nonviolent protest
  • Montgomery showed African Americans and the civil rights movement the power of:
  • As a result of the Montgomery boycott in 1955-1956:
  • In his 1961 farewell address, President Eisenhower warned Americans about:
  • Martin Luther King Jr. was:
significantly increased
  • By the mid-1950s, most workers:
  • Between 1945 and 1960, home ownership:
  • By the early 1950s, the United States was supporting the French effort against the Viet Minh:
  • Elvis was especially controversial because of his:
his Catholicism.
  • In his 1961 farewell address, President Eisenhower warned Americans about: a) the military-industrial complex. b) the rise of organized crime. c) the increase in juvenile delinquency. d) environmental hazards. e) the slow pace of the civil rights movement.
  • As a result of the Montgomery boycott in 1955-1956:
  • In response to the court-ordered desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas:
  • In the 1960 presidential race, John F. Kennedy became the Democratic candidate, despite:
A car
  • Which of the following is NOT true of the GI Bill?
  • How did the 1959 American National Exhibition showcase freedom in the U.S.?
  • Along with a home and a TV, what became part of the "standard consumer package" of the 1950's?
  • The arrest of Rosa Parks in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 inspired:
was sparked when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give her seat up to a white man.
  • During the 1950s, Americans:
  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott:
  • After WWII, most working women:
  • The phenomenon of "white flight" in the 1950s:
was a coalition of black ministers and civil rights activists who fought for desegregation.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. was:
  • The Affluent Society
  • As a result of the Montgomery boycott in 1955-1956:
  • The Southern Christian Leadership Conference:
e) soft power.
  • The ability to influence the world with American goods and popular culture is called: a) hard power. b) coercive power. c) persuasive power. d) cultural power. e) soft power.
  • How did the 1959 American National Exhibition showcase freedom in the U.S.?
  • During the postwar suburban boom, African-Americans: a) experienced little, if any, discrimination, especially in the North. b) were encouraged to move into communities like Levittown, New York. c) were discriminated against only in the South. d) received special treatment if they were veterans.e) were often unable to receive financing for housing.
  • The postwar era witnessed its most dramatic population growth in:
prohibited presidents from serving more than two terms
  • The Twenty-second Amendment:
  • The center of gravity of American farming after WWII shifted to:
  • The Impact of Television
  • During the 1950s, American teenagers:
Texas, Arizona, and California.
  • The postwar economic boom was fueled mainly by:
  • The Twenty-second Amendment:
  • The center of gravity of Americans farming after World War II shifted to
  • William Levitt, coupled with the GI Bill, gave many Americans the opportunity to:
the sunbelt
  • The postwar era witnessed its most dramatic population growth in:
  • The center of gravity of American farming after WWII shifted to:
  • The postwar economic boom was fueled mainly by:
  • All of the following are true of Sputnik 1 EXCEPT that it:
Wealthy businesses part of the government. Scaled back gov. funding, kept new deal ideals, intended to redefine republicanism. Expanded welfare state ideas.
  • Levittown
  • Urban renewal
  • Modern republicanism
  • New conservatism
Buy a home
  • William Levitt, coupled with the GI Bill, gave many Americans the opportunity to:
  • The ability to influence the world with American goods and popular culture is called: a) hard power. b) coercive power. c) persuasive power. d) cultural power. e) soft power.
  • William Levitt, coupled with the GI Bill, gave many Americans the opportunity to
  • Along with a home and a TV, what became part of the "standard consumer package" of the 1950's?
Iran
  • All of the following contributed to the emergence of the civil rights movement of the 1950s EXCEPT: a) the mass migration out of the South to the North beginning in World War I. b) the destabilization of the racial system during World War II. c) the Cold War, which demanded that the rhetoric of democracy be practiced in America. d) the rise of independent states in the Third World.e) President Truman's refusal to desegregate the military.
