Question 1

Answer the following  questions :
-World Bank

Accepted Answer

A) A 1959 debate over the merits of their rival systems between U.S.vice president Richard Nixon and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev at the opening of an American exhibition in Moscow. 
B) An international conference in New Hampshire in July 1944 that established the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 
C) An international bank created to provide loans for the reconstruction of war-torn Europe as well as for the development of former colonized nations in the developing world. 
D) A fund established to stabilize currencies and provide a predictable monetary environment for trade,with the U.S.dollar serving as the benchmark. 
E) A term President Eisenhower used to refer to the military establishment and defense contractors who,he warned,exercised undue influence over the national government.
F)The world's first artificial satellite,launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.After its launch,the United States funded research and education to catch up in the Cold War space competition.
G)A 1958 act,passed in response to the Soviet launching of the Sputnik satellite,that funneled millions of dollars into American universities,helping institutions such as the University of California at Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,among others,become the leading research centers in the world.
H)A 1958 book by John Kenneth Galbraith that analyzed the nation's successful middle class and argued that the poor were only an "afterthought" in the minds of economists and politicians.
I)A 1962 book by left-wing social critic Michael Harrington,chronicling "the economic underworld of American life." His study made it clear that in economic terms the bottom class remained far behind.
J)A federal agency that assists former soldiers.Following World War II,this organization helped veterans purchase new homes with no down payment,sparking a building boom that created jobs in the construction industry and fueling consumer spending in home appliances and automobiles.
K)A process of negotiation between labor unions and employers,which after World War II translated into rising wages,expanding benefits,and an increasing rate of home ownership.
L)A term for a young adult.American youth culture,focused on the spending power of the "teenager," emerged as a cultural phenomenon in the postwar decades.
M)A small group of literary figures based in New York City and San Francisco in the 1950s who rejected mainstream culture and instead celebrated personal freedom,which often included drug consumption and casual sex.
N)The surge in the American birthrate between 1945 and 1965,which peaked in 1957 with 4.3 million births.
O)A 1948 Supreme Court decision that outlawed restrictive covenants on the occupancy of housing developments by African Americans,Asian Americans,and other minorities.Because the Court decision did not actually prohibit racial discrimination in housing,unfair practices against minority groups continued until passage of the Fair Housing Act in 1968.
P)A 1956 law authorizing the construction of a national highway system.
Q)Name applied to the Southwest and South,which grew rapidly after World War II as a center of defense industries and nonunionized labor.
R)Informal name for the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders,formed by the president to investigate the causes of the 1967 urban riots.Its 1968 report warned that "our nation is moving toward two societies,one black,one white,separate and unequal." 
A) A 1959 debate over the merits of their rival systems between U.S.vice president Richard Nixon and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev at the opening of an American exhibition in Moscow. 
B) An international conference in New Hampshire in July 1944 that established the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 
C) An international bank created to provide loans for the reconstruction of war-torn Europe as well as for the development of former colonized nations in the developing world. 
D) A fund established to stabilize currencies and provide a predictable monetary environment for trade,with the U.S.dollar serving as the benchmark. 
E) A term President Eisenhower used to refer to the military establishment and defense contractors who,he warned,exercised undue influence over the national government.
F)The world's first artificial satellite,launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.After its launch,the United States funded research and education to catch up in the Cold War space competition.
G)A 1958 act,passed in response to the Soviet launching of the Sputnik satellite,that funneled millions of dollars into American universities,helping institutions such as the University of California at Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,among others,become the leading research centers in the world.
H)A 1958 book by John Kenneth Galbraith that analyzed the nation's successful middle class and argued that the poor were only an "afterthought" in the minds of economists and politicians.
I)A 1962 book by left-wing social critic Michael Harrington,chronicling "the economic underworld of American life." His study made it clear that in economic terms the bottom class remained far behind.
J)A federal agency that assists former soldiers.Following World War II,this organization helped veterans purchase new homes with no down payment,sparking a building boom that created jobs in the construction industry and fueling consumer spending in home appliances and automobiles.
K)A process of negotiation between labor unions and employers,which after World War II translated into rising wages,expanding benefits,and an increasing rate of home ownership.
L)A term for a young adult.American youth culture,focused on the spending power of the "teenager," emerged as a cultural phenomenon in the postwar decades.
M)A small group of literary figures based in New York City and San Francisco in the 1950s who rejected mainstream culture and instead celebrated personal freedom,which often included drug consumption and casual sex.
N)The surge in the American birthrate between 1945 and 1965,which peaked in 1957 with 4.3 million births.
O)A 1948 Supreme Court decision that outlawed restrictive covenants on the occupancy of housing developments by African Americans,Asian Americans,and other minorities.Because the Court decision did not actually prohibit racial discrimination in housing,unfair practices against minority groups continued until passage of the Fair Housing Act in 1968.
P)A 1956 law authorizing the construction of a national highway system.
Q)Name applied to the Southwest and South,which grew rapidly after World War II as a center of defense industries and nonunionized labor.
R)Informal name for the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders,formed by the president to investigate the causes of the 1967 urban riots.Its 1968 report warned that "our nation is moving toward two societies,one black,one white,separate and unequal." C

