HIST-015

The roots of 1950s rock 'n' roll music lay in

African American rhythm-and-blues.

Which of the following statements is most consistent with the philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr., in the launching of the Montgomery bus boycott?

By engaging in nonviolent civil disobedience, African Americans can demonstrate the immorality of Jim Crow laws.

Which of the following was a consequence of technological advances used in American industry during the 1950s?

Industrial productivity increased.

In the 1948 presidential election, Henry Wallace of the Progressive Party

advocated friendship with the Soviet Union.

During the 1950s, books such as The Crack in the Picture Window and The Lonely Crowd

criticized middle-class culture and the rise of conformity in American life.

Which of the following is true of the Civil Rights Act of 1957?

it created the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

During the 1950s, most Americans who were poor

lived in households headed by a person with an eighth-grade education or less.

President Truman contributed to American anticommunism after the Second World War by

ordering investigations into the loyalty of federal employees.

One of the features of the classic movie Rebel Without a Cause that ties it to the 1950s is its reflection of

popular psychological theories of the 1950s such as "the crisis of masculinity."

The aspects of elementary and high-school education that the National Defense Education Act most focused on were

programs in mathematics, foreign languages, and the sciences.

In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the Supreme Court ruled that

racially-segregated public educational facilities were unconstitutional.

One way in which Alfred Kinsey's work on human sexuality was important is that it

removed the stigma attached to young women who had children outside of marriage.

The importance of religion in the Cold War era was demonstrated by

the growth of membership in mainline Christian churches.

During the 1950s, it was increasingly likely that poor Americans lived in

the inner cities.

The 1958 National Defense Education Act was passed in response to

the launching of the first earth-orbiting satellite by Russia.

During the 1950s, unionized blue-collar workers

were able to enjoy a middle-class lifestyle.