  • Working women in the 1950s
  • In response to the court-ordered desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas:
  • President Eisenhower used the CIA to overthrow which Middle Eastern government in the early 1950s, in large part because this government attempted to nationalize British-owned oil fields?
inspired by the teachings of Gandhi.
  • During the 1950s, television: a) effectively spread images of working-class life to a growing number of Americans. b) tried to replace newspapers as the most common source of information but failed. c) became the nation's least favorite form of leisure activity. d) became an effective advertising medium. e) presented shows that were controversial.
  • Working women in the 1950s
  • Martin Luther King Jr. was:
  • In response to the court-order desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas,
bigness and concentration
  • In the postwar era, the trend in the corporate sector was toward:
  • The postwar economic boom was fueled mainly by:
  • The postwar era witnessed its most dramatic population growth in:
  • The center of gravity of American farming after WWII shifted to:
d) Iran.
  • By the 1950s, suburban life was marked by an increasing:
  • In the 1950s, teenagers became especially important as:
  • President Eisenhower used the CIA to overthrow which Middle Eastern government in the early 1950s, in large part because this government attempted to nationalize British-owned oil fields? a) Iraq. b) Egypt. c) Israel. d) Iran. e) Saudi Arabia.
  • In his 1961 farewell address, President Eisenhower warned Americans about: a) the military-industrial complex. b) the rise of organized crime. c) the increase in juvenile delinquency. d) environmental hazards. e) the slow pace of the civil rights movement.
cold war-related military spending
  • The phenomenon of "white flight" in the 1950s:
  • The postwar era witnessed its most dramatic population growth in:
  • The postwar economic boom was fueled mainly by:
  • The center of gravity of Americans farming after World War II shifted to
e) To prevent Vietnam from becoming a communist nation.
  • Why did Eisenhower intervene in Vietnam? a) To prevent the Japanese from colonizing Vietnam. b) To support Ho Chi Minh's nationalist movement. c) To prevent the French from restoring colonial rule. d) To support the Vietnamese people in their opposition to colonial rule.e) To prevent Vietnam from becoming a communist nation.
  • The 1960 presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon:
  • To libertarian conservatives, freedom meant: a) first and foremost a moral condition. b) individual autonomy, limited government, and unregulated capitalism. c) using government as a vehicle for social reform, ensuring an equal distribution of wealth. d) what it did in the late eighteenth century—the right to own property and to vote. e) racial equality and the end of a segregated society.
  • Which of the following is NOT true of the GI Bill?
increased dramatically, especially in places like Levittown and California.
  • What was the organization called that Martin Luther King Jr. established after the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
  • After World War II, suburban growth:
  • Eisenhower
  • Senator Joseph McCarthy's power began to unravel when he made reckless charges about Communist influence in:
e) were often unable to receive financing for housing.
  • Why did Eisenhower intervene in Vietnam? a) To prevent the Japanese from colonizing Vietnam. b) To support Ho Chi Minh's nationalist movement. c) To prevent the French from restoring colonial rule. d) To support the Vietnamese people in their opposition to colonial rule.e) To prevent Vietnam from becoming a communist nation.
  • During the postwar suburban boom, African-Americans
  • During the postwar suburban boom, African-Americans: a) experienced little, if any, discrimination, especially in the North. b) were encouraged to move into communities like Levittown, New York. c) were discriminated against only in the South. d) received special treatment if they were veterans.e) were often unable to receive financing for housing.
  • During the 1950s, American teenagers:
the power of the military-industrial complex
  • In the 1950s, teenagers became especially important as:
  • In his farewell address, Eisenhower warned about:
  • In his 1961 farewell address, President Eisenhower warned Americans about:
  • Most blacks who moved to Chicago were fleeing terrible poverty in:
First satellite, launched by the Russians.
