Quiz Chapter 27 and 28 DE AMH

How did Eisenhower describe his domestic policy of dynamic conservatism?

"conservative when it comes to money, and liberal when it comes to human beings"

John Foster Dulles's policy of "roll back" involved

"liberating" people under Communist rule rather than just containing its expansion.

Which of the following was a result of the Hiss-Chambers case?

Alger Hiss was convicted of lying about espionage.

Who were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?

American citizens convicted for spying and passing atomic bomb secrets to the USSR

What was the significance of the "falling domino" theory?

Describing how quickly communism would spread once it infiltrated a nation, the theory was used by Eisenhower to justify beginning conflicts such as the Vietnam War, despite the fact that anti-colonial insurgencies often resulted from nationalist motives.

By the spring of 1945, the United States and Britain were becoming deeply concerned over Soviet actions in

Eastern Europe.

In 1957, nine African American students attended Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, for the first time. Which of the following statements accurately describes the actions taken by Eisenhower?

Eisenhower reluctantly dispatched federal troops there to maintain law and order, angering many southern politicians.

Who was Adlai E. Stevenson?

Eisenhower's two-time opponent for president

Since the nineteenth century, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia had been ruled by

France

Why did President Truman veto the McCarran Internal Security Act?

He felt it promoted thought control.

Which of the following statements describes the role State Department official George Kennan played in the onset of the cold war?

He recommended that the United States contain Soviet expansionist tendencies through efforts to undermine the appeal of Soviet communism.

What is significant about the way Truman got the United States involved in the Korean War?

He was able to do it without a congressional declaration, bypassing a constitutional provision.

Which of the following accurately describes Harry Truman?

His background and upbringing were very different from those of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Encouraged American propaganda broadcasts through Radio Free Europe, ________ nationalists rebelled against occupying Communist troops in 1956.

Hungarian

What was the role of the Truman Doctrine?

It committed the United States to help "free peoples" facing pressure from communism.

What was the significance of the Federal-Aid Highway Act (1956)?

It created a large network of interstate highways, which in turn helped create jobs, tourism opportunities, and economic growth.

What was the role of the GI Bill?

It provided loans to veterans for education, job training, and the building of homes and businesses.

What happened to the U.S. marriage rate during the fifties?

It reahched and all time high

Which of the following was a consequence of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

It showed that well-coordinated, nonviolent black activism could cause major changes.

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the case Brown v. Board of Education?

It struck down "separate but equal" in public education.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the baby boom in the United States?

It was a postwar trend that reinforced the idea that a woman's place was in the home and helped drive economic growth due the market of goods centered on children.

What was the role of the Marshall Plan?

It was an international economic recovery program that also sought to reduce socialist influence in Europe and reestablish a strong Western Europe rooted in American values.

Baseball was integrated in 1947 when ________ played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Jackie Robinson

Senator Joseph McCarthy's power began to unravel when he made reckless charges about Communist influence in

The U.S. Army

Which of the following statements is true in regard to Israel's founding in 1948?

The United States became the first country to recognize the Jewish state.

Why was the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) significant to American foreign policy?

The commitment to NATO as a mutual defense alliance against the Soviet Union marked an end to isolationism in the United States.

What was the stance of the Dixiecrats in the 1948 campaign?

They supported states' rights and racial segregation.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Beats?

This controversial group of artists was self-absorbed and reckless, and often rejected traditional responsibilities of middle-class life.

The 1948 election is probably best remembered for

Truman's upset victory

Which of the following differentiated the postwar era from earlier periods of prosperity?

a consumer culture in which a large number of people participated

Which of the following efforts were examples of Eisenhower's "middle way" approach?

a consumer culture in which a large number of people participated

UN forces reaching the Yalu River brought about

a massive Chinese intervention

Which of the following did Dwight D. Eisenhower consider himself?

a moderate Republican

What was Levittown, designed by William Levitt?

a suburban planned community geared toward white lower-middle-class Americans

According to the advertisements in popular magazines at the time, the ideal woman of the mid-1950s was

a white suburban housewife.

Drawing on the assumptions of the "domino theory," Truman believed the Soviet and Communist activities in Greece would

allow for the fall of the other nations in eastern Mediterranean, followed by those in Western Europe, if unchecked.

To what did Winston Churchill compare the boundary between Soviet-occupied Eastern Europe and Western Europe?

an iron curtain

The single most important stimulant to the postwar economy was

cold war-related military spending.

Senator McCarthy was very effective in

exploiting public fears.

Why did Truman fire General MacArthur?

for insubordination

One of Truman's strengths as he assumed the presidency was his

genuine demeanor and ability to arise above his limitations.

With the end of the Second World War, women workers who had taken on traditionally male jobs during the war were encouraged to

give up their jobs to returning veterans.

Which of the following was a major economic problem that President Truman faced immediately after the war?

high rates of inflation

What was one way in which the 1957 Soviet launch of Sputnik was significant?

it led to increased U.S. government funding for science education and defense spending.

Truman's response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948 was to

launch a massive airlift of supplies into West Berlin.

Blacks who moved to northern cities tended to find

new problems due to racial prejudice but better lives overall.

The Soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb in 1949 inspired Truman to

order the development of a hydrogen bomb.

In The Affluent Society, John Kenneth Galbraith pointed out the

persistence of poverty in the 1950s.

An important reason for passage of the GI Bill was to

prevent widespread unemployment.

The music Alan Freed labeled "rock 'n' roll" was actually

rhythm and blues

The first step in Egyptian General Gamal Abdel Nasser's bid to become the leader of the Arab world was

seizing the Suez Canal.

Truman viewed the results of the 1948 election as a mandate for

social welfare programs.

What was the policy of "massive resistance" as promoted by senators such as Harry F. Byrd of Virginia?

southern opposition led by the Citizens' Councils and local and state governments against federal efforts to integrate public schools

The American policy of "massive retaliation" refers to the

strategy of using the threat of nuclear war to prevent Communist aggression and, thus, keeping the financial cost manageable.

Elvis was controversial at the time because of his

suggestive dancing onstage.

When confronted with strikes in the coal and railroad industries in 1946, President Truman's response was to

temporarily seize those industries.

One of the factors that contributed to religion's growing appeal in the 1950s was

the desire to combat "godless" communism.

The conventional view of cold war history holds whom or what MOST responsible for beginning this conflict?

the efforts of the Soviets, led by Josef Stalin, to dominate the globe

Before becoming president, Eisenhower was MOST shaped by his experience in

the military.

The Yalta pledges of democratic elections in Eastern Europe were

violated by the Soviet Union.