Question 1

Southerners such as third-party presidential candidate Strom Thurmond left the Democratic Party in 1948 because of their `.

Accepted Answer

A)  growing allegiance to the Republicans 
B)  contention that the party had abandoned organized labor 
C)  belief that the Soviet threat was not a serious concern 
D)  opposition to President Truman's civil rights reforms 
A)  growing allegiance to the Republicans 
B)  contention that the party had abandoned organized labor 
C)  belief that the Soviet threat was not a serious concern 
D)  opposition to President Truman's civil rights reforms D

Question 2

Who was the first sitting president to appear on television?

Accepted Answer

A)  Franklin D. Roosevelt 
B)  Harry Truman 
C)  Dwight Eisenhower 
D)  John F. Kennedy 
A)  Franklin D. Roosevelt 
B)  Harry Truman 
C)  Dwight Eisenhower 
D)  John F. Kennedy A

Question 3

In the article "The Split-Level Trap," Good Housekeeping magazine stated that suburban children "have not been made to feel a sense of responsibility," thus arguing that suburban living

Accepted Answer

A)  led to the decline of grades in school 
B)  spoiled children 
C)  encouraged children to volunteer in their communities 
D)  emphasized hard work, thrift, and patience in children 
A)  led to the decline of grades in school 
B)  spoiled children 
C)  encouraged children to volunteer in their communities 
D)  emphasized hard work, thrift, and patience in children B

Question 4

What did American writer John Keats mean when he wrote in The Crack in the Picture Window that Americans could purchase a "box" in a suburban development "inhabited by people whose age, income, number of children, problems, habits, conversation, dress, possessions, and perhaps even blood type are also precisely like [theirs]"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Suburban homes were made affordable because of standardized construction. 
B)  Suburban living encouraged mindless conformity and a lack of diversity. 
C)  Suburbanites usually lived in isolation from each other. 
D)  Suburban living was limited to the upper class. 
A)  Suburban homes were made affordable because of standardized construction. 
B)  Suburban living encouraged mindless conformity and a lack of diversity. 
C)  Suburbanites usually lived in isolation from each other. 
D)  Suburban living was limited to the upper class.

Question 5

What made Emmett Till's 1955 murder in Mississippi different from previous racist killings of African Americans in the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  This was the first time that a black teenager tried to advance the Civil Rights Movement. 
B)  Emmet Till was the youngest African American victim of racist violence in the United States. 
C)  Till's family decided to fight back by publicizing his battered body and speaking in court. 
D)  The jury failed to convict the accused murderers. 
A)  This was the first time that a black teenager tried to advance the Civil Rights Movement. 
B)  Emmet Till was the youngest African American victim of racist violence in the United States. 
C)  Till's family decided to fight back by publicizing his battered body and speaking in court. 
D)  The jury failed to convict the accused murderers.

Question 6

Civil rights reforms enacted by the Truman administration included .

Accepted Answer

A)  the integration of all public facilities 
B)  requiring labor unions to admit African Americans 
C)  the desegregation of the armed forces 
D)  establishing the right to interracial marriages 
A)  the integration of all public facilities 
B)  requiring labor unions to admit African Americans 
C)  the desegregation of the armed forces 
D)  establishing the right to interracial marriages

Question 7

-How does the 1953 editorial political cartoon Who Said 'Creeping Socialism' contradict what President Eisenhower had to say about domestic programs associated with the New and Fair Deals?

Accepted Answer

A)  Eisenhower wanted to focus more on civil rights than other public programs. 
B)  Eisenhower announced that he had no intention of dismantling most of these programs. 
C)  Eisenhower wanted to dismantle these programs and desired more conservative ones in place. 
D)  Eisenhower believed that balancing the budget and limiting government spending was more important. 
A)  Eisenhower wanted to focus more on civil rights than other public programs. 
B)  Eisenhower announced that he had no intention of dismantling most of these programs. 
C)  Eisenhower wanted to dismantle these programs and desired more conservative ones in place. 
D)  Eisenhower believed that balancing the budget and limiting government spending was more important.

Question 8

When Arkansas governor Orval Faubus resisted the Supreme Court-mandated integration of public schools in Little Rock, President Eisenhower .

