Question 1

This program allowed Mexican workers to serve as migrant workers during harvest season.

Accepted Answer

A) Empressario 
B) Bracero 
C) Hacienda 
D) Conquistador 
E) Colorado 
A) Empressario 
B) Bracero 
C) Hacienda 
D) Conquistador 
E) Colorado

Question 2

In the 1950s,the most popular new household product was the television.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The Beats took their name because of their pervasive sense that society had beaten them,or triumphed over their spirits.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Rural areas experienced practically no population growth in the 1950s and 1960s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

During the Cold War,what did Soviet agents use to draw attention to defects in the American way of life?

Accepted Answer

A) Quality of unions 
B) Lack of religious affiliation 
C) The treatment of minorities 
D) The lack of adequate sewage systems 
E) Their failure to launch a satellite into space 
A) Quality of unions 
B) Lack of religious affiliation 
C) The treatment of minorities 
D) The lack of adequate sewage systems 
E) Their failure to launch a satellite into space

Question 6

President Eisenhower's domestic policy of "dynamic conservatism" was defined as

Accepted Answer

A) conservative when it comes to warfare,liberal when it comes to communism. 
B) conservative when it comes to money,liberal when it comes to human beings. 
C) conservative when it comes to capitalism,liberal when it comes to socialism. 
D) conservative when it comes to state rights,liberal when it comes to minority rights. 
E) conservative when it comes to immigration,liberal when it comes to creating jobs. 
A) conservative when it comes to warfare,liberal when it comes to communism. 
B) conservative when it comes to money,liberal when it comes to human beings. 
C) conservative when it comes to capitalism,liberal when it comes to socialism. 
D) conservative when it comes to state rights,liberal when it comes to minority rights. 
E) conservative when it comes to immigration,liberal when it comes to creating jobs.

Question 7

What was a major stumbling block to the policy of massive retaliation?

Accepted Answer

A) Space-based weaponry 
B) The ability to launch intercontinental missiles 
C) That both the United States and the Soviet Union had created more powerful hydrogen bombs 
D) That the CIA was infiltrating U.S.launch points 
E) That Soviet spies stole our launch codes 
A) Space-based weaponry 
B) The ability to launch intercontinental missiles 
C) That both the United States and the Soviet Union had created more powerful hydrogen bombs 
D) That the CIA was infiltrating U.S.launch points 
E) That Soviet spies stole our launch codes

Question 8

The first author to illustrate the increasing feeling of anxiety in the United States after World War II was

Accepted Answer

A) John Hildebrand. 
B) John Philips Souza. 
C) John Galbraith. 
D) John Jameson. 
E) John Smith. 
A) John Hildebrand. 
B) John Philips Souza. 
C) John Galbraith. 
D) John Jameson. 
E) John Smith.

Question 9

The first Supreme Court case to tackle the separate but equal standard in the 20th century was

Accepted Answer

A) Plessy v.Ferguson. 
B) William v.McKinley. 
C) Sweatt v.Painter. 
D) Brown v.Board of Education. 
E) Hill v.Stone. 
A) Plessy v.Ferguson. 
B) William v.McKinley. 
C) Sweatt v.Painter. 
D) Brown v.Board of Education. 
E) Hill v.Stone.

Question 10

Harry Byrd

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 11

Francis Gary Powers

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

Eisenhower's nickname was

Accepted Answer

A) Bill. 
B) the Gipper. 
C) the Dandy. 
D) Blood and Guts. 
E) Ike. 
A) Bill. 
B) the Gipper. 
C) the Dandy. 
D) Blood and Guts. 
E) Ike.

Question 13

Discuss the civil rights movement in the 1950s.What civil rights did blacks achieve in that decade?

Accepted Answer

The civil rights movement of the 1950s w

Question 14

In 1952,President Truman fired 250 employees of the IRS because

Accepted Answer

A) they were communists. 
B) they specifically targeted conservative groups. 
C) of corruption charges. 
D) they were trying to unionize. 
E) they refused to recognize his authority. 
A) they were communists. 
B) they specifically targeted conservative groups. 
C) of corruption charges. 
D) they were trying to unionize. 
E) they refused to recognize his authority.

Question 15

In the 1950s,what became the primary force in American life for conveying information?

Accepted Answer

A) Newspaper 
B) Telegraph 
C) Television 
D) Radio 
E) Phone 
A) Newspaper 
B) Telegraph 
C) Television 
D) Radio 
E) Phone

Question 16

According to your textbook,in 1959 this percentage of Americans had no financial assets to their name.

Accepted Answer

A) 10 percent 
B) 25 percent 
C) 40 percent 
D) 55 percent 
E) 70 percent 
A) 10 percent 
B) 25 percent 
C) 40 percent 
D) 55 percent 
E) 70 percent

Question 17

Encouraged by Radio Free Europe,this group of nationalists rebelled against their communist overlords in 1956.

Accepted Answer

A) Prussia 
B) Serbia 
C) Hungary 
D) Austria 
E) Bulgaria 
A) Prussia 
B) Serbia 
C) Hungary 
D) Austria 
E) Bulgaria

Question 18

In this case,the Supreme Court ruled the concept of separate but equal unconstitutional.

Accepted Answer

A) Plessy v.Ferguson 
B) Brown v.Board of Education 
C) Sweatt v.Painter 
D) Hill v.Stone 
E) Smith v.Allwright 
A) Plessy v.Ferguson 
B) Brown v.Board of Education 
C) Sweatt v.Painter 
D) Hill v.Stone 
E) Smith v.Allwright

Question 19

Detail the provisions and effects of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act,more popularly known as the GI Bill.

Accepted Answer

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act, also

Question 20

Discuss how the 1950s can be described as "child centered."

Accepted Answer

The 1950s can be described as "child cen

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

This program allowed Mexican workers to serve as migrant workers during harvest season.

In the 1950s,the most popular new household product was the television.

The Beats took their name because of their pervasive sense that society had beaten them,or triumphed over their spirits.

Rural areas experienced practically no population growth in the 1950s and 1960s.

During the Cold War,what did Soviet agents use to draw attention to defects in the American way of life?

President Eisenhower's domestic policy of "dynamic conservatism" was defined as

What was a major stumbling block to the policy of massive retaliation?

The first author to illustrate the increasing feeling of anxiety in the United States after World War II was

The first Supreme Court case to tackle the separate but equal standard in the 20th century was

Harry Byrd

Francis Gary Powers

Eisenhower's nickname was

Discuss the civil rights movement in the 1950s.What civil rights did blacks achieve in that decade?

In 1952,President Truman fired 250 employees of the IRS because

In the 1950s,what became the primary force in American life for conveying information?

According to your textbook,in 1959 this percentage of Americans had no financial assets to their name.

Encouraged by Radio Free Europe,this group of nationalists rebelled against their communist overlords in 1956.

In this case,the Supreme Court ruled the concept of separate but equal unconstitutional.

Detail the provisions and effects of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act,more popularly known as the GI Bill.

Discuss how the 1950s can be described as "child centered."

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

Filters