Question 2

Which of the following describes the urban renewal projects that took place in U.S.cities in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Urban residents strongly supported the projects,which provided new,modern housing. 
B)  Urban renewal projects promoted racial integration in segregated neighborhoods. 
C)  The federal government funded and undertook such projects over the protests of state and city governments. 
D)  Urban renewal efforts coincided with an increase in cities' black,Latino,and Native American populations. 
A)  Urban residents strongly supported the projects,which provided new,modern housing. 
B)  Urban renewal projects promoted racial integration in segregated neighborhoods. 
C)  The federal government funded and undertook such projects over the protests of state and city governments. 
D)  Urban renewal efforts coincided with an increase in cities' black,Latino,and Native American populations. D

Question 3

Which of the following job categories grew explosively in the United States in the 1950s and came to symbolize the era?

Accepted Answer

A)  Independent entrepreneurs 
B)  Blue-collar workers 
C)  White-collar managers 
D)  Unskilled laborers 
A)  Independent entrepreneurs 
B)  Blue-collar workers 
C)  White-collar managers 
D)  Unskilled laborers C

Question 4

The Beat generation of the 1950s rejected

Accepted Answer

A)  spontaneity. 
B)  political activism. 
C)  sexual adventurism. 
D)  drug use. 
A)  spontaneity. 
B)  political activism. 
C)  sexual adventurism. 
D)  drug use.

Question 5

Which of the following statements characterizes the pressure felt by middle-class American women during the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cultural messages indicated that domesticity should be women's highest priority. 
B)  Prominent experts claimed that "well-adjusted" women could handle jobs and motherhood. 
C)  The media stressed the importance of women's financial contributions to their families. 
D)  Television preachers stressed that unhappy housewives should repent for their "materialistic sins." 
A)  Cultural messages indicated that domesticity should be women's highest priority. 
B)  Prominent experts claimed that "well-adjusted" women could handle jobs and motherhood. 
C)  The media stressed the importance of women's financial contributions to their families. 
D)  Television preachers stressed that unhappy housewives should repent for their "materialistic sins."

Question 6

When Eisenhower said,"We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence,whether sought or unsought," he was referring to the

Accepted Answer

A)  Sino-Soviet alliance. 
B)  military-industrial complex. 
C)  Axis powers. 
D)  Warsaw Pact. 
A)  Sino-Soviet alliance. 
B)  military-industrial complex. 
C)  Axis powers. 
D)  Warsaw Pact.

Question 7

Which of the following factors spurred congressional approval of the Interstate Highway Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  The destruction of the mass-transit systems 
B)  The New Deal 
C)  The Fair Deal 
D)  The Cold War 
A)  The destruction of the mass-transit systems 
B)  The New Deal 
C)  The Fair Deal 
D)  The Cold War

Question 8

In what sense was the United States "two nations"?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- White,Af

Question 9

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

Accepted Answer

A)  Allen Ginsberg-author of a groundbreaking study on sex in America 
B)  Hugh Hefner-founder of Playboy magazine 
C)  Alfred Kinsley-prominent gay activist in the 1950s 
D)  Del Martin-famous Beat author and poet 
A)  Allen Ginsberg-author of a groundbreaking study on sex in America 
B)  Hugh Hefner-founder of Playboy magazine 
C)  Alfred Kinsley-prominent gay activist in the 1950s 
D)  Del Martin-famous Beat author and poet

