US Hist Sub 19 pt. 2
How did the gross national product and per capita income change in the 1950s?
Both Gross National Product and per capita income increased dramatically.
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
Both remained separately ran, a refuse - fire, both sides agreed to stop fighting, but one shot was considered war
The Service Man's Readjustment Act of 1944 is more commonly referred to as the
GI Bill of Rights
In the 1950s scientists succeeded in using atomic energy to
Generate electrical power
In the 1950s, scientists succeeded in using atomic energy to
Generate electrical power.
Who was president when the Cold War ended?
George H. W. Bush
Which of the following best describes the beatniks of the 1950s?
They rebelled against conformity and traditional social patterns.
The United States joined World War II because:
They wanted to fight back after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
What happened to Japanese Americans during World War II?
They were placed in internment camps
After World War II, what organization was formed on the basis of the Atlantic Charter?
United Nations
Post World War II tensions increased between these two nations?
United States and the Soviet Union
stay home with their children.
Unlike Betty Friedan, pediatrician Benjamin Spock believed that women should
had a strong mandate.
Unlike Kennedy, President Lyndon B. Johnson
the races should be separated.
Unlike the early civil rights leaders, Malcolm X believed strongly that
What were men's roles like in the 1950's like?
Very traditional and did not include making metals
What was the principle provision of the Geneva Accords?
Vietnam dividing into 2 nations
what was the long lasting effect of the major highway building projects
less reliance of the public transportation system
One long-lasting effect of the major highway-building projects of the 1950s was
less reliance on the public transportation system and complete reliance upon the car.
One long-lasting effect of the major highway-building projects of the 1950s was
less reliance on the public transportation system.
national defence education act
Passed in reaction to America's perceived inferiority in the space race; encouraged education in science and modern languages through student loans, university research grants, and aid to public schools.
What was the main result of the revolutionary concepts of perestroika and glasnost during the 1980's?
Peretroika: restructuring economic policies: monopolies falling, Glasnost: people criticizing government
Policy of collaboration, or close cooperation, with Germany
Policy of collaboration, or close cooperation, with Germany
For nearly 50 years, the Cold War was characterized by
Political conflicts and military tension-proxy wars and communist versus US and other democratic capitalistic countries
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was based on the principle of
Political unity coming together in case of USSR attack
Dwight Eisenhower
President and former commander-in-chief of the armed forces
One effect of business expansion after World War II was
Production of consumer goods, conglomerates, and franchise, and shift from blue collar to white collar jobs
Which of the following is a reason the United States became involved in affairs in the Middle East following World War II?
Protect U.S. involvement with oil industry and make sure Soviet Union did not get the oil.
What was the main goal of the Federal Highway Act?
Provide a national web of new roads and theoretically allowed for the evacuation of major cities in the event of nuclear attacks, provide 25 billion dollars to build an interstate highway system more than 40,000 miles long
Because of the highway system of the 1950's, there was less dependence on what?
Public transportation
What could be stated about race relations in the North during the war years?
Race relations in North is that whites still took priority.
What color was associated with communism
Red
E. Howard Florey.
B. Paul Muller.
E. Yugoslavia
B. Poland.
What was the goal of the America First Committee?
Block aid to Britain
d. Spanish-speaking people who come from the same country.
c
d. Stokely Carmichael's "Black Power" speech
c
d. Wholesale Meat Act of 1967.
c
d. Yo Soy Joaquin.
c
d. adventure.
c
d. beatniks and the end of segregation.
c
d. discrimination in the hiring of federal employees.
c
d. dropped from 31 to 24 percent.
c
d. end the urban riots.
c
d. fire caused by sparks.
c
d. high school students.
c
d. it made nuclear power possible
c
d. joined the army.
c
d. labor unions.
c
d. lack of educational opportunities for Japanese Americans.
c
d. large, organized conspiracy.
c
d. leaders in social causes
c
d. new roles for men and women
c
d. nuclear power.
c
d. organized the Freedom Rides.
c
d. prayer in public schools was constitutional.
c
d. release Martin Luther King, Jr., on bail.
c
d. remained about the same
c
d. repeated economic recessions.
c
d. required government support.
c
d. schools should be fully integrated.
c
d. smoke spewed into the air.
c
d. the Nation of Islam should be banned.
c
d. the appearance of Vice President Johnson
c
d. the civil rights movement slowly ended.
c
d. the rise in per capita income.
c
d. to promote the space program
c
d. use more peaceful tactics than the SCLC.
c
d. was more concerned with foreign policy than domestic policy.
c
The fundamental reason Wilson gave as to why the United States should declare war on Germany in 1917 was the:
cause of moral right against wrong
The 1957 launching of Sputnik
caused Congress to increase spending on teaching science and mathematics.
