Chapter 26
What is the name of the University of Chicago economist who helped to develop the intellectual position of libertarian economics?
Milton Friedman
Which of the following enabled the rising purchase of consumer goods?
Increased production that lowered prices, Use of installment plans, Mass-distribution of credit cards
Congressional opposition from which faction plagued Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration?
Liberal Democrats, Conservative Republicans
Why was Emmett Till murdered?
Allegedly whistling at a white woman
What was the name of the 1950s counterculture that rejected the values of conformity and domesticity?
Beats
Who first challenged segregation on buses?
Sarah Keys
What groups experienced the increased fertility rates associated with the baby boom?
Americans from all racial, social, and class lines
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 accomplish?
Created a Civil Rights Commission in the Department of Justice to investigate claims of racial discrimination
The churches most common in suburban America tended most frequently celebrated which of the following cultural values?
Economic individualism
What was the relationship between the federal government and economic growth in the aftermath of World War II?
Federal spending created more economic growth
Which of the following best describes the marketing techniques of early television executives?
Finding programming that would appeal to the widest possible audience
Which of the following right wing think tanks were created in the first decade following WWII?
Foundation for Economic Education, Mont Pelerin Society
How did federal housing programs discriminate against Americans of color?
Redlining neighborhoods that included Americans of color, Claiming that Americans of color were at a greater risk of defaulting on FHA loans, Creating self-fulfilling prophecies that racially integrated neighborhoods would have depreciating home values
What was the result of Brown v. Board of Education?
Ruled against segregated public schools , Overturned the legal logic of Plessy v. Ferguson, Extended the reach of the Fourteenth Amendment
