ch 26 american yawp

Who first challenged segregation on buses? a. Mary-Louise smith b. Rosa Parks c. Sarah Keys d. Emmitt Till

Sarah Keys

The churches most common in suburban America tended most frequently to celebrate which of the following cultural values? a. social justice b. economic individualism c. nonviolence and peacemaking d. communal unity

economic individualism

how did federal housing programs discriminate against Americans of color? a. redlining neighborhoods that included Americans of color b. clamming that Americans of color were at greater risk of defaulting on FHA loans c. creating self-fulfilling prophecies that racially integrated neighborhoods would have deprecated values d. all of the above

all of the above

what was the result of brown v. board of education a. ruled against segregated public schools b. overturned the legal logic of plessy v. ferguson c. extended the reach of the 14th amendment d. all of the above

all of the above

which of the following enabled the rising purchase or consumer goods? a. increased production that lowered prices b. use of installment plans c. mass-distribution of credit cards d. all of the above

all of the above

Why was Emmitt Till killed? a. allegedly whistled at a white woman b. refusing to give up a bus seat to a white woman c. sneaking into a movie theater with a white girlfriend d. pretesting segregation in Mississippi schools

allegedly whistled at a white woman

which of the following best describes the marketing techniques of early television? a. finding programming that would appeal to the widest possible audience b. using targeted regional programming that created different shows for different regions of the country c. creating new channels to market directly to smaller groups whose attention was particularly desired by advertisers d. designing programming that appealed to children

finding programming that would appeal to the widest possible audience

What groups experienced the increased fertility rates associated with the baby boom? a. wealthy Americans from all racial backgrounds b. white Americans from all economic levels c. Americans of color from all economic levels d. Americans from all racial, social, and class lines

Americans from all racial, social, and class lines

What is the name of the University of Chicago economist who helped to develop the intellectual position of libertarian economics? a. Leonard Reed b. Jasper Crane c. John Maynard Keynes d. Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman

Who were the "Brass Hats?" a. Union leaders who encouraged a new wave of strikes in the 1950s b. Reformers in the Catholic church who tried to highlight American principles already present in ancient church teachings c. The leadership of the National Association of Manufacturers who created advertising campaigns supporting free enterprise. d. Young Americans who grew disenchanted with consumerism and instead embraced artistic creativity as he ultimate end of life

The leadership of the National Association of Manufacturers who created advertising campaigns supporting free enterprise.

what was the name of the 1950's counterculture that rejected the values of conformity and domesticity? a. hippies b. beats c. toughs d. zoot suiters

beats

Congressional opposition from which faction plagued Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration? a. Liberal Democrats b. Conservative Republicans c. both d. neither

both

which of the following right wing think tanks were created in the first decade following wwll? a. Foundation for Economic education b. Mont Pelerin Society c. both of these d. neither of these

both of these

what did the civil rights act of 1957 accomplish? a. created a civil rights commission in the department of justice to investigate claims of racial discrimination b. legalized interracial marriage c. demanded the integration of all public colleges and universities d. all of the above

created a civil rights commission in the department of justice to investigate claims of racial discrimination

what was the relationship between the federal government and economic growth in the aftermath of world war ll? a. federal spending created more economic growth b. federal spending slowed economic growth c. economic growth resulted from less federal spending d. economic stagnation resulted from less federal spending

federal spending created more economic growth