A 1950s technological innovation furthered by research during World War II was the
computer
Opposition to preparations for war came from all of the following EXCEPT:
conservative banking interest groups funding the National Security League
As shown by the events connected to the "Bisbee deportation" of 1917, the United States' entry into World War I provided an opportunity for:
conservatives and business leaders to weaken labor unions
Jack Kerouac
considered the leader of the Beat Generation
In the 1950s, men's roles included all of the following except
cooking meals
in the 1950s, men's role included all of the following except
cooking meals
In the 1950s, men's roles included all of the following except
cooking meals.
The Red Scare of 1919:
created an atmosphere that suppressed labor, women, and change generally
In response to the formation of NATO, the Soviet Union
created the Warsaw Pact
What was the impact of the Civil Rights legislation signed in 1965?
culminated literacy test, gave federal officials ability to supervise voter registration
d. It won passage of several New Frontier goals and added to them.
d
d. La Raza Unida.
d
d. Martin Luther King, Jr.
d
d. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
d
d. civil rights movement.
d
d. full-time homemakers
d
d. had a strong mandate.
d
d. helping them find jobs and housing
d
d. helping them find jobs and housing.
d
d. jobs, education, and legal matters.
d
d. lone assassin.
d
d. offending southern Democratic senators.
d
d. peaceful confrontation
d
d. rose from 24 to 31 percent.
d
d. smaller and faster
d
d. spiritual leader of the beatniks.
d
d. stay home with their children.
d
d. the "separate but equal" doctrine.
d
d. the activism of Ralph Nader.
d
Which event added most to Americans' shock and fear to attack by the Soviet Union?
first test of a Soviet atomic bomb
Who was the nationalist leader of the Vietnamese during the First Indochina War?
(Cho Minh of the Cong)
What was the main goal of the Strategic Defense Initiative?
Block all Soviet missiles and nuclear attacks "star wars"
What did Malcom X ask African Americans to do?
(stand up and fight for freedom if necessary)
What policy did other European nations adopt when dealing with Germany before WWII?
Appeasement
offending southern Democratic senators
At first, President Kennedy moved slowly on civil rights issues to avoid
President George W. Bush implemented the "War on Terror" due to what event?
9/11 Twin Towers
computer.
A 1950s technological innovation furthered by research during World War II was the
league of united latin american citizens
A Southwestern group that challenged restrictive housing, employment discrimination, and the segregation of Latino students.
franchise
A ____ gives a group or individual the right to a market a company's goods or services
missile gap
A belief that the Soviets had achieved technological and military superiority over the United States.
Franchise
A business that contracts to offer certain goods and services from a larger parent company
Conglomerate
A corporation made up of three or more unrelated businesses
conglomerate
A giant cooperation becomes an _____________ by investing in a wide range of businesses that produce different kinds of goods and services
juvenile delinquency
A mid-1950s panic about 'juvenile delinquency' occurred as a result of works such as J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye.
What did Rock-and-Roll give the younger people of the 1950's?
A music style they could call their own
geneva accords 1954
A peace conference in Geneva divided Vietnam temporarily into northern and southern districts, with elections scheduled for 1956 to unify the country.
urban renewal
A program for cities to demolish poor neighborhoods in city centers that occupied potential valuable real estate.
What effect did conglomerates in the franchise system have on the American economy in the 1950's
Boom in American economy, consumerism, start of credit cards, debt rises, mass media expands
Rock-and-roll gave the young people of the 1950s
A style that they could call their own
the beats
A term coined by Jack Kerouac for a small group of poets and writers who railed against mainstream culture.
