HIST 1302 - Ch 26 Quiz

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 accomplish? a. Created a Civil Rights Commission in the Department of Justice to investigate claims of racial discrimination b. Legalized interracial marriage c. Demanded the integration of all public colleges and universities d. All of the above

Demanded the integration of all public colleges and universities

The churches most common in suburban America tended most frequently celebrated which of the following cultural values? a. Social justice b. Economic individualism c. Nonviolence and peacemaking d. Communal unity

Economic individualism

increased accessed to home ownership by insuring mortgages and protecting lenders from financial loss in the event of a default a. Mont Pelerin Society b. Federal Housing Administration c. Homeowners' Loan Corporation d. National Association of Manufacturers e. Foundation for Economic Education

Federal Housing Administration

What was the relationship between the federal government and economic growth in the aftermath of World War II? a. Federal spending created more economic growth b. Federal spending slowed economic growth c. Economic growth resulted from less federal spending d. Economic stagnation resulted from less federal spending

Federal spending created more economic growth

initiating advertising campaigns supporting "free enterprise" and "The American Way of Life." a. Mont Pelerin Society b. Federal Housing Administration c. Homeowners' Loan Corporation d. National Association of Manufacturers e. Foundation for Economic Education

National Association of Manufacturers

How did federal housing programs discriminate against Americans of color? a. Redlining neighborhoods that included Americans of color b. Claiming that Americans of color were at a greater risk of defaulting on FHA loans c. Creating self-fulfilling prophecies that racially integrated neighborhoods would have depreciating home values d. All of the above

Redlining neighborhoods that included Americans of color

Who first challenged segregation on buses? a. Mary-Louise Smith b. Rosa Parks c. Sarah Keys d. Emmett Till

Rosa Parks

What was the result of Brown v. Board of Education? a. Ruled against segregated public schools b. Overturned the legal logic of Plessy v. Ferguson c. Extended the reach of the Fourteenth Amendment d. All of the above

Ruled against segregated public schools

What is the name of the University of Chicago economist who helped to develop the intellectual position of libertarian economics? a. Leonard Reed b. Jasper Crane c. John Maynard Keynes d. Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman

brought together libertarian intellectuals from both sides of the Atlantic to challenge Keynesian economics a. Mont Pelerin Society b. Federal Housing Administration c. Homeowners' Loan Corporation d. National Association of Manufacturers e. Foundation for Economic Education

Mont Pelerin Society

Which of the following enabled the rising purchase of consumer goods? a. Increased production that lowered prices b. Use of installment plans c. Mass-distribution of credit cards d. All of the above

All of the above

Why was Emmett Till murdered? a. Allegedly whistling at a white woman b. Refusing to give up a bus seat to a white woman c. Sneaking into a movie theater with a white girlfriend d. Protesting segregation in Mississippi public schools

Allegedly whistling at a white woman

What was the name of the 1950s counterculture that rejected the values of conformity and domesticity? a. Hippies b. Beats c. Toughs d. Zoot Suiters

Beats

Congressional opposition from which faction plagued Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration? a. Liberal Democrats b. Conservative Republicans c. Both d. Neither

Both

Which of the following right wing think tanks were created in the first decade following WWII? a. Foundation for Economic Education b. Mont Pelerin Society c. Both of these d. Neither of these

Both of these

Which of the following best describes the marketing techniques of early television executives? a. Finding programming that would appeal to the widest possible audience b. Using targeted regional programming that created different shows for different regions of the country c. Creating new channels to market directly to smaller groups whose attention was particularly desired by advertisers d. Designing programming that appealed primarily to children

Finding programming that would appeal to the widest possible audience

promoted the idea that "The American Way of Life" was essentially individualistic and that the best way to protect and promote that individualism was through libertarian economics a. Mont Pelerin Society b. Federal Housing Administration c. Homeowners' Loan Corporation d. National Association of Manufacturers e. Foundation for Economic Education

Foundation for Economic Education

introduced the amortized mortgage, allowing borrowers to pay back interest and principal regularly over fifteen years a. Mont Pelerin Society b. Federal Housing Administration c. Homeowners' Loan Corporation d. National Association of Manufacturers e. Foundation for Economic Education

Homeowners' Loan Corporation