Question 1

The Warren Commission's account of a lone assassin came under intense scrutiny soon after its report was published.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The CIA helped to influence political developments in all of the following during the 1950s except

Accepted Answer

A) Iran. 
B) Hungary. 
C) the Philippines. 
D) Guatemala. 
E) Lebanon. 
A) Iran. 
B) Hungary. 
C) the Philippines. 
D) Guatemala. 
E) Lebanon.

Question 3

Baby and Child Care was written by ____________________ and sold millions of copies.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Baby and Child Care was written by...

Question 4

The policy of "flexible response" in Vietnam resulted in

Accepted Answer

A) using Green Berets as counterinsurgency forces. 
B) employing social scientists to help in the process of "nation-building." 
C) revamping South Vietnam's internal security forces. 
D) sending 11,000 U.S.troops as advisors to the South Vietnamese military. 
E) all of these choices. 
A) using Green Berets as counterinsurgency forces. 
B) employing social scientists to help in the process of "nation-building." 
C) revamping South Vietnam's internal security forces. 
D) sending 11,000 U.S.troops as advisors to the South Vietnamese military. 
E) all of these choices.

Question 5

The key political spokesperson for the new conservatism was

Accepted Answer

A) Barry Goldwater. 
B) Richard Nixon. 
C) John F.Kennedy. 
D) Richard Dulles. 
E) Robert McNamara. 
A) Barry Goldwater. 
B) Richard Nixon. 
C) John F.Kennedy. 
D) Richard Dulles. 
E) Robert McNamara.

Question 6

Examine the 1960 election and the "New Frontier."

Accepted Answer

In 1960,Democrat John F.Kennedy defeated

Question 7

The first artificial satellite ever launched into space was the Mercury.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

President Eisenhower supported the Highway Act of 1956 based on

Accepted Answer

A) its positive impact on the automobile industry. 
B) national security considerations. 
C) its role in creating jobs. 
D) the need to spend the government surplus. 
E) his bid for reelection. 
A) its positive impact on the automobile industry. 
B) national security considerations. 
C) its role in creating jobs. 
D) the need to spend the government surplus. 
E) his bid for reelection.

Question 9

The water-diversion projects that President Eisenhower supported in the West most benefited

Accepted Answer

A) small farmers and ranching interests. 
B) local communities in several western states. 
C) large-scale agribusiness and ranching interests. 
D) Native Americans. 
E) the Democratic Party. 
A) small farmers and ranching interests. 
B) local communities in several western states. 
C) large-scale agribusiness and ranching interests. 
D) Native Americans. 
E) the Democratic Party.

Question 10

The Warren Commission concluded that the Kennedy assassination was the result of a vast conspiracy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Nikita Khrushchev

Accepted Answer

A) was the Soviet leader who built the Berlin Wall and put nuclear missiles in Cuba. 
B) greatly admired John F.Kennedy and personally attended Kennedy's funeral. 
C) refused to meet with any U.S.leaders and cut off diplomatic relations with the United States. 
D) was the first Russian leader to be educated in the West and to be fluent in English. 
E) launched the Korean War. 
A) was the Soviet leader who built the Berlin Wall and put nuclear missiles in Cuba. 
B) greatly admired John F.Kennedy and personally attended Kennedy's funeral. 
C) refused to meet with any U.S.leaders and cut off diplomatic relations with the United States. 
D) was the first Russian leader to be educated in the West and to be fluent in English. 
E) launched the Korean War.

Question 12

The Paris summit of 1960 was very productive.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Eisenhower administration rejected the idea of covert CIA activities to remove or assassinate leftist political leaders in the Third World.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-redlining

Accepted Answer

practice adopted by many banks and loan

Question 15

Examine the impact of television on U.S.society in the 1950s and 1960s.

Accepted Answer

In the 1950s and 1960s,television became

Question 16

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Martin Luther King,Jr.

Accepted Answer

Baptist minister who gained national pro

Question 17

Stating that Protestants,Catholics and Jews were all saying the same message is a form of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Stating that Protestants,Catholics and Jews were all...

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-real wages

Accepted Answer

the amount of money

Question 19

The Soviet Union provided direct support for Fidel Castro's campaign to overthrow Fulgencio Batista.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

All of the following invaded Egypt in October 1956 except

Accepted Answer

A) Israel. 
B) France. 
C) Great Britain. 
D) the United States. 
E) none of these choices 
A) Israel. 
B) France. 
C) Great Britain. 
D) the United States. 
E) none of these choices

Exam 28: Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

The Warren Commission's account of a lone assassin came under intense scrutiny soon after its report was published.

The CIA helped to influence political developments in all of the following during the 1950s except

Baby and Child Care was written by ____________________ and sold millions of copies.

The policy of "flexible response" in Vietnam resulted in

The key political spokesperson for the new conservatism was

Examine the 1960 election and the "New Frontier."

The first artificial satellite ever launched into space was the Mercury.

President Eisenhower supported the Highway Act of 1956 based on

The water-diversion projects that President Eisenhower supported in the West most benefited

The Warren Commission concluded that the Kennedy assassination was the result of a vast conspiracy.

Nikita Khrushchev

The Paris summit of 1960 was very productive.

The Eisenhower administration rejected the idea of covert CIA activities to remove or assassinate leftist political leaders in the Third World.

IDENTIFICATIONS -redlining

Examine the impact of television on U.S.society in the 1950s and 1960s.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Martin Luther King,Jr.

Stating that Protestants,Catholics and Jews were all saying the same message is a form of ____________________.

IDENTIFICATIONS -real wages

The Soviet Union provided direct support for Fidel Castro's campaign to overthrow Fulgencio Batista.

All of the following invaded Egypt in October 1956 except

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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