Question 10

The Affluent Society (1958)was one of the most influential books about the U.S.economy in the twentieth century because it

Accepted Answer

A)  promoted the ideal of the self-made man. 
B)  argued that the poor had been neglected by economists and politicians. 
C)  closely studied the lifestyle of the wealthy. 
D)  declared "one-third of the nation" to be poorly paid,poorly educated,and poorly housed. 
A)  promoted the ideal of the self-made man. 
B)  argued that the poor had been neglected by economists and politicians. 
C)  closely studied the lifestyle of the wealthy. 
D)  declared "one-third of the nation" to be poorly paid,poorly educated,and poorly housed.

Question 11

For this question,refer to the following passage. And is this not the whole drift of our society? We are not interchangeable in the sense of being people without differences,but in the externals of existence we are united by a culture increasingly national.And this is part of the momentum of mobility.The more people move about,the more similar American environments become,and the more similar they become,the easier it is to move about.
More and more,the young couples who move do so only physically.With each transfer the décor,the architecture,the faces,and the names may change;the people,the conversation,and the values do not-and sometimes the décor and architecture don't either....
Suburban residents like to maintain that their suburbia not only looks classless but is classless.That is,they are apt to add on second thought,there are no extremes,and if the place isn't exactly without class,it is at least a one-class society...."We are all," they say,"in the same boat."
William H.Whyte,Jr. ,The Organization Man,1956
Which group that rose to prominence in the postwar period does this passage describe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Artists and intellectuals 
B)  Social conservatives 
C)  The middle class 
D)  Internal migrants 
A)  Artists and intellectuals 
B)  Social conservatives 
C)  The middle class 
D)  Internal migrants

Question 12

Which of the following elements was part of the Bretton Woods system?

Accepted Answer

A)  A monetary supply with the British notes as a benchmark 
B)  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) 
C)  The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 
D)  A limiting of American capital 
A)  A monetary supply with the British notes as a benchmark 
B)  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) 
C)  The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 
D)  A limiting of American capital

