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1
According to many social observers, American culture in the 1950s seemed dominated by a(n)
absorption with consumer goods by a growing middle class.
restless search by individuals for identity and purpose.
quest for economic political justice within the U.S.
isolationist desire to avoid int'l affairs or commitments.
2
Which President integrated the U.S. military?
Eisenhower
Hoover
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
3
The Television completely reinvented the American home during the 1950s
True
False
4
Why did President Truman want to dismiss General MacArthur?
MacArthur ignored Truman's orders several times
To use him as a scapegoat for foreign military failures
MacArthur would not integrate the US Army
He felt MacArthur was a Communist
5
Which court case overturned the "separate but equal" court ruling?
Oldham V. Arizona
Katsuma V. Topeka
Plessy V. Ferguson
Brown V. Board of Education
6
Rosa Parks initiated what?
The Idea of Separate but Equal
The requirement of School Integration
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Little Rock 9
7
The Beatniks were a group of...
Rock n Roll Artists
people who shunned work and attracted to Buddhism and music
White Collar Workers
Conformists who were attracted to the newly created suburbs
8
Levittown was a suburb that was most known for its
expensive cost
Conformity
slow construction
Individuality
9
The Baby Boom was Sparked by...
Desires for large families
Advances in Medicine
All of the Above
Husbands returning from war
10
What is a Cold War?
Conflict fought without war officially being declared
A nuclear war
A war characterized by war crimes
A war fought during the winter
11
Known as the political barrier between Eastern and Western Europe
Iron Curtain
Domino Effect
Isolationism
Detente
12
What court case created the concept of "separate but equal?
Oldham V. Arizona
Brown V. Board of Education
Tinker V. New Jersey
Plessy V. Ferguson
13
In 1956, the Soviets launched _____________, the world’s first satellite into space.
Sputnik
Neil Armstrong
John Glenn
U-2 Spy Plane
14
What action led the Senate to censure Senator Joseph McCarthy?
McCarthy insisted that there were Communists in the US Army.
McCarthy condemned Hiss for passing secrets to the Soviets.
McCarthy opposed the Communist party.
McCarthy accused the Rosenbergs of spying for the Soviets.
15
The United States saw economic growth after WWII, which led to increased consumer spending
True
False
16
Pres. Eisenhower had to call 101
st
Airborne in 57 to enforce the deseg of the public schools in
Little Rock, Arkansas
Tallahassee, Florida
Topeka, Kansas
Chicago, Illinois
17
Germany was separated into an Eastern Soviet state and a Western Democratic state
True
False
18
The Soviet Union developed the nuclear bomb first.
True
False
19
What did the GI Bill do?
Tax plan to help grow military spending
helped veterans go to college, set up businesses, buy homes
Integrated the United States army
Plan to wiretap phones during the Red Scare
20
If one nation falls to communism, then surrounding nations would fall to it.
Deterrence
Isolationism
Domino Effect
Containment
21
George Keenan is responsible for coining what term?
isolationism
deterrence
containment
massive retalliation
22
One of the most important causes of the Cold War between USSR and the U.S.after WWII was
border disputes in Scandinavia
rivalries between the Eastern bloc
ideological conflicts
Russian occupation of Northern Italy
23
Who were the two main adversaries in the Cold War?
East and West Germany
United States and the Soviet Union
United States and China
Germany and the Soviet Union
24
Important advances in medicine during the 1950s included...
Polio Vaccine
all of the above
Affordable Oral Birth Control
Drugs for arthritis
25
Which case dealt with the issue of striking down laws that banned interracial marriage?
NAACP v. Kentucky
Marshall v. United States
Mapp v. Ohio
Loving V. Virginia
26
What group of people were typically identified as communists?
Beatniks
Military Officers
Police Officers
Hollywood
27
____________ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.
NATO
the CIA
the UN
HUAC
28
Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House of Un-American Activities Committee was created to...
The group in charge of the space race with Russia
Identify Communists in America
To Contain Soviet influence in South East Asia
infiltrate Soviet networks in the USSR
29
Women were shown as strong, independent, and capable in 1950s advertisements
False
True
30
When an armistice was signed ending the Korean War,
China gained control of the entire peninsula.
Communist fears in the United States were lifted.
N. and S. Korea were still divided along the 38th parallel.
A communist government was created in South Korea.
