Post WW2 and Civil Rights Movement
not a program of President Johnson's Great Society
Alliance for Progress
The man who ran against Lyndon Johnson for President in 1964 as a Conservative Republican was
Barry Goldwater
Because of population shifts after World War II, by 1963, this state had become the most populous state in the United States
California
The first consumer credit card in the United States appearing first in 1950 was the
Diner's Clubs
In 1948, the states' rights party that opposed the Democratic party's move towards civil rights for African-Americans was the
Dixiecrats
Among those considered to be a cultural rebel during the 1950s in the United States was
Elvis Presley
By the mid-1960s, American blacks in general
felt anger and frustration at the failure of civil rights reform
Republican member of Congress chosen as Vice-President when Nixon's first Vice-President was forced to resign who became President when Nixon resigned in August, 1974
gerald ford
President Eisenhower sent troops to Little Rock because
he could not tolerate resistance to the law and federal authority
One of President Johnson's strengths was
he had been an effective Senate majority leader who knew how to pass legislation
By 1956, the majority of workers in the United States
held white-collar jobs
A major factor that contributed to Lyndon Johnson's inability to implement his domestic program
his attempt to pursue both his domestic policies and the Vietnam War
t or f: During the 1950s millions of white Americans fled the cities and moved to the suburbs so that by the end of the decade a third of all Americans lived in suburbs
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t or f: During the 1950s, a group of authors who promoted unconventional values in their writings were known as the beat generation.
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t or f: During the presidency of Lyndon Johnson, for the first time in American history the federal government developed a program specifically designed to end poverty in the United States.
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t or f: Following World War II, the United States actively assumed a position of world leadership.
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t or f: Immediate postwar adjustment was hostile toward American workers as 1946 saw more strikes than in any other year in American history.
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t or f: In 1954, Congress added the words, "under God" to the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
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t or f: In comparison to his predecessors, Dwight Eisenhower had limited experience with the everyday workings of government and politics.
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t or f: In general, the decade and a half after World War II was one of stability and security for the United States.
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t or f: In the Presidential Election of 1948, the Republican candidate Thomas Dewey was expected to defeat the incumbent Harry Truman but Truman pulled off an upset and won a close election.
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t or f: In the presidential election of 1960, the young, charismatic Democratic candidate, John Kennedy used television to good advantage.
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t or f: In the presidential election of 1960, voters were divided very evenly between the two major presidential candidates.
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t or f: Increased profitability in agriculture led to consolidation as the average size of an American farm doubled.
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t or f: Inflation in the United States slowed during the 1950s and early 1960s.
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t or f: Oligopolies, conglomerates and franchises were all part of post World War II economic expansion.
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t or f: Post World War II Americans discovered a shared religious sense which led to an increase in church attendance during the 1950s.
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t or f: President Truman was, in general, able to obtain congressional approval for most of the major programs comprising his Fair Deal.
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t or f: The 1950s in American history are often referred to as a period of consensus and conformity meaning that most people wanted to be like the other people in society.
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t or f: The biggest problem facing the United States after the end of World War II in 1945 was demobilization, the transition to a wartime economy from a peacetime economy.
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t or f: The first two decades after World War II were one of longest sustained periods of economic expansion the United States had ever known.
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t or f: The passage of the Taft-Hartley Act was an indicator of Republican and American reaction against unions as a response to the pro-union measures passed during the New Deal
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By 1960, most Americans tended to believe that the federal government should
take a more active role in civil rights
t or f: After World War II, traditional gender roles were affirmed, as women faced tremendous pressure to conform.
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t or f: As the American economy expanded and increasing sense of sameness pervaded American society.
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t or f: As the United States became more populous after World War II it also became more mobile.
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t or f: By 1960, sixty percent of all American families had discretionary income compared to only thirty-three percent prior to World War II.
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t or f: During World War II, the location of many war industries prompted many people to move west.
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President Kennedy established this agency to send men and women overseas to help developing countries achieve their economic and social goals
Peace Corps
t or f:Because of the anxieties of the Cold War, American reflected little optimism in the two decades after World War II.
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In the Presidential Election of 1948, the Democratic Party
faced defections within its party from both the Conservative and Liberal wings of the party
Dwight Eisenhower's Presidency was not characterized by
failure to gain a consensus with Congress
The Democratic candidate for president in the 1968 election was
Hubert Humphrey
Whose assassination set off race riots in many American inner cities in 1968?
Martin Luther King Jr.
President Kennedy's program was known as
New Frontier
Which book described the United States' economy during the post World War II era?
The Affluent Society
The Serviceman's Readjustment Act or G.I. Bill of Rights gave returning soldiers did not
The Serviceman's Readjustment Act or G.I. Bill of Rights gave returning soldiers
t or f: After World War II, the growth of a black urban population fostered the creation of businesses that catered to that population.