Question 13

Answer the following  questions :
-Shelley v.Kraemer

Accepted Answer

A) A 1959 debate over the merits of their rival systems between U.S.vice president Richard Nixon and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev at the opening of an American exhibition in Moscow. 
B) An international conference in New Hampshire in July 1944 that established the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 
C) An international bank created to provide loans for the reconstruction of war-torn Europe as well as for the development of former colonized nations in the developing world. 
D) A fund established to stabilize currencies and provide a predictable monetary environment for trade,with the U.S.dollar serving as the benchmark. 
E) A term President Eisenhower used to refer to the military establishment and defense contractors who,he warned,exercised undue influence over the national government.
F)The world's first artificial satellite,launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.After its launch,the United States funded research and education to catch up in the Cold War space competition.
G)A 1958 act,passed in response to the Soviet launching of the Sputnik satellite,that funneled millions of dollars into American universities,helping institutions such as the University of California at Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,among others,become the leading research centers in the world.
H)A 1958 book by John Kenneth Galbraith that analyzed the nation's successful middle class and argued that the poor were only an "afterthought" in the minds of economists and politicians.
I)A 1962 book by left-wing social critic Michael Harrington,chronicling "the economic underworld of American life." His study made it clear that in economic terms the bottom class remained far behind.
J)A federal agency that assists former soldiers.Following World War II,this organization helped veterans purchase new homes with no down payment,sparking a building boom that created jobs in the construction industry and fueling consumer spending in home appliances and automobiles.
K)A process of negotiation between labor unions and employers,which after World War II translated into rising wages,expanding benefits,and an increasing rate of home ownership.
L)A term for a young adult.American youth culture,focused on the spending power of the "teenager," emerged as a cultural phenomenon in the postwar decades.
M)A small group of literary figures based in New York City and San Francisco in the 1950s who rejected mainstream culture and instead celebrated personal freedom,which often included drug consumption and casual sex.
N)The surge in the American birthrate between 1945 and 1965,which peaked in 1957 with 4.3 million births.
O)A 1948 Supreme Court decision that outlawed restrictive covenants on the occupancy of housing developments by African Americans,Asian Americans,and other minorities.Because the Court decision did not actually prohibit racial discrimination in housing,unfair practices against minority groups continued until passage of the Fair Housing Act in 1968.
P)A 1956 law authorizing the construction of a national highway system.
Q)Name applied to the Southwest and South,which grew rapidly after World War II as a center of defense industries and nonunionized labor.
R)Informal name for the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders,formed by the president to investigate the causes of the 1967 urban riots.Its 1968 report warned that "our nation is moving toward two societies,one black,one white,separate and unequal." 
A) A 1959 debate over the merits of their rival systems between U.S.vice president Richard Nixon and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev at the opening of an American exhibition in Moscow. 
B) An international conference in New Hampshire in July 1944 that established the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 
C) An international bank created to provide loans for the reconstruction of war-torn Europe as well as for the development of former colonized nations in the developing world. 
D) A fund established to stabilize currencies and provide a predictable monetary environment for trade,with the U.S.dollar serving as the benchmark. 
E) A term President Eisenhower used to refer to the military establishment and defense contractors who,he warned,exercised undue influence over the national government.
F)The world's first artificial satellite,launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.After its launch,the United States funded research and education to catch up in the Cold War space competition.
G)A 1958 act,passed in response to the Soviet launching of the Sputnik satellite,that funneled millions of dollars into American universities,helping institutions such as the University of California at Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,among others,become the leading research centers in the world.
H)A 1958 book by John Kenneth Galbraith that analyzed the nation's successful middle class and argued that the poor were only an "afterthought" in the minds of economists and politicians.
I)A 1962 book by left-wing social critic Michael Harrington,chronicling "the economic underworld of American life." His study made it clear that in economic terms the bottom class remained far behind.
J)A federal agency that assists former soldiers.Following World War II,this organization helped veterans purchase new homes with no down payment,sparking a building boom that created jobs in the construction industry and fueling consumer spending in home appliances and automobiles.
K)A process of negotiation between labor unions and employers,which after World War II translated into rising wages,expanding benefits,and an increasing rate of home ownership.
L)A term for a young adult.American youth culture,focused on the spending power of the "teenager," emerged as a cultural phenomenon in the postwar decades.
M)A small group of literary figures based in New York City and San Francisco in the 1950s who rejected mainstream culture and instead celebrated personal freedom,which often included drug consumption and casual sex.
N)The surge in the American birthrate between 1945 and 1965,which peaked in 1957 with 4.3 million births.
O)A 1948 Supreme Court decision that outlawed restrictive covenants on the occupancy of housing developments by African Americans,Asian Americans,and other minorities.Because the Court decision did not actually prohibit racial discrimination in housing,unfair practices against minority groups continued until passage of the Fair Housing Act in 1968.
P)A 1956 law authorizing the construction of a national highway system.
Q)Name applied to the Southwest and South,which grew rapidly after World War II as a center of defense industries and nonunionized labor.
R)Informal name for the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders,formed by the president to investigate the causes of the 1967 urban riots.Its 1968 report warned that "our nation is moving toward two societies,one black,one white,separate and unequal."

Question 14

Explain the relationship between suburbanization and consumption in post-World War II America.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Relation

Question 15

For this question,refer to the following passage. And is this not the whole drift of our society? We are not interchangeable in the sense of being people without differences,but in the externals of existence we are united by a culture increasingly national.And this is part of the momentum of mobility.The more people move about,the more similar American environments become,and the more similar they become,the easier it is to move about.
More and more,the young couples who move do so only physically.With each transfer the décor,the architecture,the faces,and the names may change;the people,the conversation,and the values do not-and sometimes the décor and architecture don't either....
Suburban residents like to maintain that their suburbia not only looks classless but is classless.That is,they are apt to add on second thought,there are no extremes,and if the place isn't exactly without class,it is at least a one-class society...."We are all," they say,"in the same boat."
William H.Whyte,Jr. ,The Organization Man,1956
Which of the following developments from the first half of the twentieth century would compare most closely with those described in the excerpt?