  • Sputnik
  • Suburbia
  • Between 1945 and 1960 in the United States:
  • Which of the following is NOT true of the GI Bill?
the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public transportation was illegal.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president in 1952 in part because he
  • In response to the court-ordered desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas:
  • As a result of the Montgomery boycott in 1955-1956:
  • In his farewell address, Eisenhower warned about:
altered the American landscape.
  • Libertarian conservatives
  • Dulles's policy of "brinksmanship" involved:
  • After World War II, the automobile:
  • Interstate Highway System
averting war through the threat of nuclear force
  • Secretary of State John Foster Dulles's policy of massive retaliation:
  • Dulles's policy of "brinksmanship" involved:
  • During the Cold War, religious differences
  • After the war, Americans were most eager to:
b) buy a home.
  • William Levitt, with the help of the GI Bill, gave many Americans the opportunity to a) get an education. b) buy a home. c) buy a gray flannel suit. d) buy a car. e) advance within the military.
  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott:a) was sparked when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give her seat up to a white man. b) did not succeed in desegregating the public buses. c) propelled Thurgood Marshall into the national spotlight as a leader in the civil rights movement. d) marked the end of the civil rights movement. e) lasted less than two weeks.
  • The ability to influence the world with American goods and popular culture is called: a) hard power. b) coercive power. c) persuasive power. d) cultural power. e) soft power.
  • During the postwar suburban boom, African-Americans: a) experienced little, if any, discrimination, especially in the North. b) were encouraged to move into communities like Levittown, New York. c) were discriminated against only in the South. d) received special treatment if they were veterans.e) were often unable to receive financing for housing.
Some states closed the public schools, rather than integrate, and offered white children the choice to opt out of integrated schools
  • Which statement best describes how the white South reacted to the Brown v. Board of Education decision?
  • During the postwar suburban boom, African-Americans:
  • In the 1952 presidential campaign, Richard Nixon's Checkers speech
  • The phenomenon of "white flight" in the 1950s:
d) Some states closed the public schools rather than integrate, and offered white children the choice to opt out of integrated schools.
  • Why did Eisenhower intervene in Vietnam? a) To prevent the Japanese from colonizing Vietnam. b) To support Ho Chi Minh's nationalist movement. c) To prevent the French from restoring colonial rule. d) To support the Vietnamese people in their opposition to colonial rule.e) To prevent Vietnam from becoming a communist nation.
  • In 1954, the Supreme Court case known as Brown v. Board of Education:
  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott:a) was sparked when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give her seat up to a white man. b) did not succeed in desegregating the public buses. c) propelled Thurgood Marshall into the national spotlight as a leader in the civil rights movement. d) marked the end of the civil rights movement. e) lasted less than two weeks.
  • Which statement best describes how the white South reacted to the Brown v. Board of Education decision? a) In opposition to integration, white southerners often burned down schools. b) While the general public was outraged, southern congressional politicians supported the Supreme Court's decisions. c) Southerners worked closely with the NAACP, cooperating when they could to integrate schools.d) Some states closed the public schools rather than integrate, and offered white children the choice to opt out of integrated schools. e) Southerners took it in stride, recognizing that the time had come for change.
b) individual autonomy, limited government, and unregulated capitalism.
  • Between 1946 and 1960, the American gross national product:a) more than doubled, and wages increased. b) declined as wages stagnated. c) stayed about the same. d) returned to prewar levels. e) increased so dramatically that poverty was completely eliminated.
  • William Levitt, with the help of the GI Bill, gave many Americans the opportunity to a) get an education. b) buy a home. c) buy a gray flannel suit. d) buy a car. e) advance within the military.
  • To libertarian conservatives, freedom meant: a) first and foremost a moral condition. b) individual autonomy, limited government, and unregulated capitalism. c) using government as a vehicle for social reform, ensuring an equal distribution of wealth. d) what it did in the late eighteenth century—the right to own property and to vote. e) racial equality and the end of a segregated society.