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postwar economic boom was not
a scarcity of consumer goods
Underlying President Johnson's vision of a great society for America was
a total reform program for the nation's socioeconomic problems
Kennedy's program was aimed at
addressing the issue of poverty and wealth, combating ignorance that created prejudice and denied civil rights, sending American into uncharted areas of outer space
Democratic Governor of Illinois who ran for presidency in 1952 and 1956 Defeated the second time worst that the first
adlai stevenson
Economic growth in the United States during the post-World War II years favored
american middle class
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" describes
astronaut Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon
Conservative Senator from Arizona who was Republican Candidate for President in 1964 election
barry goldwater
The outsider group of young people who repudiated materialistic, conformist middle-class values in the 1950s preferring instead lifestyles involving spontaneity, spirituality and experimentation were the
beat generation
Pediatrician who wrote Baby and Child Care that first sold for Twenty-five cents; became responsible for shaping the pattern child rearing in post World War II United States
benjamin spock
Popular American evangelist from North Carolina from the 1950s to 1990s; led mass revivals around the world and on radio and TV
billy graham
President Eisenhower was not associated with
bringing about the downfall of Joseph McCarthy by publicly denouncing his actions
During the Eisenhower Administration, an important factor in promoting the material development of the United States was
construction of the Interstate Highway System
Which of the following stimuli to consumerism was introduced in the 1950s?
credit cards
In the midterm elections of 1946, the American voters
demonstrated reservations about the principles of the Fair Deal and Truman's leadership
1950s and 60s film star whose pert girl next door image reinforced period's wholesome attitude toward women
doris day
During the 1950s, agricultural development in the United States
expanded because of the use of Mexican
t or f: As a Democrat concerned with expanding the nation's welfare program, President Kennedy considered the space program to be relatively unimportant
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t or f: Because of population shifts after World War II, by 1963 Texas had become the most populous state in the Union.
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t or f: In the midterm elections of 1946, the American voters indicated enthusiasm for Truman's leadership.
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t or f: In the period after World War II, there was a migration of middle-class white collar Americans back to the inner cities of the United States.
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t or f: One of Lyndon Johnson's major goals as president was to lessen the power of the executive branch in the political process.
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t or f: The immigration Act of 1965 established the principle that quotas for immigration into the United States would be based on racial and national origins.
f
The most popular image of women in the 1950s popular culture was that of the
housewife
wrote On the Road, story of his travels across America in 1950s
jack kerouac
African-American who became first of his race to play major League baseball
jackie robinson
1950s painter who led "New York School" in rebellion against European influence in American art
jackson pollock
Southerner elected U.S. President in 1976 because of his lack of experience in Washington
jimmy carter
The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947
limited the powers of unions
During the 1960s, the civil rights movement in the United States
often employed civil disobedience to achieve its goals
In November, 1963 was assassinated while
on a political trip to help unite the Texas Democratic party
In Miranda v. Arizona, the Supreme Court declared that
police had to advise a suspect of his or her constitutional right to remain silent and to have a lawyer present before interrogation
Southern states responded to the Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation in public schools by
refusing to comply
The United States Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was to
strike down laws the permitted segregated schools
The passage of the National Defense Education Act calling for increase federal aid to education was a result of the
successful launching of a Russian satellite into space in 1957 before the United States did
Truman's Fair Deal and Johnson's Great Society both
suffered because of the president's concern over a foreign policy issue, Truman = Cold War and Johnson = Vietnam War
President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society program
suffered from dissension and conflict within the Democratic Party
The Supreme Court in the 1950s and 1960s
supported and promoted social change
t or f: After World War II, automation became increasingly characteristic of American industry, which meant that it took fewer workers to produce the same amount of goods.
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t or f: After World War II, so many Puerto Ricans moved to New York City that by 1960 there were more Puerto Ricans living in that city than in San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico.
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In the 1960s some Americans called for the impeachment of Chief Justice Earl Warren because
the Court was responsible for a series of extremely liberal decisions that its critics thought overstepped the bounds of its constitutional authority
President Harry Truman's liberal domestic program which raised the minimum wage, instituted programs to help farmers and the inner city poor, and began a civil rights program was called
the Fair Deal
The most important factor contributing to the social changes of the 1970s was
the coming of age of the baby-boom generation
In President Eisenhower's perception of the function of government:
the government should have a limited role in the economy
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring dealt with
the hazards of DDT and other pesticides
Presidents Kennedy and Johnson were similar in
their aggressive use of presidential power
Population shifted after World War II was
to the North and Midwest
One of the chief obstacles John F. Kennedy had to overcome in order to win the election of 1960 was
was a Roman Catholic
Operation Wetback
was an attempt by the Eisenhower Administration to round-up illegal aliens and return them to their native country, Mexico
The passage of the Taft-Hartley Act
was an indicator of Republican reaction against unions
During the Truman and Eisenhower Administrations, corporate development in the United States
was characterized by increasing concentration of control and the formation of conglomerates
By 1960, a majority of all American families
were living in poverty as great as the great depression
During the 1950s televisions
were part of the expanding consumer culture, revitalized the advertising industry, helped spread the popularity of rock and roll music, became a new way for young people to learn values
