Question 1

Orval Faubus

Accepted Answer

A) Was an Arkansas governor 
B) Wrote The Affluent Society 
C) Wrote On the Road 
D) Was the U.S.president in the 1950s 
E) Was a U-2 spy-plane pilot
F)Challenged bus segregation in Montgomery,Alabama
G)Advocated "massive resistance" to integration
H)Was a young Memphis truck driver
I)Was a Supreme Court chief justice 
A) Was an Arkansas governor 
B) Wrote The Affluent Society 
C) Wrote On the Road 
D) Was the U.S.president in the 1950s 
E) Was a U-2 spy-plane pilot
F)Challenged bus segregation in Montgomery,Alabama
G)Advocated "massive resistance" to integration
H)Was a young Memphis truck driver
I)Was a Supreme Court chief justice

Question 2

Describe those who challenged the moral complacency and social conformity of American life in the 1950s and early 1960s.

Accepted Answer

Those who challenged the moral complacen

Question 3

What was not a factor in the surging economy of the United States after WWII?

Accepted Answer

A) Increased state spending 
B) Military spending as a result of the cold war 
C) Construction of new highway 
D) Construction of new airports 
E) Decreases in federal taxes 
A) Increased state spending 
B) Military spending as a result of the cold war 
C) Construction of new highway 
D) Construction of new airports 
E) Decreases in federal taxes

Question 4

Which statement best describes President Eisenhower's belief on ending segregation?

Accepted Answer

A) That it must start in the South 
B) That it must start at the state and local levels 
C) That it must start in the West 
D) That it must start at the federal level 
E) That it must come through executive action 
A) That it must start in the South 
B) That it must start at the state and local levels 
C) That it must start in the West 
D) That it must start at the federal level 
E) That it must come through executive action

Question 5

Which of the following is not an area where the CIA helped orchestrate pro-U.S.endings to internal events in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

A) Cuba 
B) Guatemala 
C) Iran 
D) Vietnam 
E) Prussia 
A) Cuba 
B) Guatemala 
C) Iran 
D) Vietnam 
E) Prussia

Question 6

Dwight D.Eisenhower

Accepted Answer

A) Was an Arkansas governor 
B) Wrote The Affluent Society 
C) Wrote On the Road 
D) Was the U.S.president in the 1950s 
E) Was a U-2 spy-plane pilot
F)Challenged bus segregation in Montgomery,Alabama
G)Advocated "massive resistance" to integration
H)Was a young Memphis truck driver
I)Was a Supreme Court chief justice 
A) Was an Arkansas governor 
B) Wrote The Affluent Society 
C) Wrote On the Road 
D) Was the U.S.president in the 1950s 
E) Was a U-2 spy-plane pilot
F)Challenged bus segregation in Montgomery,Alabama
G)Advocated "massive resistance" to integration
H)Was a young Memphis truck driver
I)Was a Supreme Court chief justice

Question 7

Eisenhower considered this the biggest mistake he had ever made.

Accepted Answer

A) The D-day invasion 
B) Campaigning for the presidency 
C) Abolishing segregation 
D) Appointing Chief Justice Earl Warren 
E) Only running for two terms 
A) The D-day invasion 
B) Campaigning for the presidency 
C) Abolishing segregation 
D) Appointing Chief Justice Earl Warren 
E) Only running for two terms

Question 8

Although the post-World War II boom enriched millions of Americans,it primarily affected the

Accepted Answer

A) Chinese. 
B) Hispanics. 
C) Cubans. 
D) Anglos. 
E) African Americans. 
A) Chinese. 
B) Hispanics. 
C) Cubans. 
D) Anglos. 
E) African Americans.

Question 9

Because of the overall prosperity of the decade,blacks were able to close the income gap with whites by the end of the 1950s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

How did America become involved in Indochina? How did that involvement escalate during Eisenhower's administration?