Transistor
A tiny circuit that amplifies, controls, and generates electrical signals
transistor
A tiny circuit that improved the transmission of electronic signals is called a ____
E. China.
A. France.
E. Mercury.
A. Polaris.
E. Vice-President Richard Nixon was dropped from the ticket.
A. President Dwight Eisenhower faced his 1952 Democratic opponent.
E. Lyndon B. Johnson.
A. Richard Nixon.
E. None of the answers are correct.
A. Russia's successful test of an atomic weapon.
E. Congress of Racial Equality.
A. Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
E. United States Senate.
A. State Department.
E. Stalin argued against the Allies opening a second front in western Europe.
A. Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agreed the Axis powers must surrender unconditionally.
E. the nuclear incident at Three Mile Island.
A. a proposed dam on the Green River in Echo Park, Utah.
E. Germany and Japan to be added to the Security Council after twenty-five years.
A. each nation on the Security Council to have veto power over the others.
E. None of the answers are correct.
A. ending diplomatic relations.
E. renounced the Yalta accords signed by Roosevelt.
A. had almost no familiarity with foreign affairs.
E. None of the answers are correct.
A. lost ten percent of its population in 1956.
E. was supported by President Truman.
A. permitted the "union shop."
E. typhoid.
A. polio.
E. rail and textiles.
A. rail and steel.
E. fell precipitously from its World War II highs.
A. reversed a long pattern of decline.
E. Israel.
A. the Soviet Union.
E. None of the answers are correct.
A. the basis for its foreign policy for more than thirty years.
E. grew more controversial after a Soviet coup in Czechoslovakia in 1948.
A. was offered to the Soviet Union.
E. confronted a wave of unexpected bank failures.
A. was plagued by serious inflation.
E. was remarkably democratic.
A. was pro-Western.
Television helped spur economic growth through its
Advertisements
What was the goal of the March from Salem to Montgomery?
African American voting rights
many African Americans were elected to office at all levels.
After Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965,
security.
After the years of depression and war, most Americans were searching for
What was one goal of the Marshall Plan?
Aid to help rebuild Europe, support democracies, and open new market
What role did television play in the struggle for Civil Rights?
Allowed white Americans to see police force on African Americans
Who were the "silent majority?
Americans who opposed counter cultures
Baby boom
An enormous jump in the birth rate
E. None of the answers are correct.
B. MacArthur publicly criticized President Truman's policy in Korea.
E. Harry Truman.
B. Winston Churchill.
E. None of the answers are correct.
B. accused of passing American secrets to its enemies.
E. creating a blockade of East Berlin.
B. airlifting supplies to West Berlin.
E. telling South Korea to stand down.
B. calling on the United Nations to intervene.
E. convict him of perjury.
B. censure him for "conduct unbecoming a senator."
E. None of the answers are correct.
B. generally sought to convey an idealized image of America.
E. Truman's plans for national health care.
B. housing discrimination.
E. develop a reusable spaceship.
B. land men on the moon.
E. maintained the wage and price controls of the Truman administration.
B. lowered federal support for farm prices.
E. children should not be breast-fed or allowed to sleep with their parents.
B. mothers should stay at home with their children.
E. put the question to a national referendum.
B. quickly ratified the agreement by a large majority.
E. folk.
B. rhythm and blues.
E. that Chinese aggression against Taiwan would result in war.
B. the United States must resist communism anywhere it developed in the world.
E. None of the answers are correct.
B. the end to a long period of Democratic dominance.
E. many rural Americans lived on the margins of the affluent society.
B. the percentage of the population living in poverty rose during the decade.
E. the Supreme Court to issue another decision, Brown II.
B. the presence of federal troops to enforce court orders.
The turning point in the Pacific occurred when U.S. planes sunk all four Japanese carriers at what battle?
Battle of the Coral Sea
What group promoted spontaneity over conformity?
Beatniks
What group rebelled against conformity and traditional social patterns of times?
Beatniks
why did branch ricky the general manger of the Brooklyn dodgers choose jackie robinson to break the color line in baseball
Because he had a good background and was well mannered
Why did many people believe Harry Truman had little chance of winning the election?