  • Why did Eisenhower intervene in Vietnam? a) To prevent the Japanese from colonizing Vietnam. b) To support Ho Chi Minh's nationalist movement. c) To prevent the French from restoring colonial rule. d) To support the Vietnamese people in their opposition to colonial rule.e) To prevent Vietnam from becoming a communist nation.
Thurgood Marshall
  • After World War II, the automobile:
  • During the 1950's, television:
  • Who argued the case Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court?
  • Interstate Highway System
purchase
  • With the end of World War II, women workers were encouraged to:
  • After the war, Americans were most eager to:
  • After World War II, the automobile:
  • Interstate Highway System
Initiated in 1956, led to the growth of suburbans, automobile sales, etc.
  • After World War II, the automobile:
  • Interstate Highway System
  • After World War II, suburban growth: a) declined.b) increased dramatically, especially in California. c) occurred primarily in the South. d) was dominated by expensive housing. e) was discouraged by state and federal government policies.
  • The Affluent Society
buy a home.
  • William Levitt, coupled with the GI Bill, gave many Americans the opportunity to
  • During the 1950s, the income gap between whites and blacks:
  • During the 1950's, agricultural production:
  • The ability to influence the world with American goods and popular culture is called: a) hard power. b) coercive power. c) persuasive power. d) cultural power. e) soft power.
a) was sparked when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give her seat up to a white man.
  • After WWII, most working women:
  • Between 1946 and 1960, the American gross national product:a) more than doubled, and wages increased. b) declined as wages stagnated. c) stayed about the same. d) returned to prewar levels. e) increased so dramatically that poverty was completely eliminated.
  • The Twenty-second Amendment:
  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott:a) was sparked when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give her seat up to a white man. b) did not succeed in desegregating the public buses. c) propelled Thurgood Marshall into the national spotlight as a leader in the civil rights movement. d) marked the end of the civil rights movement. e) lasted less than two weeks.
the Pledge of Allegiance
  • Between 1946 and 1960, the American gross national product:
  • One sign of the times came in 1954 when Congress added the words "under God" to:
  • The ability to influence the world with American goods and popular culture is called: a) hard power. b) coercive power. c) persuasive power. d) cultural power. e) soft power.
  • During the 1950s, the income gap between whites and blacks:
c) the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public transportation was illegal.
  • During the 1950s, television: a) effectively spread images of working-class life to a growing number of Americans. b) tried to replace newspapers as the most common source of information but failed. c) became the nation's least favorite form of leisure activity. d) became an effective advertising medium. e) presented shows that were controversial.
  • In his 1961 farewell address, President Eisenhower warned Americans about: a) the military-industrial complex. b) the rise of organized crime. c) the increase in juvenile delinquency. d) environmental hazards. e) the slow pace of the civil rights movement.
  • All of the following contributed to the emergence of the civil rights movement of the 1950s EXCEPT: a) the mass migration out of the South to the North beginning in World War I. b) the destabilization of the racial system during World War II. c) the Cold War, which demanded that the rhetoric of democracy be practiced in America. d) the rise of independent states in the Third World.e) President Truman's refusal to desegregate the military.
  • As a result of the Montgomery boycott in 1955-1956: a) blacks won the right to attend the school of their choice. b) the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public transportation was legal.c) the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public transportation was illegal. d) African-American women became less involved in the civil rights movement. e) Rosa Parks was sent to jail for over a year.
Plessy v. Ferguson
  • The arrest of Rosa Parks in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 inspired:
  • By the mid-1950s, most workers:
  • Which Supreme Court decision did Brown overturn?
  • How did the 1959 American National Exhibition showcase freedom in the U.S.?
1) TV overpowered newspapers, magazines, radios as source of news info and diversion 2) TV advertising = vast market for new fashions/ products3) televised athletic events made college/pro sports a major source of entertainment4) TV programming created a popular image of american life: white, middle class, suburban, with traditional gender roles. also sometimes portrayed less conventional lifestyles.5) oppressed/less fortunate people could see the way everyone else lived - contributed to sense of powerlessness and isolation
  • The ability to influence the world with American goods and popular culture is called: a) hard power. b) coercive power. c) persuasive power. d) cultural power. e) soft power.
