Question 1

The Paris summit conference scheduled for 1960 was aborted by the

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A)   Suez crisis.
B)   Bay of Pigs.
C)   Quemoy episode.
D)   launching of Sputnik.
E)   U-2 incident.F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 2

All of the following were harbingers of an emerging new lifestyle of affluence during the 1950s that was in full flower by the decade's end except

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A)   easy credit.
B)   high-volume fast-food production.
C)   new forms of recreation.
D)   new technology of television.
E)   reduction in the middle class.F) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 3

Between 1950 and 1980, the majority of newly created jobs in the clerical and service fields were held by

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A)   men.
B)   minorities.
C)   people with some college education.
D)   women.
E)   immigrants.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

In the epochal 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the Supreme Court

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A)   declared that the concept of "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites was unconstitutional.
B)   upheld its earlier decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.
C)   required busing to achieve racial balance.
D)   declared that the principle of local control of schools would have to be modified.
E)   ordered immediate and total integration of all American schools.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 5

Which of the following is least related to the other three?

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A)   the launching of Sputnik
B)   Landrum-Griffin Act
C)   National Defense Education Act
D)   the space race with the Soviet Union
E)   National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NAS
A)  F) A) and B)
G) A) and E) B

Question 6

All of the following were critics of and lamented the implications of this new consumerist and technological lifestyle of the 1950s except

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A)   traditionalists who felt as if it was degrading to the public's aesthetic, moral, political, and educational standards.
B)   Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith, who highlighted the troublesome connection between private opulence and public squalor in a series of books, beginning with The Affluent Society.
C)   William H. Whyte, Jr., editor of Fortune magazine, in his bestselling book The Organization Man.
D)   televangelists like Billy Graham and Oral Roberts, who refused to take part.
E)   Harvard sociologist David Riesman, who criticized the postwar generation as a pack of conformists in his book The Lonely Crowd.F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 7

The 1954 Supreme Court case that ruled racially segregated school systems "inherently unequal" was

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A)   Roe v. Wade.
B)   Plessy v. Ferguson.
C)   Milliken v. Bradley.
D)   Bakke v. California.
E)   Brown v. Board of Education.F) All of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 8

What may well have tipped the electoral scales for John F. Kennedy in the presidential election of 1960 was

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A)   his age.
B)   his religion.
C)   his televised debates with Richard M. Nixon.
D)   President Eisenhower's heavy loss of popularity in his last two years in office.
E)   his family.F) B) and C)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

The 1955 Geneva Conference

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A)   unified the two Vietnams.
B)   made Ngo Dinh Diem president of Vietnam.
C)   called for the two Vietnams to hold national elections within two years.
D)   created the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization.
E)   established a permanent division of North Vietnam and South Vietnam.F) All of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 10

By the end of the 1950s, Latin American anger toward the United States had intensified because Washington had done all of the following except

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A)   extended massive aid to Europe and little to Latin America.
B)   continued to intervene in Latin American affairs.
C)   supported bloody dictators who claimed to be fighting communism.
D)   allowed Cuba to fall into the hands of the communists.
E)   sponsored a CIA-directed coup in Guatemala.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 11

Prospects for a Democratic victory in the 1952 presidential election were poor for all of the following reasons except

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A)   the military deadlock in Korea.
B)   Truman's refusal to seek another term.
C)   war-bred inflation.
D)   scandals in the White House.
E)   the Republicans' choice of popular Dwight Eisenhower.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 12

The largest public works project during Eisenhower's presidency was

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A)   the space program.
B)   the building of Grand Coulee Dam.
C)   the St. Lawrence Seaway.
D)   construction of the interstate highway system.
E)   the polio vaccine program.F) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 13

Which of the following was not true of the changing nature of work in the 1950s?

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A)   Science and technology drove economic growth.
B)   There were fewer jobs in the military-related aerospace industry.
C)   White collar workers were surpassing blue collar workers in numbers.
D)   Labor unions reached a peak and then began to decline.
E)   Job opportunities were open to women in the white collar work force.F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 14

Sports reflected the population shift toward the West and South when

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A)   San Francisco-born Joe DiMaggio became a major start.
B)   television viewership of sports in those regions became the highest in the country.
C)   baseball's Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants moved to California.
D)   when UCLA and Duke dominated college basketball.
E)   the major college football bowls were moved to those regions.F) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 15

President Eisenhower's secretary of state, John Foster Dulles, promised to

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A)   recognize a Communist government of Vietnam if it were elected.
B)   end all negotiations with the Soviet Union.
C)   roll back communism and liberate the captive peoples of Eastern Europe.
D)   force Third World leaders to choose between communism and capitalism.
E)   provide military support for Israel against the Arab states.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

The first dramatic use of television in American presidential politics came in

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A)   the Army-McCarthy hearings.
B)   Adlai Stevenson's witty acceptance speech at the 1952 Democratic convention.
C)   Richard Nixon's "Checkers speech" appealing to stay on the Republican ticket.
D)   Dwight Eisenhower's televised promise to go personally to Korea.
E)   Richard Nixon's attack ads on Dean Acheson and Adlai Stevenson.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E) C

Question 17

In 1956 the United States sharply criticized ____ as the aggressors in the Suez Canal crisis.

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A)   Egypt and Jordan
B)   Iran and Pakistan
C)   Israel and Turkey
D)   Lebanon and Syria
E)   Britain and FranceF) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 18

The popular Vietnamese leader who was both a nationalist and a communist was

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A)   Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) .
B)   Ngo Dinh Diem.
C)   Madame Nhu.
D)   Ho Chi Minh.
E)   Nguyen Cao Ky.F) A) and E)
G) D) and E) D

Question 19

Dwight Eisenhower's greatest asset as president was

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A)   his vast military experience.
B)   his willingness to fight hard for unpopular policies.
C)   his commitment to social justice.
D)   his willingness to fight back against demagogues like Joseph McCarthy.
E)   the deep popular affection and respect of the American people.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 20

All of the following were developments closely tied to the emerging new lifestyle of affluence and leisure in the 1950s except

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A)   the plastic credit card.
B)   fast-food production.
C)   popular music.
D)   commercialized sex and sensuality.
E)   the environmental movement.F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Exam 37: The Eisenhower ERA

The Paris summit conference scheduled for 1960 was aborted by the

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All of the following were harbingers of an emerging new lifestyle of affluence during the 1950s that was in full flower by the decade's end except

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Between 1950 and 1980, the majority of newly created jobs in the clerical and service fields were held by

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In the epochal 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the Supreme Court

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Which of the following is least related to the other three?

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All of the following were critics of and lamented the implications of this new consumerist and technological lifestyle of the 1950s except

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The 1954 Supreme Court case that ruled racially segregated school systems "inherently unequal" was

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What may well have tipped the electoral scales for John F. Kennedy in the presidential election of 1960 was

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The 1955 Geneva Conference

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By the end of the 1950s, Latin American anger toward the United States had intensified because Washington had done all of the following except

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Prospects for a Democratic victory in the 1952 presidential election were poor for all of the following reasons except

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The largest public works project during Eisenhower's presidency was

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Which of the following was not true of the changing nature of work in the 1950s?

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Sports reflected the population shift toward the West and South when

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President Eisenhower's secretary of state, John Foster Dulles, promised to

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The first dramatic use of television in American presidential politics came in

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In 1956 the United States sharply criticized ____ as the aggressors in the Suez Canal crisis.

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The popular Vietnamese leader who was both a nationalist and a communist was

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