Because he had lost support in his own party
Why did computers come into widespread use in the 1950's?
Because they became smaller and faster
Why did credit cards become popular?
Because they were convenient and easy to use
Fascism was popularized by which World War II leader?
Benito Mussolini
Who believed that women should stay home with their children?
Benjamin Spock
The author of the Feminine Mystique was
Betty Friedan (1963)
What did Eisenhower fully support?
Big business
The new interest in religion was reflected in the popularity of
Billy Graham
The new interest in religion was reflected in the popularity of
Billy Graham.
The new interest in religion was reflected in the popularity of
Bully Graham
How did the U.S. convince Japan to surrender?
By dropping two atomic bombs on them
How did a 1950's technological innovation further by research during World War II?
By the computer
E. Neil Armstong.
C. Alan Shepard.
E. Haiti.
C. Guatemala.
E. Saul Bellow.
C. Jack Kerouac.
E. a large tax cut.
C. a federal highway system.
E. the movement of factories and mills to new locations.
C. a growth of unskilled industrial jobs in these areas.
E. Roosevelt preferred a reconstructed and reunited Germany.
C. all of Berlin was to be placed under Soviet control.
E. supporting passage of the McCarran Internal Security Act.
C. beginning an investigation into the loyalty of federal employees.
E. put Ngo Dinh Diem in charge of North Vietnam.
C. called for democratic elections.
E. None of the answers are correct.
C. declared that an attack on one member nation was an attack on all.
E. discovering penicillin could be used to treat streptococcal blood infections..
C. finding methods for its mass production and commercial distribution.
E. Democratic member of the House.
C. first-term Republican senator.
E. gave the average American ten percent more purchasing power than he or she had during the 1920s.
C. grew nearly ten times faster than the population between 1945 and 1975.
E. he drew particularly strong support from the "eastern establishment."
C. he never produced conclusive evidence that any federal employee was a communist.
E. willingly ceded authority to Mao Zedong.
C. little popular support.
E. saw its president, David Beck, charged with the misappropriation of union funds.
C. merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
E. military invasion of North Korea by China.
C. military invasion by North Korea into South Korea.
E. ordering the desegregation of public transportation.
C. ordering an end to discrimination in the hiring of government employees.
E. McCarthyism.
C. poverty.
E. calling his opponents "soft on Communism."
C. proposing a major civil rights bill.
E. saw Republicans argue that Truman aimed to roll back the New Deal.
C. saw Republicans win control of both houses of Congress.
E. the country was divided along the 38th parallel.
C. the United States left Korea in 1946.
E. it quickly became the most powerful medium of mass communication in history.
C. the federal government regulated the content of both commercials and programs.
E. rely primarily on large conventional forces in local conflicts to defeat communism.
C. use nuclear weapons against communist aggression.
E. transistor, integrated circuit, vacuum tube.
C. vacuum tube, transistor, integrated circuit.
After the United States entered World War I:
Carrie Chapman Catt began supporting the war to promote woman suffrage
The goal of the Manhattan Project was to
Create a nuclear bomb in secret
The United States had difficulty remaining truly neutral for all of the following reasons EXCEPT the:
Central Powers had the more effective propaganda campaign
This country fell to communism in 1949, making 25 percent of the world communist:
China
Name three of the main Rock and Roll stars of the 1950's
Chuck Berry, Billie Holliday, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Billy Halley, The Comets, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley
What was the major problem during the Carter Administration?
Cold war and Hostage crisis during a time of economic turmoil and rising energy costs
In the 1950's, Americans placed the most value in what two things?
Comfort and security
Television helped spur economic growth through its
Commercial/advertisements
They became larger and more powerful.
Computers came into widespread use in the 1950s mainly because of what?
smaller and faster.
Computers came into widespread use in the 1950s mainly because they became
What two thing contributed to the expansion of businesses in the 1950's?
Conglomerates and franchises
Which was an immediate result of the Truman Doctrine?
Congress approved $400 million to help Turkey and Greece resist Soviet influence.
The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:
Contain communism
Credit cards became popular because they
Convenience and ease, "disposable" items
What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society?