Accepted Answer

A)  quietly supported the actions of the governor 
B)  urged Congress to pass civil rights legislation 
C)  sent federal troops to Little Rock to protect the Little Rock Nine 
D)  required that state troops be used to protect the Little Rock Nine 
A)  quietly supported the actions of the governor 
B)  urged Congress to pass civil rights legislation 
C)  sent federal troops to Little Rock to protect the Little Rock Nine 
D)  required that state troops be used to protect the Little Rock Nine

Question 9

The success of 1950s films such as The Wild One and Rebel Without a Cause .

Accepted Answer

A)  illustrated a growing angst among America's youth 
B)  showed that moviegoers preferred comedies with light themes 
C)  renewed interest in the movie industry while television sales declined 
D)  reaffirmed the complacency associated with this decade 
A)  illustrated a growing angst among America's youth 
B)  showed that moviegoers preferred comedies with light themes 
C)  renewed interest in the movie industry while television sales declined 
D)  reaffirmed the complacency associated with this decade

Question 10

How did Richard Nixon benefit from his televised 1952 "Checkers speech" after he was accused of having a secret fund financed by California businessmen?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was elected governor of California. 
B)  He was able to save his place as the vice presidential candidate on the Republican ticket. 
C)  He became chairman of HUAC. 
D)  He was elected as president in the 1952 election. 
A)  He was elected governor of California. 
B)  He was able to save his place as the vice presidential candidate on the Republican ticket. 
C)  He became chairman of HUAC. 
D)  He was elected as president in the 1952 election.

Question 11

-What was one major reason as shown in this photograph that rock-and-roll singer Elvis Presley contributed to the growing generation gap between parents and their teenaged children during the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

A)  His "clean-cut" image was acceptable to parents but rejected by their adolescent children. 
B)  His suggestive moves enraged parents while gaining adoring teenaged fans. 
C)  Parents enjoyed his catchy lyrics and music while young people thought they sounded too "black." 
D)  Parents saw his success as a triumph for consumer tastes while their children saw it as the downfall of American civilization. 
A)  His "clean-cut" image was acceptable to parents but rejected by their adolescent children. 
B)  His suggestive moves enraged parents while gaining adoring teenaged fans. 
C)  Parents enjoyed his catchy lyrics and music while young people thought they sounded too "black." 
D)  Parents saw his success as a triumph for consumer tastes while their children saw it as the downfall of American civilization.

Question 12

What was the major social reason why the Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional in the case of Brown v. Board of Education?

Accepted Answer

A)  Research showed that segregation taught African American children to accept their inferiority to whites. 
B)  African American students were taught by unqualified black teachers. 
C)  Segregated schools violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  Black children had been kept apart from white children from a young age. 
A)  Research showed that segregation taught African American children to accept their inferiority to whites. 
B)  African American students were taught by unqualified black teachers. 
C)  Segregated schools violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  Black children had been kept apart from white children from a young age.

Question 13

-What do these photographs of the 1960 presidential candidates Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy pictured with their families reveal about the American public in the postwar era?

Accepted Answer

A)  its tendency to pry into the lives of others 
B)  its distrust of politicians 
C)  its emphasis on idealized family life 
D)  its obsession with celebrity life 
A)  its tendency to pry into the lives of others 
B)  its distrust of politicians 
C)  its emphasis on idealized family life 
D)  its obsession with celebrity life

Question 14

How did developer William Levitt borrow from Henry Ford's automobile industry when planning his communities?

Accepted Answer

A)  Levitt paid his workers twice the average to ensure fast production. 
B)  Levitt hired armed guards to put down strikers and demonstrators. 
C)  Levitt used Ford's assembly line-style to develop standardized homes. 
D)  Levitt would not allow his construction workers to talk on the job. 
A)  Levitt paid his workers twice the average to ensure fast production. 
B)  Levitt hired armed guards to put down strikers and demonstrators. 
C)  Levitt used Ford's assembly line-style to develop standardized homes. 
D)  Levitt would not allow his construction workers to talk on the job.

Question 15

One significant trend of the years 1946-1964 was .

Accepted Answer

A)  the expansion of the working class 
B)  ongoing growth in the power of organized labor 
C)  easing fears regarding the threat of communism 
D)  a dramatic increase in the birth rate 
A)  the expansion of the working class 
B)  ongoing growth in the power of organized labor 
C)  easing fears regarding the threat of communism 
D)  a dramatic increase in the birth rate

Question 16

What ushered in a more cautious era of labor organizing after 1955?