Accepted Answer

America became involved in Indochina as

Question 11

Earl Warren

Accepted Answer

A) Was an Arkansas governor 
B) Wrote The Affluent Society 
C) Wrote On the Road 
D) Was the U.S.president in the 1950s 
E) Was a U-2 spy-plane pilot
F)Challenged bus segregation in Montgomery,Alabama
G)Advocated "massive resistance" to integration
H)Was a young Memphis truck driver
I)Was a Supreme Court chief justice 
A) Was an Arkansas governor 
B) Wrote The Affluent Society 
C) Wrote On the Road 
D) Was the U.S.president in the 1950s 
E) Was a U-2 spy-plane pilot
F)Challenged bus segregation in Montgomery,Alabama
G)Advocated "massive resistance" to integration
H)Was a young Memphis truck driver
I)Was a Supreme Court chief justice

Question 12

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 established the Civil Rights Commission and a new Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

A major reason for the tremendous growth of the U.S.economy after World War II was

Accepted Answer

A) the superiority of American goods. 
B) the superiority of American shipping. 
C) the advance of communism in Europe. 
D) a lack of foreign competition. 
E) cheap credit. 
A) the superiority of American goods. 
B) the superiority of American shipping. 
C) the advance of communism in Europe. 
D) a lack of foreign competition. 
E) cheap credit.

Question 14

In an attempt to provide for the returning United States soldiers after WWII,Congress passed the

Accepted Answer

A) GI Bill of Rights. 
B) Hopwood Act. 
C) Soldier's Bonus Act. 
D) Returning Soldiers Act. 
E) Soldiers' Beneficiary Act. 
A) GI Bill of Rights. 
B) Hopwood Act. 
C) Soldier's Bonus Act. 
D) Returning Soldiers Act. 
E) Soldiers' Beneficiary Act.

Question 15

Compare the achievements of Eisenhower's "dynamic conservatism" to those of the New Deal.

Accepted Answer

Eisenhower's "dynamic conservatism" and

Question 16

Describe the growth in the postwar American economy.What factors might account for this growth?

Accepted Answer

The postwar American economy experienced

Question 17

The biggest housing boom after World War II came in this area.

Accepted Answer

A) Suburbs 
B) Inner cities 
C) Small towns 
D) Villages 
E) Rural areas 
A) Suburbs 
B) Inner cities 
C) Small towns 
D) Villages 
E) Rural areas

Question 18

Rosa Parks

Accepted Answer

A) Was an Arkansas governor 
B) Wrote The Affluent Society 
C) Wrote On the Road 
D) Was the U.S.president in the 1950s 
E) Was a U-2 spy-plane pilot
F)Challenged bus segregation in Montgomery,Alabama
G)Advocated "massive resistance" to integration
H)Was a young Memphis truck driver
I)Was a Supreme Court chief justice 
A) Was an Arkansas governor 
B) Wrote The Affluent Society 
C) Wrote On the Road 
D) Was the U.S.president in the 1950s 
E) Was a U-2 spy-plane pilot
F)Challenged bus segregation in Montgomery,Alabama
G)Advocated "massive resistance" to integration
H)Was a young Memphis truck driver
I)Was a Supreme Court chief justice

Question 19

Ralph Ellison wrote Invisible Man.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The postwar era witnessed tremendous economic depression and failing social contentment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 26: Affluence and Anxiety in the Atomic Age, 1950-1959

Orval Faubus

Describe those who challenged the moral complacency and social conformity of American life in the 1950s and early 1960s.

What was not a factor in the surging economy of the United States after WWII?

Which statement best describes President Eisenhower's belief on ending segregation?

Which of the following is not an area where the CIA helped orchestrate pro-U.S.endings to internal events in the 1950s?

Dwight D.Eisenhower

Eisenhower considered this the biggest mistake he had ever made.

Although the post-World War II boom enriched millions of Americans,it primarily affected the

Because of the overall prosperity of the decade,blacks were able to close the income gap with whites by the end of the 1950s.

How did America become involved in Indochina? How did that involvement escalate during Eisenhower's administration?

Earl Warren

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 established the Civil Rights Commission and a new Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department.

A major reason for the tremendous growth of the U.S.economy after World War II was

In an attempt to provide for the returning United States soldiers after WWII,Congress passed the

Compare the achievements of Eisenhower's "dynamic conservatism" to those of the New Deal.

Describe the growth in the postwar American economy.What factors might account for this growth?

The biggest housing boom after World War II came in this area.

Rosa Parks

Ralph Ellison wrote Invisible Man.

The postwar era witnessed tremendous economic depression and failing social contentment.

The Collision of Cultures in the 16th Century

England and Its American Colonies, 1607-1732

Colonial Ways of Life, 1607-1750

From Colonies to States, 1607-1776

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Creating a More Perfect Union, 1783-1800

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 and Slavery, 1800-1860

Religion, romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion and Southern Secession, 1830-1861

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Big Business and Organized Labor, 1860-1900

The South and the West Transformed, 1865-1900

Society and Politics in the Gilded Age, 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

New Deal America, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

New Frontiers, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, the 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-First Century America, 1993-Present

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