Quiz 15

*Name 3 celebratory slogans for the America of the 1950s.

"Classless society"; "People's capitalism"; and "End of ideology"

What were 3 significant features of suburban married life during the 1950s?

An increase in birth rates; a growing desire among wives and husbands to find fulfillment through the shared enjoyment of material comforts, recreation, and sexual relations; and a drop in divorce rates.

What were 3 leading factors behind the rise of the Cold War?

Anxiety in both the Soviet Union and the U.S. over nuclear capacity of the other; American resentment over Soviet intervention in parts of Europe; and Soviet resentment over American intervention in parts of Europe.

Name 3 major targets of the anticommunist crusade of the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Civil rights campaign; New Deal liberalism; and the labor movement.

*T/F: In 1950s America, political dissent was more conspicuous than cultural dissent.

False

*T/F: Under the Truman Doctrine, only those governments that respected the sovereignty of other peoples and the democratic rights of their own citizens could expect friendship and support from the United States.

False

T/F: In his 1946 letter to President Truman, Henry Wallace urges Truman to toughen up his approach to Soviets, as "force is the only language they understand."

False

T/F: President Dwight Eisenhower took office intent on dismantling the New Deal.

False

Name 3 important causes of the economic prosperity of the 1950s.

Home construction in the expanding suburbs; Cold-War related military production; and the consumption of the interstate highway system.

What were the 3 central aims of U.S. foreign policy during the Eisenhower years?

The U.S. will intervene in the Middle East to ward off threats of Arab nationalism or communism in the region; we must be prepared to negotiate with Russia; and any Russian attack on one of our allies will result in a nuclear attack on Russia.

*Name 3 major trends in 1950s America.

The emergence of a youth culture that challenge the bland complacency of suburban America; the growing association of the car with personal freedom; and the rise of the television as the country's prevalent form of entertainment.

Name 3 parts of America's Cold War approach during the late 1940s and early 1950s.

The pronouncement that the U.S. must assert its place as leader of the "free world"; material assistance in the rebuilding of war-torn Europe; and a commitment to the containment of Soviet expansion anywhere around the globe.

What were 3 significant features of the 1948 presidential election?

The surprise upset victory of President Truman over his Republican challenger Thomas Dewey; the left-wing Progressive party campaign of former Vice President Henry Wallace; and the "Dixiecrat" revolt of disaffected southern Democrats.

*T/F: According to Adlai Stevenson, a woman in postwar America can find her greatest fulfillment, and make her greatest contribution, as a homemaker.

True

T/F: According to the National Security Council's 1950 statement, Soviet communism poses a grave threat to American-style freedom.

True

T/F: Although it was happening all over the country, 1950s suburbanization found its greatest momentum out West.

True

T/F: Amid the rise of the Cold War, American tended to define "human rights" in terms of political freedom, while Russia stressed social and economic entitlements.

True

T/F: During the Fifties, material consumption come increasingly to surpass economic independence and democratic engagement as the leading measure of American freedom.

True

T/F: In their respective statements, Senator McCarthy speaks to the urgency of rooting out communist infiltration, while Senator Smith speaks to the urgency of protecting individual liberty.

True

*What were 3 provisions of the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act?

Workers cannot go on strike to support striking workers at other workplaces; communists cannot serve as union officials; and union membership cannot be made a condition of employment.