Convinced people there was a black list (list of alleged communists)
In the 1950s men's roles did NOT include
Cooking meals
Define satellite nations
Countries controlled by other nations: (i.e) East Berlin run by the Soviets
convenient and easy to use
Credit cards became Popular because they were _____________________
Allied soldiers invaded northern France on the beaches of Normandy. This is known as:
D-Day
E. the growing communist threat.
D. "the military-industrial complex."
E. None of the answers are correct.
D. All the answers are correct.
E. government reduced the amount of money it was pumping into the economy.
D. American public believed there was something wrong with the United States.
E. U.S. refuse to join in a UN resolution denouncing British and French actions during the Suez crisis.
D. CIA engineer a coup that brought the Shah of Iran to power.
E. Hiss served several years in prison.
D. Hiss was convicted of espionage.
E. after it became clear Stalin was supporting communist forces in China.
D. after his first few days in office.
E. significant tax cuts.
D. aid to public housing.
E. arose from a case involving segregation in Mississippi.
D. declared that separate educational facilities were unlawful.
E. to catch up with German knowledge of rocketry.
D. for the long-range delivery of weapons.
E. explicitly discriminated against African Americans.
D. gave housing and education subsidies to veterans.
E. automobiles.
D. houses.
E. Joseph Stalin refused to agree to Roosevelt and Churchill's plans for the United Nations.
D. it was agreed the Soviet Union should regain land lost in the 1904 Russo-Japanese War.
E. led to the creation of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
D. marked the emergence of an effective form of racial protest.
E. was ultimately thwarted due to the surprise intervention of the Chinese navy.
D. prompted President Truman to try and push communists out of North Korea.
E. it was first used on a large scale in Italy in 1943-44 during a typhus outbreak.
D. scientists during WWII knew the pesticide had a long-term toxic effect on humans and animals.
E. sent military aid to the French at Dien Bien Phu.
D. supported Ngo Dinh Diem as the leader of the government in South Vietnam.
E. Alaska and Hawaii.
D. the West.
E. an end to the Fair Employment Practices Act and other wartime measures.
D. the creation of national health insurance.
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic candidate for President in 1952 and 1956
The policy of making the military power of the United States and its allies so strong that no enemy would dare attack it for fear of retaliation is known as
Deterrence
Disagreement over which issue worsened postwar relations between the United States and the Soviet Union?
Disagreement over Eastern Europe and form of government and who should run it
How were the 1950s a period of consensus in both domestic policies and foreign affairs?
Domestic policies
How did governmental policies, business practices, and individual choices contribute to racially segregated suburbs?
During postwar suburban boom, federal agencies continued to insure mortgages that barred resale of houses to non-whites, thereby financing housing segregation. Banks and private developers barred non-whites from the suburbs and the government refused to subsidize their mortgages except in segregated enclaves. The process of racial exclusion became self-reinforcing. Non-whites remained concentrated in manual and unskilled jobs, the result of employment discrimination and their virtual exclusion from educational opportunities at universities.
Explain the ideological rifts among conservatives in the 1950s. Why did many view President Eisenhower as "not one of them"?
During the 1950s, it became evident that the conservatives due to "ideological rifts" would split. The
more than doubled
During the post war years, the GNP value ________________________.
housing segregation
During the postwar suburban boom, federal agencies continued to insure mortgages that barred resale of houses to non-whites, thereby financing housing segregation.
