Question 1

The Soviet-American Paris summit in 1960 was ended by the downing of a Soviet spy plane over United States airspace.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

By the late 1950s,the United States could send a guided missile several thousand miles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Rural America

Accepted Answer

A)  lost 10 percent of its population in 1956 alone. 
B)  saw its percentage of the national income drop to less than 2 percent in the 1950s. 
C)  saw the South increase plantings of cotton as a cash crop in the 1950s. 
D)  both lost 10 percent of its population in 1956 alone, and saw its percentage of the national income drop to less than two percent within the decade of the 1950s. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  lost 10 percent of its population in 1956 alone. 
B)  saw its percentage of the national income drop to less than 2 percent in the 1950s. 
C)  saw the South increase plantings of cotton as a cash crop in the 1950s. 
D)  both lost 10 percent of its population in 1956 alone, and saw its percentage of the national income drop to less than two percent within the decade of the 1950s. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 4

The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956

Accepted Answer

A)  failed to end the segregation policies on public city buses. 
B)  was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court. 
C)  was sparked by a beating of an African American woman. 
D)  marked the emergence of an effective form of racial protest. 
E)  led to the creation of the Congress of Racial Equality (COR
E) . 
A)  failed to end the segregation policies on public city buses. 
B)  was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court. 
C)  was sparked by a beating of an African American woman. 
D)  marked the emergence of an effective form of racial protest. 
E)  led to the creation of the Congress of Racial Equality (COR
E) .

Question 5

The central character in J.D.Salinger's 1951 book,The Catcher in the Rye,was the alienated prep-school student ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The central character in J.D.Salinger's 1951 book,The...

Question 6

Following World War II,the American economy

Accepted Answer

A)  gave the average American 50 percent more purchasing power in 1960 than in 1945. 
B)  gave Americans the highest standard of living in 1960, after Switzerland and Sweden. 
C)  grew, between 1945 and 1975, nearly ten times faster than the population. 
D)  produced wealth that was equally distributed throughout the nation's population. 
E)  gave the average American 10 percent more purchasing power than during the 1920s. 
A)  gave the average American 50 percent more purchasing power in 1960 than in 1945. 
B)  gave Americans the highest standard of living in 1960, after Switzerland and Sweden. 
C)  grew, between 1945 and 1975, nearly ten times faster than the population. 
D)  produced wealth that was equally distributed throughout the nation's population. 
E)  gave the average American 10 percent more purchasing power than during the 1920s.

Question 7

How do you account for the rise of the civil rights movement?

Accepted Answer

The rise of the civil rights movement ca

Question 8

The three major television networks in the 1950s had all started as ________ companies.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The three major television networks in the...

Question 9

All of the following statements regarding poverty in America between 1950 and 1960 are true EXCEPT that

Accepted Answer

A)  more than 30 million Americans lived in poverty at any given time during the year 1960. 
B)  the percentage of the population living in poverty rose during the decade. 
C)  Native Americans were the single poorest group in the country. 
D)  most of the poor experienced poverty only temporarily. 
E)  many rural Americans lived on the margins of the affluent society. 
A)  more than 30 million Americans lived in poverty at any given time during the year 1960. 
B)  the percentage of the population living in poverty rose during the decade. 
C)  Native Americans were the single poorest group in the country. 
D)  most of the poor experienced poverty only temporarily. 
E)  many rural Americans lived on the margins of the affluent society.

Question 10

All of the following researchers made important contributions to the development of antibiotics EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  Louis Pasteur. 
B)  Paul Muller. 
C)  Joseph Lister. 
D)  Alexander Fleming. 
E)  Howard Florey. 
A)  Louis Pasteur. 
B)  Paul Muller. 
C)  Joseph Lister. 
D)  Alexander Fleming. 
E)  Howard Florey.

Question 11

All the following statements regarding the use of DDT are true EXCEPT that

Accepted Answer

A)  the pesticide likely saved the lives of thousands of soldiers during World War II. 
B)  the pesticide was recognized to be extremely toxic to insects. 
C)  after its introduction, it quickly gained a positive reputation for its effectiveness. 
D)  scientists during WWII knew the pesticide had a long-term toxic effect on humans and animals. 
E)  it was first used on a large scale in Italy in 1943-1944, during a typhus outbreak. 
A)  the pesticide likely saved the lives of thousands of soldiers during World War II. 
B)  the pesticide was recognized to be extremely toxic to insects. 
C)  after its introduction, it quickly gained a positive reputation for its effectiveness. 
D)  scientists during WWII knew the pesticide had a long-term toxic effect on humans and animals. 
E)  it was first used on a large scale in Italy in 1943-1944, during a typhus outbreak.

Question 12

On July 27,1953,negotiators at ________ finally signed an agreement ending the hostilities between North and South Korea and established a cease-fire line at roughly the 38th parallel.

Accepted Answer

The answer of On July 27,1953,negotiators at ________ finally signed...

Question 13

As part of his economic agenda,President Dwight Eisenhower

Accepted Answer

A)  cut back public welfare programs. 
B)  lowered federal support for farm prices. 
C)  generally followed the lead of the right wing of his party. 
D)  allowed the federal deficit to rise due to high military spending. 
E)  maintained the wage and price controls of the Truman administration. 
A)  cut back public welfare programs. 
B)  lowered federal support for farm prices. 
C)  generally followed the lead of the right wing of his party. 
D)  allowed the federal deficit to rise due to high military spending. 
E)  maintained the wage and price controls of the Truman administration.

Exam 28: The Affluent Society

The Soviet-American Paris summit in 1960 was ended by the downing of a Soviet spy plane over United States airspace.

By the late 1950s,the United States could send a guided missile several thousand miles.

Rural America

The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956

The central character in J.D.Salinger's 1951 book,The Catcher in the Rye,was the alienated prep-school student ________.

Following World War II,the American economy

How do you account for the rise of the civil rights movement?

The three major television networks in the 1950s had all started as ________ companies.

All of the following statements regarding poverty in America between 1950 and 1960 are true EXCEPT that

All of the following researchers made important contributions to the development of antibiotics EXCEPT

All the following statements regarding the use of DDT are true EXCEPT that

On July 27,1953,negotiators at ________ finally signed an agreement ending the hostilities between North and South Korea and established a cease-fire line at roughly the 38th parallel.

As part of his economic agenda,President Dwight Eisenhower

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

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Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

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