Accepted Answer

A)  The urbanization and industrialization of the 1920s helping to create a new mass culture 
B)  The reforms and agencies of the New Deal that endeavored to make society and individuals more secure 
C)  The mass mobilization of American society during World War II 
D)  The progressive reformers who wanted to address social problems associated with a modern society 
A)  The urbanization and industrialization of the 1920s helping to create a new mass culture 
B)  The reforms and agencies of the New Deal that endeavored to make society and individuals more secure 
C)  The mass mobilization of American society during World War II 
D)  The progressive reformers who wanted to address social problems associated with a modern society

Question 16

Which of the following economic statistics represented the U.S.economy in the post-World War II period?

Accepted Answer

A)  The poverty rate had declined to one in twenty American families by 1960. 
B)  Between 1947 and 1975,the productivity of America's workers more than doubled. 
C)  Between 1946 and 1969,the real income for ordinary Americans rose by 40 percent. 
D)  Over 85 percent of American families owned a television set by 1950. 
A)  The poverty rate had declined to one in twenty American families by 1960. 
B)  Between 1947 and 1975,the productivity of America's workers more than doubled. 
C)  Between 1946 and 1969,the real income for ordinary Americans rose by 40 percent. 
D)  Over 85 percent of American families owned a television set by 1950.

Question 17

Michael Harrington's 1962 book The Other America exposed

Accepted Answer

A)  the problem of American race relations. 
B)  poverty in America. 
C)  two inherently unequal societies in America,one white and one black. 
D)  the poor way in which illegal immigrants were treated by their employers. 
A)  the problem of American race relations. 
B)  poverty in America. 
C)  two inherently unequal societies in America,one white and one black. 
D)  the poor way in which illegal immigrants were treated by their employers.

Question 18

Answer the following  questions :
-Sputnik

Accepted Answer

A) A 1959 debate over the merits of their rival systems between U.S.vice president Richard Nixon and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev at the opening of an American exhibition in Moscow. 
B) An international conference in New Hampshire in July 1944 that established the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 
C) An international bank created to provide loans for the reconstruction of war-torn Europe as well as for the development of former colonized nations in the developing world. 
D) A fund established to stabilize currencies and provide a predictable monetary environment for trade,with the U.S.dollar serving as the benchmark. 
E) A term President Eisenhower used to refer to the military establishment and defense contractors who,he warned,exercised undue influence over the national government.
F)The world's first artificial satellite,launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.After its launch,the United States funded research and education to catch up in the Cold War space competition.
G)A 1958 act,passed in response to the Soviet launching of the Sputnik satellite,that funneled millions of dollars into American universities,helping institutions such as the University of California at Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,among others,become the leading research centers in the world.
H)A 1958 book by John Kenneth Galbraith that analyzed the nation's successful middle class and argued that the poor were only an "afterthought" in the minds of economists and politicians.
I)A 1962 book by left-wing social critic Michael Harrington,chronicling "the economic underworld of American life." His study made it clear that in economic terms the bottom class remained far behind.
J)A federal agency that assists former soldiers.Following World War II,this organization helped veterans purchase new homes with no down payment,sparking a building boom that created jobs in the construction industry and fueling consumer spending in home appliances and automobiles.
K)A process of negotiation between labor unions and employers,which after World War II translated into rising wages,expanding benefits,and an increasing rate of home ownership.
L)A term for a young adult.American youth culture,focused on the spending power of the "teenager," emerged as a cultural phenomenon in the postwar decades.