E. All the answers are correct.
E. All the answers are correct.
E. Franklin Roosevelt promised an Anglo-American second front within six months.
E. Franklin Roosevelt promised an Anglo-American second front within six months.
E. Los Angeles.
E. Los Angeles.
E. None of the answers are correct.
E. None of the answers are correct.
E. a worker's most valuable trait in the corporate work setting was to get along.
E. a worker's most valuable trait in the corporate work setting was to get along.
E. became increasingly concerned that Stalin was not going to fulfill conference agreements.
E. became increasingly concerned that Stalin was not going to fulfill conference agreements.
E. criticism of President Truman.
E. criticism of President Truman.
E. did not significantly increase during the decade.
E. did not significantly increase during the decade.
E. in the long run, do more good than harm.
E. in the long run, do more good than harm.
E. led Soviet Premier Khrushchev to cancel a planned visit by Eisenhower to Moscow.
E. led Soviet Premier Khrushchev to cancel a planned visit by Eisenhower to Moscow.
E. low unemployment.
E. low unemployment.
E. required communist organizations to register with the government.
E. required communist organizations to register with the government.
E. southern whites.
E. southern whites.
E. television play a significant role in the campaign.
E. television play a significant role in the campaign.
E. the 1952 election tabulations.
E. the 1952 election tabulations.
E. the Soviet Union and China.
E. the Soviet Union and China.
E. the Truman administration encourage the rapid economic growth of Japan.
E. the Truman administration encourage the rapid economic growth of Japan.
E. the army.
E. the army.
E. the creation of a unified West Germany.
E. the creation of a unified West Germany.
E. the movie industry.
E. the movie industry.
E. tried to draft Dwight Eisenhower for president.
E. tried to draft Dwight Eisenhower for president.
E. tuberculosis.
E. tuberculosis.
E. wanted to keep working.
E. wanted to keep working.
To which direction did Hitler look when he decided Germany needed more lebenstratum ("living space")?
East
Credit cards became popular because they were
Easy and convenient to use
Ronald Reagan's solution to "stagflation" was referred to as
Economic policy of cutting taxes and reducing government spending
What were the main concerns of President Clinton's first term?
Economic reform and the battle over health care (rights of gay people)
During the 1930's, the United States focused largely on what domestic problems?
Economy and military
getting soldiers home
Eisenhower's formula for victory in the 1952 election focused on _____________________
Richard Nixon
Eisenhower's vice presidential running mate
Members of the "silent generation" chose to pursue
Entertainment and fun
What did the members of the silent generation choose to pursue?
Entertainment and fun
What activities did members of the "silent generation" choose to pursue?
Entertainment and fun-rock and roll-Elvis Presley, American bandstand Beatniks- nonconventional spontaneous free artists
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental activists spurred the government to create the
nearly doubled
From 1945-1960 the average income per person, or per ca pita income, _________________.
rose from 24 to 31 percent
From 1950 to 1960, the number of women working outside the home
What roles were most American women expected to fulfill in the 1950's?
Full-time house wives
The Soviet Union wanted to rebuild after the war in ways that would
Expand their empire
Truman's Fair Deal aimed to
Extend Roosevelt's New Deal Goals-higher minimum wage, national health insurance, housing assistance
Nazism was an extreme form of
Facism
What was one result of the baby boom?
Families moved from cities to suburbs
What was one result of the baby boom?
Families moved from the cities to the suburbs
What was one result of the baby boom?
Families moved from the cities to the suburbs.
How did President Eisenhower's domestic policy reflect that of his Republican predecessors Coolidge and Hoover?
Favored big businesses
sputnik
First artificial satellite to orbit the earth; launched October 4, 1957, by the Soviet Union.
Which event added most to America's shock and fear of attack by the Soviet Union?
First test of Soviet atomic bomb
How did the United States and Soviet Union shift the focus of the Cold War to the Third World?
For hundreds of years, the global south (what is known the third world) was dominated and ruled by white European nations. This IMPERIALISM created colonies in the third world which gave huge profits and prestige to their colonial masters through things such as manpower, natural resources, etc. By the early 1900s the USA had also become an imperialist power, and with the end of WWII saw itself in direct ideological confrontation with the Soviet Union, which was guided by Marxist-Leninist communist ideology rather than capitalistic free-markets. The Korean War was perhaps the first major confrontation between the two countries and their proxy forces (politically-aligned forces to which the US and USSR threw monetary and military aid). From 1945-50 the Cold War's focus was the European theatre, where the US tried to contain the spread of Soviet-style communism throughout eastern Europe in the immediate post-war period. Now, the Korean War's carnage shifted the focus of the Cold War to the third world, and the USSR saw as it's mission the NATIONAL LIBERATION of oppressed nations from the throes of imperialism. A wave of decolonization throughout the 50s and 60s ensued, in which colonial nations rose up against their European/American dominators in places such as VIETNAM, CUBA, MANY NATIONS IN AFRICA (Angola, Congo, Ghana, etc). The Cold War thus placed a huge amount of pressure on third world nations to align/ALLY politically and militarily with either one of the two camps. Thus it was natural that the Soviet Union with it's "anti-imperialist" ideology garnered the support of most seeking decolonization, while the US funded those opposed to such radical measures.
