Question 1

The phenomenon of "white flight" in the 1950s:

Accepted Answer

A)  stopped when the federal government banned housing discrimination 
B)  involved poor whites fleeing the South for jobs in big northern cities 
C)  showed the improvement in race relations since the end of World War II 
D)  was a major cause of the growth of the suburbs 
E)  was discouraged by the open-housing policies of William Levitt 
A)  stopped when the federal government banned housing discrimination 
B)  involved poor whites fleeing the South for jobs in big northern cities 
C)  showed the improvement in race relations since the end of World War II 
D)  was a major cause of the growth of the suburbs 
E)  was discouraged by the open-housing policies of William Levitt

Question 2

Blacks who moved to northern cities found:

Accepted Answer

A)  middle-class status 
B)  quality public housing 
C)  acceptance and respect 
D)  the inability to vote 
E)  new problems and forms of exploitation 
A)  middle-class status 
B)  quality public housing 
C)  acceptance and respect 
D)  the inability to vote 
E)  new problems and forms of exploitation

Question 3

Before becoming president, Eisenhower was most shaped by his experience in:

Accepted Answer

A)  business 
B)  the military 
C)  higher education 
D)  politics 
E)  the law 
A)  business 
B)  the military 
C)  higher education 
D)  politics 
E)  the law

Question 4

In The Crack in the Picture Window, John Keats described suburban life as:

Accepted Answer

A)  the best of all possible worlds 
B)  the true American way 
C)  better than any of the alternatives 
D)  a life of quiet desperation 
E)  homogeneous 
A)  the best of all possible worlds 
B)  the true American way 
C)  better than any of the alternatives 
D)  a life of quiet desperation 
E)  homogeneous

Question 5

After the war, Americans were most eager to:

Accepted Answer

A)  purchase 
B)  save 
C)  travel 
D)  pursue education 
E)  work overtime 
A)  purchase 
B)  save 
C)  travel 
D)  pursue education 
E)  work overtime

Question 6

Discuss the civil rights movement in the 1950s. What civil rights did blacks achieve in that decade?

Accepted Answer

The civil rights movement of the 1950s w

Question 7

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Earl Warren

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

Question 8

Adlai E. Stevenson was:

Accepted Answer

A)  a senator revealed by Joseph McCarthy to be a Communist 
B)  secretary of state for most of Eisenhower's presidency 
C)  Eisenhower's opponent for president in both 1952 and 1956 
D)  appointed by Eisenhower to be chief justice of the Supreme Court 
E)  a leader unusually skilled in communicating with common people 
A)  a senator revealed by Joseph McCarthy to be a Communist 
B)  secretary of state for most of Eisenhower's presidency 
C)  Eisenhower's opponent for president in both 1952 and 1956 
D)  appointed by Eisenhower to be chief justice of the Supreme Court 
E)  a leader unusually skilled in communicating with common people

Question 9

Ultimately, the Beats:

Accepted Answer

A)  changed the political landscape of the 1950s 
B)  proved largely irrelevant to history 
C)  had their greatest success in promoting equality for women 
D)  helped inspire the youth revolt of the 1960s 
E)  launched the gay rights movement 
A)  changed the political landscape of the 1950s 
B)  proved largely irrelevant to history 
C)  had their greatest success in promoting equality for women 
D)  helped inspire the youth revolt of the 1960s 
E)  launched the gay rights movement

Question 10

Detail the election of 1952. Who were the major parties? What were the major issues of the campaign?

Accepted Answer

The election of 1952 in the United State

Question 11

Describe the major trends in American foreign policy in the 1950s.

Accepted Answer

The major trends in American foreign pol

Question 12

Suburban growth was spurred by all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  federally insured loans 
B)  highway construction 
C)  increases in car ownership 
D)  veterans benefits 
E)  new construction of mass public transportation 
A)  federally insured loans 
B)  highway construction 
C)  increases in car ownership 
D)  veterans benefits 
E)  new construction of mass public transportation

Question 13

The baby boom:

Accepted Answer

A)  has been overrated in importance as a social phenomenon 
B)  produced a generation devoted to sacrifice 
C)  started in the early days of World War II 
D)  continued the twentieth century's steady increase in birthrate 
E)  started in 1941 
A)  has been overrated in importance as a social phenomenon 
B)  produced a generation devoted to sacrifice 
C)  started in the early days of World War II 
D)  continued the twentieth century's steady increase in birthrate 
E)  started in 1941

Question 14

Senator Joseph McCarthy's power began to unravel when he made reckless charges about Communist influence in:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Democratic party 
B)  the U.S. Army 
C)  Ivy League colleges 
D)  the Eisenhower administration 
E)  the media 
A)  the Democratic party 
B)  the U.S. Army 
C)  Ivy League colleges 
D)  the Eisenhower administration 
E)  the media

Question 15

While college enrollments soared in the postwar period:

Accepted Answer

A)  most professors were dull and uninspiring 
B)  black veterans encountered barriers to entrance 
C)  student debt became a major problem 
D)  few students were able to finish and earn a degree 
E)  campuses became hotbeds of student protest and misbehavior 
A)  most professors were dull and uninspiring 
B)  black veterans encountered barriers to entrance 
C)  student debt became a major problem 
D)  few students were able to finish and earn a degree 
E)  campuses became hotbeds of student protest and misbehavior

Exam 28: Cold War America, 1950-1959

The phenomenon of "white flight" in the 1950s:

Blacks who moved to northern cities found:

Before becoming president, Eisenhower was most shaped by his experience in:

In The Crack in the Picture Window, John Keats described suburban life as:

After the war, Americans were most eager to:

Discuss the civil rights movement in the 1950s. What civil rights did blacks achieve in that decade?

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Earl Warren

Adlai E. Stevenson was:

Ultimately, the Beats:

Detail the election of 1952. Who were the major parties? What were the major issues of the campaign?

Describe the major trends in American foreign policy in the 1950s.

Suburban growth was spurred by all of the following EXCEPT:

The baby boom:

Senator Joseph McCarthy's power began to unravel when he made reckless charges about Communist influence in:

While college enrollments soared in the postwar period:

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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