M)A small group of literary figures based in New York City and San Francisco in the 1950s who rejected mainstream culture and instead celebrated personal freedom,which often included drug consumption and casual sex.
N)The surge in the American birthrate between 1945 and 1965,which peaked in 1957 with 4.3 million births.
O)A 1948 Supreme Court decision that outlawed restrictive covenants on the occupancy of housing developments by African Americans,Asian Americans,and other minorities.Because the Court decision did not actually prohibit racial discrimination in housing,unfair practices against minority groups continued until passage of the Fair Housing Act in 1968.
P)A 1956 law authorizing the construction of a national highway system.
Q)Name applied to the Southwest and South,which grew rapidly after World War II as a center of defense industries and nonunionized labor.
R)Informal name for the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders,formed by the president to investigate the causes of the 1967 urban riots.Its 1968 report warned that "our nation is moving toward two societies,one black,one white,separate and unequal." 
A) A 1959 debate over the merits of their rival systems between U.S.vice president Richard Nixon and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev at the opening of an American exhibition in Moscow. 
B) An international conference in New Hampshire in July 1944 that established the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 
C) An international bank created to provide loans for the reconstruction of war-torn Europe as well as for the development of former colonized nations in the developing world. 
D) A fund established to stabilize currencies and provide a predictable monetary environment for trade,with the U.S.dollar serving as the benchmark. 
E) A term President Eisenhower used to refer to the military establishment and defense contractors who,he warned,exercised undue influence over the national government.
F)The world's first artificial satellite,launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.After its launch,the United States funded research and education to catch up in the Cold War space competition.
G)A 1958 act,passed in response to the Soviet launching of the Sputnik satellite,that funneled millions of dollars into American universities,helping institutions such as the University of California at Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,among others,become the leading research centers in the world.
H)A 1958 book by John Kenneth Galbraith that analyzed the nation's successful middle class and argued that the poor were only an "afterthought" in the minds of economists and politicians.
I)A 1962 book by left-wing social critic Michael Harrington,chronicling "the economic underworld of American life." His study made it clear that in economic terms the bottom class remained far behind.
J)A federal agency that assists former soldiers.Following World War II,this organization helped veterans purchase new homes with no down payment,sparking a building boom that created jobs in the construction industry and fueling consumer spending in home appliances and automobiles.
K)A process of negotiation between labor unions and employers,which after World War II translated into rising wages,expanding benefits,and an increasing rate of home ownership.
L)A term for a young adult.American youth culture,focused on the spending power of the "teenager," emerged as a cultural phenomenon in the postwar decades.
M)A small group of literary figures based in New York City and San Francisco in the 1950s who rejected mainstream culture and instead celebrated personal freedom,which often included drug consumption and casual sex.
N)The surge in the American birthrate between 1945 and 1965,which peaked in 1957 with 4.3 million births.
O)A 1948 Supreme Court decision that outlawed restrictive covenants on the occupancy of housing developments by African Americans,Asian Americans,and other minorities.Because the Court decision did not actually prohibit racial discrimination in housing,unfair practices against minority groups continued until passage of the Fair Housing Act in 1968.
P)A 1956 law authorizing the construction of a national highway system.
Q)Name applied to the Southwest and South,which grew rapidly after World War II as a center of defense industries and nonunionized labor.
R)Informal name for the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders,formed by the president to investigate the causes of the 1967 urban riots.Its 1968 report warned that "our nation is moving toward two societies,one black,one white,separate and unequal."