  • The arrest of Rosa Parks in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 inspired:
  • The Impact of Television
  • During the 1950s, Americans:
that segregation did lifelong damage to black children, undermining their self-esteem
  • In Brown v. Board of Education, what was Thurgood Marshall's main argument before the Supreme Court?
  • In The Affluent Society, John Kenneth Galbraith pointed out the:
  • As a result of the Montgomery boycott in 1955-1956: a) blacks won the right to attend the school of their choice. b) the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public transportation was legal.c) the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public transportation was illegal. d) African-American women became less involved in the civil rights movement. e) Rosa Parks was sent to jail for over a year.
  • In his 1961 farewell address, President Eisenhower warned Americans about:
b) violence broke out, and President Eisenhower sent in federal troops.
  • In response to the court-ordered desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas: a) violence broke out, but President Eisenhower refused to send federal troops.b) violence broke out, and President Eisenhower sent in federal troops. c) high schools across the South became desegregated immediately. d) Governor Orval Faubus used the National Guard to protect the black students from angry whites. e) Governor Orval Faubus requested that federal troops be sent into Little Rock to end the violence.
  • As a result of the Montgomery boycott in 1955-1956:
  • During the 1950s, television: a) effectively spread images of working-class life to a growing number of Americans. b) tried to replace newspapers as the most common source of information but failed. c) became the nation's least favorite form of leisure activity. d) became an effective advertising medium. e) presented shows that were controversial.
  • In response to the court-ordered desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas:
d) altered the American landscape.
  • After World War II, suburban growth:
  • After World War II, the automobile: a) declined in use, and the Midwest suffered economically. b) became a status symbol only for the wealthy. c) remained a luxury, not a necessity of life. d) altered the American landscape. e) was replaced by the train as the preferred method of transportation.
  • After the war, Americans were most eager to:
  • Ultimately, the Beats:
b) reinforced the concentration of poverty in nonwhite urban neighborhoods.
  • In response to the court-order desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas,
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president in 1952 in part because he: a) pledged to use nuclear weapons in the Korean War. b) promised to dismantle the New Deal. c) supported civil rights.d) manifested a public image of fatherly warmth. e) promised to cut highway construction spending.
  • The Housing Act of 1949: a) set a high income ceiling for eligibility. b) reinforced the concentration of poverty in nonwhite urban neighborhoods. c) ended the concentration of poverty in nonwhite urban neighborhoods. d) allowed growing numbers of blacks to move to the suburbs. e) paired with urban renewal programs, made American cities more diverse and prosperous.
  • As a result of the Montgomery boycott in 1955-1956:
b) increased dramatically, especially in California.
  • After World War II, suburban growth:
  • Ultimately, the Beats:
  • After World War II, the automobile: a) declined in use, and the Midwest suffered economically. b) became a status symbol only for the wealthy. c) remained a luxury, not a necessity of life. d) altered the American landscape. e) was replaced by the train as the preferred method of transportation.
  • After World War II, suburban growth: a) declined.b) increased dramatically, especially in California. c) occurred primarily in the South. d) was dominated by expensive housing. e) was discouraged by state and federal government policies.
Significance: Civil Rights Act, EPA, diffused tensions between US and china/russia,
  • Which Supreme Court decision did Brown overturn?
  • After WWII, most working women:
  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott:
  • Nixon
Significance: War Vet., grew infrastructure (Highway act), ended Korean War, and kept american peaceful during the cold war.
  • After the war, Americans were most eager to:
  • Eisenhower
  • After World War II, the automobile:
  • With the end of World War II, women workers were encouraged to:
a) That segregation did lifelong damage to black children, undermining their self-esteem.
