QUIZ #3 IN THE SHADOW OF FDR

All of the following were indicators of America's post-war prosperity in the 1950s EXCEPT:

60% of American families enjoyed middle-class incomes as the median family income increased by 25%.

All of the following events occurred during the 1957 Little Rock Nine ordeal EXCEPT:

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. organized a city-wide boycott of Little Rock businesses until school integration occurred.

In describing himself as a progressive conservative, President Eisenhower embraced all of the following tenets EXCEPT:

Eisenhower embraced the conservative desire to lower income taxes and provide subsidies to businesses to encourage economic growth.

The Democratic Party experienced all of the following discordance during the Presidential Election of 1948 EXCEPT:

Given his low approval rating, the Party attempted to replace President Truman as a candidate with General Dwight Eisenhower.

Provisions of the Federal Coal Mine Safety Act of 1952 included all of the following features EXCEPT:

The Act regulated the amount of TNT, black powder, and nitroglycerin miners could use for excavation purposes.

All of the following were provision of the Atomic Energy Act (1946) EXCEPT:

The Act regulated the distribution of uranium to private citizens.

All of the following describe aspects of the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act EXCEPT:

The Act was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court for violating the Constitution's "commerce clause" in Hopperman v. US (1960).

The President's Committee on Civil Rights (1946) made all of the following recommendations to improve civil rights in America EXCEPT:

The Committee proposed a civil rights bill to protect Black voting rights.

Under Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Supreme Court embodied all of the following principles EXCEPT:

The Court embraced the philosophy advocated by Associate Justice Hugo Black that the Constitution must be interpreted based on the original understanding of the authors or the people at the time it was ratified.

In creating the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, President Eisenhower continued aspects of Truman's Fair Deal in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

The Department created a public welfare system to provide economic assistance to the poor and underemployed.

All of the following are considered achievements of President Truman's Fair Deal EXCEPT:

The Fair Deal secured a college education and universal health care as fundamental rights for all Americans.

President Truman's Fair Deal amended the Social Security Act in all of the following ways in 1950 EXCEPT:

The amendment included health care benefits for all Americans over the age of 60.

All of the following were provisions of the Employment Act (1946) EXCEPT:

The government became responsible for providing full employment for the American people through public works programs.

In his efforts to extend the civil rights of Black Americans, President Truman's Executive Order #10308 (1951) provided for all of the following protections EXCEPT:

The order required government agencies to institute quotas proportional to the racial composition of the population in their hiring practices.

President Eisenhower's Food for Peace program was important all of the following EXCEPT:

The program provided food to Eastern Bloc nations hoping to influence political change in the region.

All of the following were characteristics of the "Baby Boom" of the post-war period EXCEPT:

With the increase of children, women comprised a smaller part of the workforce than they had during the war.

President Eisenhower's "Middle Way" politics consisted of all of the following principles EXCEPT:

accepting the basic tenets of the New Deal, in particular, social security, the rights of labor, and the central role of government in the economy.

Enacted over President Truman's veto, the Taft-Hartley Act (1947), placed all of the following restrictions on labor unions EXCEPT:

dissolved unskilled labor unions and forced their member to join the American Federation of Labor or no union at all.

Under Franklin Roosevelt's Second Bill of Rights, every American--regardless of station, race, or creed--had the right to all of the following EXCEPT:

equal justice under the law.

The Republican Party endorsed all of the following liberal issues during the 1948 Presidential Campaign EXCEPT:

equal pay for women.

The Fair Deal's commitment to the nation's health and welfare included all the of following EXCEPT:

mandating federal funds to provide medical care for the elderly and the poor.

All of the following economic and social programs were recommended under President Truman's 21-Point Program EXCEPT:

national health insurance.

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act (1944) provided all of the following benefits to returning veterans EXCEPT:

provided medical insurance for life.

Employment practices under the Fair Deal included all of the following EXCEPT:

the establishment of equal pay for women.

The rationale behind the National Housing Act of 1949 included all of the following EXCEPT:

to provide an inexpensive alternative to force private builders to lower home costs.