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Chapter 29-30-31 Test
Chapter 29-30-31 Test
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1
From the text--In Congress, which of the following DEMS did IKE have to work with the most in the 50's?
Robert Raffaele
John Dulles
Sam Rayburn
Robert Taft
2
The artistic counterpart of "beat" social protest literature was....
postmodernism
cubism
abstract expressionism
realism
3
JFK's domestic program was known as....
Great Society
New Frontier
New Deal
Fair Deal
4
This "organization" was responsible for raising gas prices in the 1970's
CREEP
OPEC
CERT
RJRIII
5
The NEW American suburbs of the 1950's ....
Were open to ALL races
Only allowed wealthy people to live there
Were comprised mostly by poor people
Showed a surpising OCCUPATIONAL diveristy
6
The MOST significant social trend in the POSTWAR era in the USA was....
the emergence of the drug culture
the growth of the sub belt
a decline in the size of family
the flight to the suburbs
7
The 1950's in America can be characterized by....
recession and inflation
greater diversity
low standard of living
affluence and economic good times
8
Malcolm X created the SCLC or Southern Christian Leadership Conference
True
False
9
Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream" speech influenced the passing of this act...
Paris Peace Act
Job Corp ACT
Civil Rights Act
10
In 1979, the Sandanista overthrow the Somoza regime in what country?
Vietnam
United State
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
11
Which of the following served as special prosecutor investigating Watergate?
Cox
Both Cox and Jaworski
Sirica
Jaworski
12
This 1962 Supreme Court decision banned school prayer.
Miranda v. Arizona
Baker v. Carr
Engle v. Vitale
Gideon v. Wainwright
13
Who was the Columbia University professor accused of cheating on the TV show Twenty-One?
C. Wright Mills
Charles Van Doren
Rod Sterling
Robert Van Oscar
14
The Best description of Prez. Eisenhower's political perspective was...
Great Society
New Deal
Fair Deal
Moderate Republicanism
15
The sociologist who saw American society becoming divided into 3 groups--Jews-Cath-Protestants
Will Heberg
Malvina Reynolds
Jane Fonda
Rod Sterling
16
from the text...Without support of this Senator, the Civil Rights act would have "died" with a filibuster
Russ Long
Harry Byrd
Everett Dirksen
Brandon Gerba
17
President Kennedy's most controversial cabinent appointment was....(his brother)
Sec of Defense
Sec of State
Attorney General
Sec of Transportation
18
in 1965, LBJ sent troops to this country to prevent a communist takeover
Lebanon
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Argentina
19
A Striking feature of the culture of the 1950's was the abundance of self criticism
False
True
20
Carter defeated this sitting president in 1976
Madar
Reagan
Nixon
Ford
21
JFK became frustrated with this industry after it raised prices after unions agreed to cuts
Iron
Education
Steel
Auto
22
What was Martin Luther King's philosophy?
By any means necessary
Violent Action
Passive resistance
Radical Action
23
With respect to the NEW DEAL, Eisenhower....
Was a believer in the NEW DEAL
Actively sought to end its key programs
Maintained the NEW DEAL but limiited their expansion
Pushed for more programs
24
The MOST IMPORTANT social critic of the 1950's was...
David Riesman
Whittaker Chambers
Bill Graham
Dean Acheson
25
According to C. Wright Mills, the real VILLIAN in American society in the 1950's was...
Coprorations
iPads
The Soviet Union
The Government
26
A major agreement among those concerned about education in the 1950's was their belief in a need for college education
True
False
27
This event was JFK's most OBVIOUS foreign policy disaster....
Marilyn Monroe Affair
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin Crisis 1961
28
The economic properity WAS shared by farmers in the 1950's.
True
False
29
Each of the following wanted to be president EXCEPT (never ran)
Eugene McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
Robert Kennedy
Martin Luther King
30
From the text--The most far reaching (Baker v. Carr) decision of the Warren Court involved...
Legislative reapportionment
rights of victims
abortion
31
The SALT Treaties reduced the number of offensive ballistic missiles
False
True
32
From the text--Reagan's controversial Secretary of Interior was...
James Watt
Jody Powerll
Pat Robertson
33
In 1946, Dr. Benjamin Spock wrote a bestselling book on....
infant and child care
space travel
marriage
education
34
In Vietnam, American military stragegists counted heavily on the benefits of American firepower
False
True
35
AIDS/HIV was first observed with this group of people
Gay Men
African Americans
Gay Women
None of these
