history ch 24

the term used to describe developing countries hat refused to align with either of the two Cold War powers was

"Third World Countries"

between 1950 and 1970, suburbanization

Hardened racial divisions in American life

President Eisenhower used the CIA to overthrow which middle eastern government in the early 1950s

Iran

which supreme court decision did brown overturn

Plessy v. Ferguson

the center of gravity of America farming after world war II shifted to:

Texas, Arizona, and California

Who argued the case Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court?

Thurgood Marshall

along with a home and a TV, what became part of the "standard consumer package" of the 1950s?

a car

which of the following was not a prominent feature of suburban married life during the fifties

a growing tendency of husbands and wives t share the roles of breadwinner and homemaker

which statement best describes the thesis of david riesman's book the lonley crowd

americans were conformists and lacked the inner resources to lead truly independent lives

William Levitt, coupled with the GI Bill, gave many Americans the opportunity to

buy a home

With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, ___ became an American way of life.

consumerism

secretary of state John Foster dulles's policy of massive retaliation

declared that ay soviet attack on an American ally would be countered by a nuclear attack on the soviet union

the dramatic increase in car ownership in the 1950s contributed to all of the following except

decreased usage of national parks

all of the following were new innovations of the 1950s that helped to transform Americans daily lives EXCEPT:

electric iron

the new conservatives

emphasized tradition, community, and moral commitment

In 1954, the Supreme Court case known as Brown v. Board of Education

found that seperate-but-equal was unconstitutional

during the eisenhower administration, united states-soviet relations

improved somewhat after the end of the korean war and the death of stalin

after world war II, suburban growth

increased dramatically, especially in places like Levittown and California

during the 1950s, teenagers

increased in number and were often perceived to be alienated

to libertarian conservatives, freedom meant

individual autonomy, limited government, and unregulated capitalism

Dwight d. eisenhower was elected president in 1952 in part because he

manifested a public image of fatherly warmth

During the 1950s, ___ jobs declined.

manufacturing

during the 1950s, Americans

on average married younger and had more children as compared to previous generation

all of the following contributed to the emergence of the civil rights movement of the 1950s except

president trumans refusal to desegregate the military

in the 1950s, both the beat movement and rock 'n' roll were viewed as forms of

rebellion

in the 1952 presidential campaign, richard nixon's checkers speech

reflected the growing importance of television in american life

new conservatives trusted government to

regulate personal behavior

most Americans in the 1960s relied on ______ as their primary source of entertainment and information.

television

in Brown v. Board of Education, what was Thurgood Marshall's main argument before the Supreme Court

that segregation did lifelong damage to black children, undermining their self-esteem

Challenges to the mass conformity of the 1950s came from:

the beats

modern republicanism included

the expansion of core new deal programs

Eric Foner writes, "the either-or mentality of the Cold War obscured the extent to which the United States itself fell short of the ideal of freedom." In this context, to what does "the either-or mentality" refer?

the notion that, in a polarized world, you were either for the united states or for the soviet union

the national defense education act, which for the first time offered direct federal funding for higher education, was passed into law by Congress in 1957 in response to

the soviet launch of the first artificial earth satellite, sputnik

which statement about industry is false?

the west did not benefit from the industries that sprang up from the cold war

the eisenhower doctrine pledged support

to any middle eastern country resisting communism or nationalism

all of the following spurred the growth of the suburban middle class EXCEPT:

trains and streetcars

the Montgomery Bus Boycott

was sparked when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man

Dwight d. eisenhower appointed which kind of individuals to his cabinet

wealthy businessmen to run the government like an efficient business

after world war II, most working women

were concentrated in low-paying, nonunion jobs such as clerical, sales, and service labor.

the group that benefitted most from the economy and culture of the 1950s was

white men