Accepted Answer

A)  company owners being able to maintain control over management decisions after settlement of the 1946 strikes 
B)  the requirement of union officers to sign affidavits certifying they were not members of the Communist Party 
C)  the abolishment of the closed shop that required all workers to be in a union 
D)  the merger of the Congress of Industrial Organizations with the American Federation of Labor 
A)  company owners being able to maintain control over management decisions after settlement of the 1946 strikes 
B)  the requirement of union officers to sign affidavits certifying they were not members of the Communist Party 
C)  the abolishment of the closed shop that required all workers to be in a union 
D)  the merger of the Congress of Industrial Organizations with the American Federation of Labor

Question 17

Martin Luther King Jr. was a co-founder of the .

Accepted Answer

A)  Congress of Racial Equality 
B)  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 
C)  Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 
D)  Southern Christian Leadership Conference 
A)  Congress of Racial Equality 
B)  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 
C)  Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 
D)  Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Question 18

-What does this photograph of a sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Mississippi demonstrate about the power of nonviolent protest?

Accepted Answer

A)  It encouraged outsiders to sit down and join in the protest. 
B)  It inspired the protesters' opponents to turn away from violence. 
C)  It protected the protesters from assailants. 
D)  It made the protesters' antagonists look unsympathetic to outsiders. 
A)  It encouraged outsiders to sit down and join in the protest. 
B)  It inspired the protesters' opponents to turn away from violence. 
C)  It protected the protesters from assailants. 
D)  It made the protesters' antagonists look unsympathetic to outsiders.

Question 19

The 1944 GI Bill of Rights offered returning veterans .

Accepted Answer

A)  low-interest home loans 
B)  significant tax breaks 
C)  white-collar employment 
D)  land grants 
A)  low-interest home loans 
B)  significant tax breaks 
C)  white-collar employment 
D)  land grants

Question 20

How did journalist and social critic Vance Packard feel about American materialism in the postwar era as reflected by his commentary The Status Seekers?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was critical of Americans who abandoned frugality in favor of conspicuous consumption. 
B)  He praised American workers who were able to climb the ladder of success to achieve an affluent lifestyle. 
C)  He feared that buying heavily on credit would mean that families could lose everything in a time of recession. 
D)  He was angry that manufacturers encouraged planned obsolescence of certain products after a few years so that consumers could buy more goods. 
A)  He was critical of Americans who abandoned frugality in favor of conspicuous consumption. 
B)  He praised American workers who were able to climb the ladder of success to achieve an affluent lifestyle. 
C)  He feared that buying heavily on credit would mean that families could lose everything in a time of recession. 
D)  He was angry that manufacturers encouraged planned obsolescence of certain products after a few years so that consumers could buy more goods.

Exam 25: In a Land of Plenty: Contentment and Discord, 1945-1960

Southerners such as third-party presidential candidate Strom Thurmond left the Democratic Party in 1948 because of their `.

Who was the first sitting president to appear on television?

In the article "The Split-Level Trap," Good Housekeeping magazine stated that suburban children "have not been made to feel a sense of responsibility," thus arguing that suburban living

What made Emmett Till's 1955 murder in Mississippi different from previous racist killings of African Americans in the South?

Civil rights reforms enacted by the Truman administration included .

-How does the 1953 editorial political cartoon Who Said 'Creeping Socialism' contradict what President Eisenhower had to say about domestic programs associated with the New and Fair Deals?

When Arkansas governor Orval Faubus resisted the Supreme Court-mandated integration of public schools in Little Rock, President Eisenhower .

The success of 1950s films such as The Wild One and Rebel Without a Cause .

How did Richard Nixon benefit from his televised 1952 "Checkers speech" after he was accused of having a secret fund financed by California businessmen?

-What was one major reason as shown in this photograph that rock-and-roll singer Elvis Presley contributed to the growing generation gap between parents and their teenaged children during the 1950s?

What was the major social reason why the Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional in the case of Brown v. Board of Education?

-What do these photographs of the 1960 presidential candidates Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy pictured with their families reveal about the American public in the postwar era?

How did developer William Levitt borrow from Henry Ford's automobile industry when planning his communities?

One significant trend of the years 1946-1964 was .

What ushered in a more cautious era of labor organizing after 1955?

Martin Luther King Jr. was a co-founder of the .

-What does this photograph of a sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Mississippi demonstrate about the power of nonviolent protest?

The 1944 GI Bill of Rights offered returning veterans .

How did journalist and social critic Vance Packard feel about American materialism in the postwar era as reflected by his commentary The Status Seekers?

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