chapter 24 review quiz

When did the "golden age" of capitalism following World War II begin to decline?

1973

The tax rate for the richest Americans never fell below what percent during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s?

70 percent

What was the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case decided on May 17, 1954, in which the "Warren Court unanimously asserted that segregation in public education violated the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment?

Brown v. Board of Education

In the aftermath of Rosa Park's arrest for refusing to give her bus seat to a white rider, a yearlong bus boycott took place in what city?

Montgomery, Alabama

The so-called kitchen debate between Nixon and Khruschchev occurred in

Moscow, Russia

Which was part of the new "social contract" between organized labor and management in leading industries during the 1950s?

Unions sponsored "wildcat" strikes in order to discipline management.

Which of the following was a feature of suburban married life during the 1950s?

a decline in divorce rates

Although Americans in the 1950s grew more intensely religious, fewer than ever were affiliated with religious institutions.

false

Dwight Eisenhower entered the presidency determined to dismantle the New Deal.

false

While most Americans saw the alliance of the Defense Department and private industry as a source of jobs and national security, President Eisenhower felt it was a threat to democracy, calling this power the

military-industrial complex.

In 1957, the Eisenhower Doctrine

pledged the United States to defend Middle Eastern governments threatened by communism.

The principal organization in the Southwest--the equivalent of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)-- that challenged restrictions on housing and employment, as well as the segregation of Latino students, was named

the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC).

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.

The baby boom lasted until

the mid-1960s

Which of the following influenced Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1950s leadership of the civil rights movement?

the writings of civil disobedience of Thoreau and Gandhi

Although it was a nationwide phenomenon, 1950s suburbanization gathered its greatest momentum in the West.

true

In the post-World War II United States, Americans' daily lives were transformed by the widespread use of televisions, air conditioning, dishwashers, long-distance telephone calls, and jet travel.

true

Richard Nixon's rise in politics was fueled by his ability to make free market conservatism appealing to ordinary people

true

Milton Friedman's book Capitalism and Freedom outlined which of the following ideas regarding individual liberty?

turning over to the government virtually all private-sector functions/the repeal of the Social Security system

Under this kind of program, cities demolished neighborhoods in city centers that occupied potentially valuable real estate; in their place were constructed retail centers and all-white middle-income housing complexes.

urban renewal