HIST Chapter 28 Quiz
The ideal for middle-class women in the 1950s was to be
a wife and a mother
Eisenhower said that the "biggest damn fool mistake I ever made" was
appointing Earl Warren chief justice of the Supreme Court
The Geneva Accords involving Southeast Asia
called for elections to unify Vietnam
After World War II, a significant migration occurred from
cities to suburbs
The Hungarian revolt of 1956 was a victory for
communism
The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. preached a philosophy of nonviolent disobedience, which meant
defying unjust laws through peaceful actions
The GI Bill helped eliminate differences in the opportunities for blacks and whites in higher education.
false
During the postwar prosperity, the
gap between the average incomes for blacks and whites increased
One likely cause of juvenile delinquency during the 1950s was the
greater mobility provided by cars
Two monuments to the Eisenhower presidency were
interstate highways and the St. Lawrence Seaway
Norman Vincent Peale was a leading exponent of
positive thinking
John Keats' The Crack in the Picture Window was a stinging critique of
suburban life
After Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba, Eisenhower
suspended diplomatic relations with Cuba
The "Sputnik syndrome" led to
the National Defense Education Act (NDEA), the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and increased defense spending
A major catalyst for the Suez War in 1956 was the cancellation by the United States of a major dam project in Egypt.
true
Although Americans emerged from World War II proud of their military stature, there was an overwhelming fear of atomic war.
true
As a result of the Little Rock crisis, the city's high schools closed rather than allow integration.
true
As blacks moved into northern cities, many white residents moved to suburbs, which created racial ghettos in these large urban centers.
true
John Foster Dulles advocated more than containment in foreign policy, namely the liberation of Eastern Europe.
true
"Massive resistance" is the term used for
white resistance to court-ordered integration of the schools