  • In Brown v. Board of Education, what was Thurgood Marshall's main argument before the Supreme Court? a) That segregation did lifelong damage to black children, undermining their self-esteem. b) That Plessy v. Ferguson was an outdated ruling that needed to be updated. c) That the time had come to implement the promises of Reconstruction. d) That the white, southern politicians did not adequately provide for black schools, thereby violating the "but equal" part of the Plessy ruling. e) That children ought to attend the school that is closest to them, and Linda Brown lived within a mile of the "white" school and should be able to attend that school.
  • In his 1961 farewell address, President Eisenhower warned Americans about: a) the military-industrial complex. b) the rise of organized crime. c) the increase in juvenile delinquency. d) environmental hazards. e) the slow pace of the civil rights movement.
  • During the Eisenhower administration, U.S.-Soviet relations: a) were made worse with the introduction of the policy of massive retaliation. b) improved somewhat after the end of the Korean War and the death of Stalin. c) stayed about the same as those experienced during the Truman years. d) worsened considerably after the death of Stalin. e) improved immensely after the end of the Korean War.
  • In Brown v. Board of Education, what was Thurgood Marshall's main argument before the Supreme Court?
the desire to combat godless communism
  • Between 1946 and 1960, the American gross national product:
  • The 1960 presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon:
  • In the 1952 presidential campaign, Richard Nixon's Checkers speech
  • One major reason for religion's growing appeal in the 1950s was:
found that separate-but-equal was unconstitutional.
  • In 1954, the Supreme Court case known as Brown v. Board of Education:
  • Challenges to the mass conformity of the 1950s came from:
  • In the 1952 presidential campaign, Richard Nixon's Checkers speech
  • During the postwar suburban boom, African-Americans: a) experienced little, if any, discrimination, especially in the North. b) were encouraged to move into communities like Levittown, New York. c) were discriminated against only in the South. d) received special treatment if they were veterans.e) were often unable to receive financing for housing.
b) was a coalition of black ministers and civil rights activists who fought for desegregation.
  • The Southern Christian Leadership Conference: a) was a coalition of white southerners who resisted desegregation. b) was a coalition of black ministers and civil rights activists who fought for desegregation. c) worked primarily on the local level. d) did not seek federal assistance. e) had the support of all southern congressmen.
  • As a result of the Montgomery boycott in 1955-1956: a) blacks won the right to attend the school of their choice. b) the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public transportation was legal.c) the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public transportation was illegal. d) African-American women became less involved in the civil rights movement. e) Rosa Parks was sent to jail for over a year.
  • By 1960, about 65 percent of Americans:
  • During the Eisenhower administration, U.S.-Soviet relations: a) were made worse with the introduction of the policy of massive retaliation. b) improved somewhat after the end of the Korean War and the death of Stalin. c) stayed about the same as those experienced during the Truman years. d) worsened considerably after the death of Stalin. e) improved immensely after the end of the Korean War.
excessive conformity
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president in 1952 in part because he: a) pledged to use nuclear weapons in the Korean War. b) promised to dismantle the New Deal. c) supported civil rights.d) manifested a public image of fatherly warmth. e) promised to cut highway construction spending.
  • Many critics of American life in the 1950s believed that middle-class society suffered from:
  • By the 1950s, suburban life was marked by an increasing:
  • As a result of the Montgomery boycott in 1955-1956:
We're concentrated in low paying, nonunion jobs such as clerical, sales, and service labor
  • The youthful rebels known as the Beats:
  • The Twenty-second Amendment:
  • Between 1945 and 1960 in the United States:
  • After WWII, most working women:
his Catholicism
  • In the 1950s, teenagers became especially important as:
  • In response to the court-ordered desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas: a) violence broke out, but President Eisenhower refused to send federal troops.b) violence broke out, and President Eisenhower sent in federal troops. c) high schools across the South became desegregated immediately. d) Governor Orval Faubus used the National Guard to protect the black students from angry whites. e) Governor Orval Faubus requested that federal troops be sent into Little Rock to end the violence.