Question 19

Answer the following  questions :
-Beats

Accepted Answer

A) A 1959 debate over the merits of their rival systems between U.S.vice president Richard Nixon and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev at the opening of an American exhibition in Moscow. 
B) An international conference in New Hampshire in July 1944 that established the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 
C) An international bank created to provide loans for the reconstruction of war-torn Europe as well as for the development of former colonized nations in the developing world. 
D) A fund established to stabilize currencies and provide a predictable monetary environment for trade,with the U.S.dollar serving as the benchmark. 
E) A term President Eisenhower used to refer to the military establishment and defense contractors who,he warned,exercised undue influence over the national government.
F)The world's first artificial satellite,launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.After its launch,the United States funded research and education to catch up in the Cold War space competition.
G)A 1958 act,passed in response to the Soviet launching of the Sputnik satellite,that funneled millions of dollars into American universities,helping institutions such as the University of California at Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,among others,become the leading research centers in the world.
H)A 1958 book by John Kenneth Galbraith that analyzed the nation's successful middle class and argued that the poor were only an "afterthought" in the minds of economists and politicians.
I)A 1962 book by left-wing social critic Michael Harrington,chronicling "the economic underworld of American life." His study made it clear that in economic terms the bottom class remained far behind.
J)A federal agency that assists former soldiers.Following World War II,this organization helped veterans purchase new homes with no down payment,sparking a building boom that created jobs in the construction industry and fueling consumer spending in home appliances and automobiles.
K)A process of negotiation between labor unions and employers,which after World War II translated into rising wages,expanding benefits,and an increasing rate of home ownership.
L)A term for a young adult.American youth culture,focused on the spending power of the "teenager," emerged as a cultural phenomenon in the postwar decades.
M)A small group of literary figures based in New York City and San Francisco in the 1950s who rejected mainstream culture and instead celebrated personal freedom,which often included drug consumption and casual sex.
N)The surge in the American birthrate between 1945 and 1965,which peaked in 1957 with 4.3 million births.
O)A 1948 Supreme Court decision that outlawed restrictive covenants on the occupancy of housing developments by African Americans,Asian Americans,and other minorities.Because the Court decision did not actually prohibit racial discrimination in housing,unfair practices against minority groups continued until passage of the Fair Housing Act in 1968.
P)A 1956 law authorizing the construction of a national highway system.
Q)Name applied to the Southwest and South,which grew rapidly after World War II as a center of defense industries and nonunionized labor.
R)Informal name for the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders,formed by the president to investigate the causes of the 1967 urban riots.Its 1968 report warned that "our nation is moving toward two societies,one black,one white,separate and unequal." 
A) A 1959 debate over the merits of their rival systems between U.S.vice president Richard Nixon and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev at the opening of an American exhibition in Moscow. 
B) An international conference in New Hampshire in July 1944 that established the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 
C) An international bank created to provide loans for the reconstruction of war-torn Europe as well as for the development of former colonized nations in the developing world. 
D) A fund established to stabilize currencies and provide a predictable monetary environment for trade,with the U.S.dollar serving as the benchmark. 
E) A term President Eisenhower used to refer to the military establishment and defense contractors who,he warned,exercised undue influence over the national government.
F)The world's first artificial satellite,launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.After its launch,the United States funded research and education to catch up in the Cold War space competition.
G)A 1958 act,passed in response to the Soviet launching of the Sputnik satellite,that funneled millions of dollars into American universities,helping institutions such as the University of California at Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,among others,become the leading research centers in the world.
H)A 1958 book by John Kenneth Galbraith that analyzed the nation's successful middle class and argued that the poor were only an "afterthought" in the minds of economists and politicians.
I)A 1962 book by left-wing social critic Michael Harrington,chronicling "the economic underworld of American life." His study made it clear that in economic terms the bottom class remained far behind.
J)A federal agency that assists former soldiers.Following World War II,this organization helped veterans purchase new homes with no down payment,sparking a building boom that created jobs in the construction industry and fueling consumer spending in home appliances and automobiles.
K)A process of negotiation between labor unions and employers,which after World War II translated into rising wages,expanding benefits,and an increasing rate of home ownership.
L)A term for a young adult.American youth culture,focused on the spending power of the "teenager," emerged as a cultural phenomenon in the postwar decades.
M)A small group of literary figures based in New York City and San Francisco in the 1950s who rejected mainstream culture and instead celebrated personal freedom,which often included drug consumption and casual sex.
N)The surge in the American birthrate between 1945 and 1965,which peaked in 1957 with 4.3 million births.
O)A 1948 Supreme Court decision that outlawed restrictive covenants on the occupancy of housing developments by African Americans,Asian Americans,and other minorities.Because the Court decision did not actually prohibit racial discrimination in housing,unfair practices against minority groups continued until passage of the Fair Housing Act in 1968.
P)A 1956 law authorizing the construction of a national highway system.
Q)Name applied to the Southwest and South,which grew rapidly after World War II as a center of defense industries and nonunionized labor.
R)Informal name for the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders,formed by the president to investigate the causes of the 1967 urban riots.Its 1968 report warned that "our nation is moving toward two societies,one black,one white,separate and unequal."

Question 20

Which of the following statements characterizes the innovations in housing construction pioneered by William Levitt after World War II?

Accepted Answer

A)  His company pioneered the application of mass-production techniques to home construction. 
B)  In 1947,Levitt's basic four-room house was affordably priced at about $25,000. 
C)  Levitt's use of fine craftsmanship appealed to the sensibilities of the new middle managers. 
D)  From the beginning in 1947,his company was willing to sell homes directly to blacks. 
A)  His company pioneered the application of mass-production techniques to home construction. 
B)  In 1947,Levitt's basic four-room house was affordably priced at about $25,000. 
C)  Levitt's use of fine craftsmanship appealed to the sensibilities of the new middle managers. 
D)  From the beginning in 1947,his company was willing to sell homes directly to blacks.

Exam 25: Triumph of the Middle Class, 1945-1963

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Which of the following statements characterizes the innovations in housing construction pioneered by William Levitt after World War II?

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