Exam 28: The Affluent Society

John Glenn was the first American launched into space.

One of the last acts of the Eisenhower administration was to cut off diplomatic relations with Castro's Cuba.

Between 1945 and 1957,the growth of American consumerism was aided by

All of the following were factors in rising poverty rates in inner cities in the 1950s,EXCEPT

In the civil rights movement,the spirit of "massive resistance" is associated with the actions of

During the 1950s in the United States,married women who worked outside the home

In the 1950s,crimes committed by juveniles

The crime rate of American youths soared during the 1950s.

With highways,travel by automobile,truck,and bus was as fast or faster than by trains and contributed to the decline of

During the 1950s,television created a uniform image of American life,even as it showed conditions that could well accentuate social conflict.

During the 1950s,the American Federation of Labor in the United States

Rising prosperity in the 1950s was accompanied by restlessness among American youth.

In 1954,the United States Senate voted to

Senator Joseph McCarthy was eventually expelled from the United States Senate.

In his farewell address to the nation,President Eisenhower warned against the "unwarranted influence" of the "________ complex."

The Eisenhower administration used the CIA to topple the leftist government of Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán in ________.

Eastern and Midwestern industrial cities experienced a major expansion of their black populations between 1940 and 1960.

Alexander Fleming discovered the antibacterial properties of an organism he named ________.

Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin were the first men to walk on the moon.

What were the major changes in America as a result of the growing availability and reliance on private automobiles?