  • As a result of the Montgomery boycott in 1955-1956:
  • In the 1960 presidential race, John F. Kennedy became the Democratic candidate, despite
Became an effective advertising medium
  • In his farewell address, Eisenhower warned about:
  • President Eisenhower used the CIA to overthrow which Middle Eastern government in the early 1950s, in large part because this government attempted to nationalize British-owned oil fields?
  • During the 1950's, television:
  • In the 1950s, teenagers became especially important as:
the Beats
  • New conservatives trusted government to:
  • Between 1946 and 1960, the American gross national product:
  • During the postwar suburban boom, African-Americans:
  • Challenges to the mass conformity of the 1950s came from:
regulate personal behavior.
  • New conservatives trusted government to:
  • Between 1945 and 1960 in the United States:
  • Between 1945 and 1960, home ownership:
  • The postwar economic boom was fueled mainly by:
were absorbed within the notion of a common Judeo-Christian heritage.
  • With the end of World War II, women workers were encouraged to:
  • After World War II, suburban growth:
  • Ultimately, the Beats:
  • During the Cold War, religious differences
Rested on private ownership, universal name of capitalism. Major business, used to fight for freedom.
  • Levittown
  • Free enterprise
  • Checkers speech
  • During the postwar suburban boom, African-Americans:
the gross national product almost doubled
  • The phenomenon of "white flight" in the 1950s:
  • After WWII, most working women:
  • In response to the Little Rock crisis of 1957, Eisenhower:
  • Between 1945 and 1960 in the United States:
worked part-time for extra disposable income.
  • Working women in the 1950s
  • All of the following contributed to the emergence of the civil rights movement of the 1950s EXCEPT: a) the mass migration out of the South to the North beginning in World War I. b) the destabilization of the racial system during World War II. c) the Cold War, which demanded that the rhetoric of democracy be practiced in America. d) the rise of independent states in the Third World.e) President Truman's refusal to desegregate the military.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. was:
  • As a result of the Montgomery boycott in 1955-1956:
Economist, author of: capitalism and freedom. Advocated for the overturn to the private sector of all government functions. This included: min. wage, grad. income tax, social security. Believed gov. shouldn't regulate people/economy.
  • Most blacks who moved to Chicago were fleeing terrible poverty in:
  • As a result of the Montgomery boycott in 1955-1956:
  • Milton Friedman
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president in 1952 in part because he
Word for the suburban towns neighboring major cities. Grew due to the rise in population and the expansion of highway networks.
  • Suburbia
  • During the postwar suburban boom, African-Americans:
  • Levittown
  • Sputnik
Through a display of consumer goods
  • In the postwar era, the trend in the corporate sector was toward:
  • The 1960 presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon:
  • The center of gravity of American farming after WWII shifted to:
  • How did the 1959 American National Exhibition showcase freedom in the U.S.?
uniformity
  • As a result of the Montgomery boycott in 1955-1956:
  • Montgomery showed African Americans and the civil rights movement the power of:
  • In his farewell address, Eisenhower warned about:
  • By the 1950s, suburban life was marked by an increasing:
More than doubled, and wages increased
  • How did the 1959 American National Exhibition showcase freedom in the U.S.?
