Republican ____________________ criticized postwar leaders for...

Question 12

The government effort to return illegal Mexican immigrants to Mexico was known as Operation

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A) Return. 
B) Rio Grande. 
C) Wetback. 
D) Red,White,and Blue. 
E) Bracero. 
A) Return. 
B) Rio Grande. 
C) Wetback. 
D) Red,White,and Blue. 
E) Bracero.

Question 13

No one proposed extending the deficit to promote economic growth.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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

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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 15

Martin Luther King,Jr.delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the

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A) Montgomery,Alabama statehouse. 
B) steps of the U.S.Capital. 
C) 1968 Democratic Convention. 
D) United Nations General Assembly. 
E) steps of the Lincoln Memorial. 
A) Montgomery,Alabama statehouse. 
B) steps of the U.S.Capital. 
C) 1968 Democratic Convention. 
D) United Nations General Assembly. 
E) steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Question 16

Discuss the role of religion in American life during the 1950s.

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American religious life during the 1950s

Question 17

The author of The Feminine Mystique (1963)was

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A) Betty Friedan. 
B) Gloria Steinem. 
C) Phyllis Schlafly. 
D) Andrea Dworkin. 
E) Eleanor Roosevelt. 
A) Betty Friedan. 
B) Gloria Steinem. 
C) Phyllis Schlafly. 
D) Andrea Dworkin. 
E) Eleanor Roosevelt.

Question 18

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

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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 19

The 1950s political science doctrine which argued that interest groups would hold countervailing power to giant corporations was called

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A) capitalist autocracy. 
B) socialism. 
C) pluralism. 
D) political power elites. 
E) economic democracy. 
A) capitalist autocracy. 
B) socialism. 
C) pluralism. 
D) political power elites. 
E) economic democracy.

Question 20

The phrase "____________________" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance.

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The answer of The phrase "____________________" was added to the...

Exam 28: Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

Explore the origins of the civil rights movement in the 1950s.

Economic growth contributed to political stability.

Eisenhower's "New Look" argued that

Earl Warren was appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower as chief justice of the Supreme Court in 1953.

Eisenhower's administration fought communism by all the following means except

The founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference included

Network television was dominated by NBC,CBS,and ABC.

The civil rights group most involved in the "freedom rides" of the Kennedy presidency was the

Thirty-five years after his death,John F.Kennedy is still one of the most popular and enigmatic leaders in U.S.history.Examine Kennedy's background image and analyze the reasons for his continued popularity.

Dr.Martin Luther King,Jr.proposed to end segregation through

Arizona Republican ____________________ criticized postwar leaders for a weak defense policy in his book Conscience of a Conservative.

The government effort to return illegal Mexican immigrants to Mexico was known as Operation

No one proposed extending the deficit to promote economic growth.

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

Martin Luther King,Jr.delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the

Discuss the role of religion in American life during the 1950s.

The author of The Feminine Mystique (1963)was

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

The 1950s political science doctrine which argued that interest groups would hold countervailing power to giant corporations was called

The phrase "____________________" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance.

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

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

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

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

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

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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