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1
After World War II, the soldiers came home and got married. What was the result?
Consumerism
Mass Media
Mass Media
Baby Boom
2
Which quote would a Beatnik say?
The only people for me are the mad ones
The ability to get to war is an art
All art is a waste of time
Pursue the American dream
3
The space race began in 1957 when the USSR launched _______, the first man made satellite.
Sputnik
Apollo
U2
Challenger
4
banned literacy tests for voter registration
Kerner Commission
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Montgomery bus boycott
Brown v. Board of Education
5
The Senator who started the 1950s Red Scare with a list of communists in the government.
Hoover
McCarthy
Kennedy
Thurmond
6
endless race to acquire greater numbers of more and more powerful weapons
arms race
nuclear query
marathon
limited war
7
Which of the following is NOT a legacy of the Korean War:
Ended American's resistance to a major military buildup
Truman's refusal to drop another bomb set the rules for the Cold War
Expanded American involvement in Asia, making containment to a global issue
Truman's decision to committ troops w/o Congress approval set a precedent
8
What was the result of the Korean War?
The 38th parallel was maintained; no change from before the war
America realized wars in Asia were unwinnable and withdrew
N. Korea won and all Korea became Communist
S. Korea won and all Korea became a democracy
9
Which best describes the the containment doctrine proposed by Kennan and advanced by Truman?
USSR should be prevented from trading with Africa and Asia
Halting the production of nuclear weapons
Soviet expansion in Turkey, Greece and other nations should be blocked
USSR should be slowly forced to surrender its control of European nations
10
The Brown v. Board case did not...?
Desegregate schools
End "separate but equal"
Further the civil rights movement
Desegregate the military
11
All of the following were reasons why a consumer culture emerged in the 1950's EXCEPT:
Increased production of cars
Ads encouraging shopping
Mass movement to the Sunbelt
Low cost loans through the GI BIll
12
Rock 'n' roll was
invented before WW II
only listened to by white teenagers
seen as rebellion.
brought to the U.S. by immigrants
13
The purpose of the Civil Rights Act was to
formalize hiring practices already in place.
initiate the War on Poverty.
fight discrimination based on race and sex.
memorialize President Kennedy.
14
having so many weapons that both sides would be totally destroyed in an all-out war
Mutual Assured Destruction
nuclear winter
limited war
apocalypse now
15
Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
President Eisenhower
President Nixon
President Kennedy
President Johnson
16
Two policies in the early Cold War that shaped American foreign policy were:
McCarthyism and HUAC
Monroe Doctrine and the Truman Doctrine
Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan
Appeasement and Containment
17
As a response to the riots at Little Rock High School (Central HS), President Eishenhower:
allowing the people of Arkansas to handle it
asking the Supreme Court to act
sent federal troops to enforce integration
forced the governer of Arkansas to resign
18
The passage of the GI Bill impacted society in which of following ways?
it supported farmers with increased subsudies
it supported women with freedom in the workforce
it supported Afr. Americans with equal rights
it supported veterans with equal opportunities (education & housing)
19
Who was NOT a supporter of non-violent protest in the civil rights movement?
Ralph Abernathy
Martin Luther King Jr.
A. Philip Randolph
Malcom X
20
After WWII, American leaders developed a policy of __ to stop the expansion of Communism.
mutually assured destruction
isolationism
massive retaliation
containment
21
racial separation imposed by law
in nomine patris segregation
ceteris paribus segregation
de jure segregation
de facto segregation
22
Which invention had a huge cultural impact on the 1950s?
printing press
television
radio
Internet
23
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids discrimination in employment on the basis of
race
age
gender
education
24
Which of the following best describes the "feminine mystique" discussed by Betty Friedan?
thei dea that women’s suffrage was enough to satisfy women
pursuing a career would be more fulfilling than being a housewife
the belief that women's lives as wives should be satisfying
the belief that women were pawns in the male-dominated political system
25
President Eisenhower used federal armed forces to force school integration in what city?
Little Rock
Montgomery
Birmingham
Greensboro
26
In 1950, what event began the conflict on the Korean peninsula?
The Chinese army invaded south of the 38th parallel.
U.N. forces fought off the invading army from the North.
The North Korean army invaded south of the 38th parallel.
The South Korean army invaded north of the 38th parallel.
27
This alliance of democratic nations was formed to restore peace in the post-WWII world?
League of Nations
OPEC
NATO
NAACP
28
What was one consequence of middle-class migration to the suburbs after World War II?
Poverty became an invisible problem because many never encountered it
The suburbs became the first areas to become fully integrated.
Large #'s of modest homes were available for inner-city residents.
City dwellers were able to take the place of workers who had moved
29
What prompted the Supreme Court to hear and rule on Brown v. Board of Education?
Congress told them to
It believed civil rights could not be denied any longer due to the 14th Am.