  • During the postwar suburban boom, African-Americans
  • In response to the Little Rock crisis of 1957, Eisenhower:
  • Between 1946 and 1960, the American gross national product:
family savings
  • All of the following increased through the postwar years EXCEPT:
  • The Southern Christian Leadership Conference:
  • In response to the court-ordered desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas:
  • As a result of the Montgomery boycott in 1955-1956:
helped inspire the youth revolt of the 1960s
  • With the end of World War II, women workers were encouraged to:
  • After World War II, suburban growth:
  • After World War II, most working women:
  • Ultimately, the Beats:
carried a nuclear warhead
  • During the postwar suburban boom, African-Americans:
  • Between 1946 and 1960, the American gross national product:
  • The center of gravity of American farming after WWII shifted to:
  • All of the following are true of Sputnik 1 EXCEPT that it:
Khrushchev and Nixon
  • The youthful rebels known as the Beats:
  • The postwar economic boom was fueled mainly by:
  • The center of gravity of American farming after WWII shifted to:
  • The kitchen debates were between
Opposed strong nat'l gov. Wanted ind. freedom, limited gov., and unregulated cap'lism.
  • In response to the court-ordered desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas:
  • Martin Luther King Jr. was:
  • Libertarian conservatives
  • Working women in the 1950s
Mutually assured destruction. Caused both US and USSR to tread lightly.
  • Free enterprise
  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott:
  • Levittown
  • M.A.D.
was a major cause of the growth of the suburbs
  • During the postwar suburban boom, African-Americans:
  • In the postwar era, the trend in the corporate sector was toward:
  • The phenomenon of "white flight" in the 1950s:
  • The center of gravity of Americans farming after World War II shifted to
More powerful form of atomic bombs, developed by both US and USSR.
  • During the postwar suburban boom, African-Americans:
  • H-Bomb
  • Levittown
  • Baby Boom
manifested a public image of fatherly warmth.
  • As a result of the Montgomery boycott in 1955-1956:
  • Martin Luther King Jr. was:
  • In his 1961 farewell address, President Eisenhower warned Americans about:
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president in 1952 in part because he
d) highlighted the impact of television on political campaigns.
  • The 1960 presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon: a) was broadcast only on the radio. b) allowed Nixon to demonstrate his best qualities, thus winning the debate. c) showed Kennedy to be an ineffective speaker, and thus he lost. d) highlighted the impact of television on political campaigns. e) was little noticed at the time.
  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott:a) was sparked when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give her seat up to a white man. b) did not succeed in desegregating the public buses. c) propelled Thurgood Marshall into the national spotlight as a leader in the civil rights movement. d) marked the end of the civil rights movement. e) lasted less than two weeks.
  • The ability to influence the world with American goods and popular culture is called: a) hard power. b) coercive power. c) persuasive power. d) cultural power. e) soft power.
  • The Twenty-second Amendment:
to prevent Vietnam from becoming a communist nation
  • The Affluent Society
  • In response to the court-order desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas,
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president in 1952 in part because he
  • Why did Eisenhower intervene in Vietnam?
belonged to a church
  • By 1960, about 65 percent of Americans:
  • By the 1950s, suburban life was marked by an increasing:
  • All of the following increased through the postwar years EXCEPT:
  • The Southern Christian Leadership Conference:
Toleration of differences, called for return to christianized civilization (good/evil). Wanted gov. to regulate people's behavior. Believed that freedom, was about morality.
  • Checkers speech
  • Modern republicanism
  • New conservatism
  • Free enterprise
d) manifested a public image of fatherly warmth.
  • During the Eisenhower administration, U.S.-Soviet relations: a) were made worse with the introduction of the policy of massive retaliation. b) improved somewhat after the end of the Korean War and the death of Stalin. c) stayed about the same as those experienced during the Truman years. d) worsened considerably after the death of Stalin. e) improved immensely after the end of the Korean War.
  • In response to the court-ordered desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas:
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president in 1952 in part because he: a) pledged to use nuclear weapons in the Korean War. b) promised to dismantle the New Deal. c) supported civil rights.d) manifested a public image of fatherly warmth. e) promised to cut highway construction spending.
  • In his 1961 farewell address, President Eisenhower warned Americans about: a) the military-industrial complex. b) the rise of organized crime. c) the increase in juvenile delinquency. d) environmental hazards. e) the slow pace of the civil rights movement.
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