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