The Court wanted to uphold Plessy v. Ferguson
President Eisenhower asked them to
30
Which of the following statements best describes the "Baby Boom"?
soldiers sent overseas/ married local overseas women/ raised families
After WW II soldiers returned- surge in marriage and the # of babies born
unemployment left men at home, increasing the birth rate
a generation was born that would never have to live with war
31
Because of the USSR getting to space first, President Kennedy made ____ a priority.
dedicated a large percentage of the defense budget to nuclear bombs
funding for NASA and creating a stronger science program in high schools
development of non-nuclear power
placing Soviet immigrants on restrictions
32
What effect did the Cold War have on the American space program?
American/ Soviet scientific cooperation lessened tensions
High levels of military spending deterred science research
nuclear weapons led to less sophisticated rocket technology.
Competition with the Soviets spurred American space missions
33
What group was famously blacklisted for refusing to testify in front of HUAC?
Chicago Ten
Radio Ten
Hollywood Ten
Automobile Ten
34
Betty Friedan's book "The Feminine Mystique" criticized which idea that put pressure on women that led to frustration.
Take joy in consumerism
honor the contributions of women in WWII
have an abortion
quit college, get married, have babies, stay home.
35
The COLD WAR consisted of land, air and sea battles by the U.S. and U.S.S.R. for domination.
TRUE
FALSE
36
All of the following are reasons Malcolm X gave the Battle of the Bullet Speech EXCEPT:
Without voting or violence, the status of Blacks would not change
He wanted black people needed to take responsibility, instead of whites
Persistant low voter turnout in Southern cities with high Black populations
To coordinate his message with Martin Luther King Jr.
37
Historians argue that Truman didn't abandon S. Korea (but went to war) in 1950 when the Communists invaded because:
European leaders ignored Hitler when he invaded countries which led to WWII
Roosevelt's decision to delay opening a second front in France in WWII
The failure of the American military to seize East Berlin in WWII
Chiang Kai-Shek's defeat to Mao and Mao's move to conquer Taiwan
38
Who is this quote referring to "Anyone who takes issue with him is accused of treason or being a spy."
Dean Acheson
Joeseph McCarthy
Richard Nixon
John Dulles
39
What economic outcome resulted from the large-scale migration pattern represented below?
Many urban African Americans relocated to the rural South.
Middle-class whites had greater contact with the urban poor.
City gov't struggled to pay for services for poor residents.
Businesses flocked to cities to take advantage of low rents.
40
"White Flight," where middle class white families left cities to live in the new suburbs caused cities to:
Urban slums and urban poverty in cities
Expand science and math programs
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Revitalize
41
What was the purpose of NATO?
To fight to eliminate communism from the world
Free trade among member nations
mutual defense of Western Europe and North America
To defeat the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact
42
During the 1950s, many Americans moved out of the cities and into...
the coast lines
the suburbs
the countryside
campgrounds
43
An early breakthrough in the Civil Rights Movement that added many to the fight for justice was:
Shirley Chisholm becoming a member of Congress
the murder of Emmett Till
Truman picked an African-American as his VP
Bill Russell, a black Celtics player, led an all white team to victory
44
What event(s) in Europe in the years after WWII is the cartoonist referring to?
The threat of Communism in postwar Europe
The need to rebuild the economies of Europe
The Soviet invasion of Hungary
The construction of the Berlin Wall
45
case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
The People vs. O.J. Simpson
Hassan vs. New York City
Hernandez vs. Texas
46
Who was the first black Supreme Court justice who rose from poverty to preside over Brown v. Board of Education?
Oliver Brown
Thurgood Marshall
Paul Robeson
Martin Luther King Jr.
47
Which is NOT associated with the Kennedy presidential campaign in 1960?
Using TV as a strategy
Promising he would end McCarthyism
Choosing Johnson as his running mate
A pledge to rise to the challenge of the 60's
48
Which of the following was NOT a reason for the jump in births between 1948-1968?
Fewere restrictions on immigration
Social pressure to have a large family
The growth of suburbs and stay at home moms
Faith in a strong economy
49
Who "made the American Dream" possible with fast housing developmets that all looked alike?
Ray Kroc
William Levitt
William Clark
Alan Freed
50
Whose actions started the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
JFK
Elvis
Rosa Parks
MLK
51
Which is TRUE about Truman's presidency?
He lost the 1952 election
he lost the 1952 election to Eisenhower
He left the presidency with the highest approval raing since Washington
He made promises to the black community but never followed through
52
Who won the election of 1960 to be the youngest elected president until 2008?
Barrack Obama
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
53
What bill gave financial and educational aid to soldiers returning from WW II?
G.I. Bill
Dolla' dolla' bill ya'll
Civil Rights Act
Plessy Bill
54
Which of these was NOT a demographic characteristic of the post-World War II era in the US?
Substantial growth in the population of the sunbelt region
A massive migration of Americans from cities to suburbs
Urban-suburban integration between Blacks and Whites
The vast expansion of the home owning middle class
55
Which one of these leaders of the Civil Rights movement is considered the most militant?
Thurgoood Marshall
Rosa Parks
Malcom X
Martin Luther King Jr.
