Inquizitive History

Analyze the following maps, which illustrate the presidential elections of 1952 and 1960. Identify the states that, by changing from Republican to Democrat over the course of the 1950s, contributed most to Kennedy's victory in 1960. Order these states by the number of electoral votes contributed, most to least.

1. New York 2. Pennsylvania 3. Illinois 4. Texas

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During the Clinton and Bush presidencies, a number of influential Supreme Court cases took place. Match these cases with the Court's opinion.

Bush V. Gore- In 2000, the Supreme Court heard arguments involving which candidate should be officially declared the president. Boumediene v. Bush- In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the detainees of Guantánamo Bay their right to challenge their detention in U.S. courts. Casey v. Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania- Reviewed in 1992, this case reaffirmed a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy. The decision overturned a requirement that the husband be notified before the procedure was undertaken. Hamdi v. Rumsfeld- This 2004 case involved a U.S. citizen's rights when arrested as an enemy combatant in another country.

Which of the following accurately describe economic trends in the African American population at the turn of the twenty-first century?

Correct: - Blacks increasingly moved to the suburbs but were still less likely to own homes. - The Black middle class expanded. - Despite rising wealth for the demographic, nearly 1 in 3 Black children lived poverty. Incorrect: - Disparities in schooling were minimized, and the majority of the Black population attended college.

In his famous "I Have a Dream" speech from 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. argued that emancipation was still not complete for Black Americans: "One hundred years later, the Negro still is not free." In the conclusion of his speech, he expresses his hope for Black Americans to be free from injustice by borrowing words from a Black spiritual: "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" Which of the following arguments about the role of religion in King's advocacy can be supported by the quotations included from his speech?

Correct: - Christian teachings and values significantly influenced King's message for Black Americans to be free from of oppression. - Christianity gave King a vocabulary to speak out against injustice. Incorrect: - Christian teachings personally shaped King's morals, but religion did not influence his public advocacy. - Christian teachings and practices did not play a significant role in King's movement.

What does this map reveal about the interstate highway system?

Correct: - Even-numbered highways generally run in an east-west direction. - Odd-numbered highways generally run in a north-south direction. Incorrect: - While there is an interstate that enables continuous travel up and down the West Coast, there is no interstate that allows continuous travel up and down the East Coast. - While not as extensive in every state, all fifty states have an interstate highway.

What did Native Americans experience as a result of the federal government's Indian Urban Relocation Program?

Correct: - Native Americans who joined the program were housed in some of the poorest areas of cities - Native Americans criticized the program as the latest in a long line of injustices to their communities. Incorrect: - The vast majority overcame the challenges of urban poverty.

What was the military industrial complex, and why did Eisenhower express concerns about it?

Correct: - The military industrial complex was the combination of massive military buildup and the establishment of an arms industry that thrives both in times of war and peace. - Eisenhower worried that the country's military industrial complex threatened to limit both liberties and the democratic process. Incorrect: - The military industrial complex was the term applied to the Soviet threat to the United States. - Eisenhower worried that the military industrial complex would lead to all-out nuclear war.

In the new millennium, Native Americans continued their push for tribal recognition and monetary restitution for past injustices. Which of the following was an outcome for Native Americans in the first two decades of the twenty-first century?

Correct: - Tribal leaders were exempt from state legal gambling limits and able to establish lucrative casino operations near large population centers. - A New York court awarded the Cayuga Nation $248 million for illegal land seizures. - The Supreme Court increased the number of federally recognized tribal governments to 566. Incorrect: - Native tribes were unsuccessful in obtaining monetary restitution for U.S. mistreatment of them in the past.

After World War II, the United States remained the world's predominant industrial power. Identify the main industrial products produced by the United States that dominated domestic and world markets.

Correct: - steel - automobiles - aircraft Incorrect: - textiles

The growing civil rights movement led to divisions among religious groups on the issue of social rights. Some Christian denominations were strongly supportive of racial and economic justice. Identify the statements that are true regarding religion and social change during the civil rights movement.

Correct: - Liberal, mainline Protestant denominations were more supportive of racial and economic justice. - Some mainline Protestant churches began to see long-term membership decline because of their stance on civil rights. Incorrect: - Nondenominational evangelical churches experienced severe declines in membership as the civil rights movement continued.

When Khrushchev and Nixon debated the benefits of capitalism versus communism in a Moscow museum at the end of the 1950s, Nixon's masterstroke was not what he said but where he said it—inside an American kitchen. Why was this significant?

Correct: -The suburban American kitchen setting was evidence of the good standard of living in the United States. - The spread of American goods and popular culture across the globe was an effective form of influence in the ideological battle of the Cold War. Incorrect: - The kitchen setting symbolized the point of Nixon's speech: that American families should trust "Big Government" to run the country and the economy the way it trusts women to run the kitchen. -American and Russian families enjoyed their kitchens more than any other room in the house and that made capitalism more familiar and comfortable for the world to accept than communism.

Kennedy's plan for Cuba escalated from fanning a revolt to an amphibious landing by several hundred Cubans trained by the CIA in Guatemala, known as the Bay of Pigs invasion. Identify the ultimate result of this expedition.

The invasion failed with more than 100 killed and many more captured.