Question 1

Rural areas experienced practically no population growth in the 1950s and 1960s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Why did Eisenhower's popularity decline between 1956 and 1958?

Accepted Answer

Dwight D. Eisenhower's popularity as Pre

Question 3

When the U-2 spy plane was shot down over Russia, Eisenhower first:

Accepted Answer

A)  tried to cover it up 
B)  worked hard to get the release of Francis Gary Powers 
C)  admitted the plane was a spy plane 
D)  blamed the CIA 
E)  blamed China 
A)  tried to cover it up 
B)  worked hard to get the release of Francis Gary Powers 
C)  admitted the plane was a spy plane 
D)  blamed the CIA 
E)  blamed China

Question 4

How did America become involved in Indochina? How did that involvement escalate during Eisenhower's administration?

Accepted Answer

America became involved in Indochina as

Question 5

How did President Eisenhower react to Fidel Castro's rise to power and Castro's subsequent policies in Cuba?

Accepted Answer

President Dwight D. Eisenhower's adminis

Question 6

By the 1950s, suburban life was marked by an increasing:

Accepted Answer

A)  uniformity 
B)  cultural innovation 
C)  diversity 
D)  intellectual excitement 
E)  economic stagnation 
A)  uniformity 
B)  cultural innovation 
C)  diversity 
D)  intellectual excitement 
E)  economic stagnation

Question 7

Before the Second World War, approximately how many people graduated from college in the United States each year?

Accepted Answer

A)  about 260,000 
B)  about 500,000 
C)  about 160,000 
D)  about 1 million 
E)  about 750,000 
A)  about 260,000 
B)  about 500,000 
C)  about 160,000 
D)  about 1 million 
E)  about 750,000

Question 8

How did the image of women reflect the corporate life of the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

The image of women in the corporate life

Question 9

Elvis Presley's first national smash hit was "Heartbreak Hotel."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Elvis Presley's recordings:

Accepted Answer

A)  were never very commercially successful 
B)  blended a variety of musical styles 
C)  appealed equally to all ages and generations 
D)  are best remembered for his guitar and piano playing 
E)  truly promoted "a pagan concept of life" 
A)  were never very commercially successful 
B)  blended a variety of musical styles 
C)  appealed equally to all ages and generations 
D)  are best remembered for his guitar and piano playing 
E)  truly promoted "a pagan concept of life"

Question 11

Who wrote that he and other writers felt estranged "from a government that extolled business and mediocrity"?

Accepted Answer

A)  James Jones 
B)  Ralph Ellison 
C)  John Updike 
D)  William Styron 
E)  Saul Bellow 
A)  James Jones 
B)  Ralph Ellison 
C)  John Updike 
D)  William Styron 
E)  Saul Bellow

Question 12

Alan Freed was a notable:

Accepted Answer

A)  musician 
B)  songwriter 
C)  record company owner 
D)  record producer 
E)  disc jockey 
A)  musician 
B)  songwriter 
C)  record company owner 
D)  record producer 
E)  disc jockey

Question 13

How did religious revival and neo-orthodoxy fit into the culture of the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

The 1950s in the United States was a dec

Question 14

Detail the provisions and effects of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, more popularly known as the GI Bill.

Accepted Answer

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act, also

Question 15

The African American writer who explored the theme of social alienation in Invisible Man was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Arthur Miller 
B)  William Styron 
C)  Ralph Ellison 
D)  John Updike 
E)  James Jones 
A)  Arthur Miller 
B)  William Styron 
C)  Ralph Ellison 
D)  John Updike 
E)  James Jones

Question 16

What were the main reasons for suburban growth in this period? How did it affect American society?

Accepted Answer

The main reasons for suburban growth in

Question 17

In the Brown decision, the Supreme Court:

Accepted Answer

A)  struck down "separate but equal" in public education 
B)  ordered an immediate end to Jim Crow segregation 
C)  rejected the legal arguments of the NAACP 
D)  was closely divided 
E)  recognized the high quality of black schools in the South 
A)  struck down "separate but equal" in public education 
B)  ordered an immediate end to Jim Crow segregation 
C)  rejected the legal arguments of the NAACP 
D)  was closely divided 
E)  recognized the high quality of black schools in the South

Question 18

Jack Kerouac's style of writing is commonly grouped into this type of literature:

Accepted Answer

A)  travel books 
B)  short stories 
C)  satire 
D)  Beats 
E)  literary criticism 
A)  travel books 
B)  short stories 
C)  satire 
D)  Beats 
E)  literary criticism

Question 19

Discuss how the various aspects of culture changed in the 1950s. Focus particularly on theater, literature, and painting.

Accepted Answer

In the 1950s, there were significant cha

Question 20

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Ho Chi Minh

Accepted Answer

A) wrote Invisible Man 
B) wrote The Affluent Society 
C) advocated "massive resistance" to integration 
D) challenged bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama 
E) wrote The Crack in the Picture Window
F)was a U-2 spy-plane pilot
G)proclaimed the creation of a Democratic Republic of Vietnam
H)was a suburban home builder
I)was an Arkansas governor
J)was a Supreme Court chief justice 
A) wrote Invisible Man 
B) wrote The Affluent Society 
C) advocated "massive resistance" to integration 
D) challenged bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama 
E) wrote The Crack in the Picture Window
F)was a U-2 spy-plane pilot
G)proclaimed the creation of a Democratic Republic of Vietnam
H)was a suburban home builder
I)was an Arkansas governor
J)was a Supreme Court chief justice

Exam 28: Cold War America, 1950-1959

Rural areas experienced practically no population growth in the 1950s and 1960s.

Why did Eisenhower's popularity decline between 1956 and 1958?

When the U-2 spy plane was shot down over Russia, Eisenhower first:

How did America become involved in Indochina? How did that involvement escalate during Eisenhower's administration?

How did President Eisenhower react to Fidel Castro's rise to power and Castro's subsequent policies in Cuba?

By the 1950s, suburban life was marked by an increasing:

Before the Second World War, approximately how many people graduated from college in the United States each year?

How did the image of women reflect the corporate life of the 1950s?

Elvis Presley's first national smash hit was "Heartbreak Hotel."

Elvis Presley's recordings:

Who wrote that he and other writers felt estranged "from a government that extolled business and mediocrity"?

Alan Freed was a notable:

How did religious revival and neo-orthodoxy fit into the culture of the 1950s?

Detail the provisions and effects of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, more popularly known as the GI Bill.

The African American writer who explored the theme of social alienation in Invisible Man was:

What were the main reasons for suburban growth in this period? How did it affect American society?

In the Brown decision, the Supreme Court:

Jack Kerouac's style of writing is commonly grouped into this type of literature:

Discuss how the various aspects of culture changed in the 1950s. Focus particularly on theater, literature, and painting.

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Ho Chi Minh

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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