Many unique stores, with ties to the local community, were replaced as a result of
Franchise systems
Why were many unique and individual stores replaced?
Franchises
Which man was elected President 4 times, and served during the Great Depression and WWII?
Franklin Roosevelt
Which country was split in two by the Iron Curtain?
Germany
In September 1940, Japan allied itself with what countries?
Germany and Italy
Shortly after Congress passed a war declaration on Japan, which other two countries declared war on the United States?
Germany and Italy
What two things in the 1950's changed drastically?
Gross national product and per capita income
One of the big stars in college football in the 1920's was:
Harold E. "Red" Grange
The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) charged numerous Hollywood figures with
Having ties to communist ties
What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society?
He encouraged a widespread fear of communism.
How did President Eisenhower's domestic policy reflect that of his Republican predecessors Coolidge and Hoover?
He favored big business.
How did Truman react to the USSR's deployment of an atomic bomb?
He gave approval for the U.S. development of the even more powerful hydrogen bomb.
Which of the following factors made it seem that Harry Truman had little chance of winning reelection in 1948?
He had lost some support in his own party.
In the 1950s more women than ever before
Held paying jobs
What did women do in the 1950's more than any other time before?
Held paying jobs
What was one result of the federal government's hunt for Communists?
Hollywood ten- search between cinema members and their connection to communism
He favored big business.
How did president Eisenhower's domestic policy reflect Coolidge and hoover?
What were the goals of SALT I and SALT II?
Limit the nuclear power with US and Soviet Union. Reduce strategic offense weapons. SVS terms. Nuclear arms. Limits on types and numbers of weapons per country,
What was the Domino Theory?
If one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would likewise fail
GI Bill
In 1944 congress passed the ____ to give WW2 veterans benefits like college and low interest mortgage loans
massive retaliation
In 1954, John Foster Dulles announced an updated version of the doctrine of containment. Massive retaliation, as it was called, declared that any Soviet attack on an American ally would be countered by a nuclear assault on the Soviet Union itself.
southern manifesto
In 1956, 82 of 106 southern congressmen--and every southern senator except Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas and Albert Gore and Estes Kefauver of Tennessee--signed a Southern Manifesto, denouncing the Brown decesion as a 'clear abuse of judicial power,' and calling for resistance to 'forced integration' by 'any lawful means.
in god we trust
In 1957, 'In God We Trust' was included on paper money, again marking America's religiosity as opposed to 'godless' communisim.
attempted to balance jobs and the environment.
In Alaska during the 1970s, the federal government
levittown
Low-cost, mass-produced developments of suburban tract housing built by William Levitt after World War II on Long Island and elsewhere.
African Americans were angry and tired of promises.
In his writings, James Baldwin warned Americans that
cooking meals
In the 1950s men's roles include all of the following except _________________.
generate electrical power
In the 1950s scientists succeeded in using atomic energy to do what?
held paying jobs.
In the 1950s, more women than ever before
jobs, education, and legal matters
In the 1960s, Mexican Americans fought discrimination in
What important idea came out of the Nuremberg Trials?
Individuals held responsible for their own actions
Lt. Col. Oliver North was originally convicted of charges associated with
Iran/Contra scandal. Taking money from illegal sales of weapons to Iran and giving the money to contra rebels in Nicaragua
Which was American policy during the early years of World War II?
Isolationism
What major effect did the transistor have on technology?
It reduced the size of electric appliances.
What major effect did the transistor have on technology?
It reduced the size of electronic appliances.
The big movie stars of the early 1920's included all of the following EXCEPT:
Mae West
In the 1950's, men's roles included
Making important economic and financial decisions for their family, supporting their family financially, and going to school
Who was the spiritual leader of the beatniks?
Jack Kerouac
spiritual leader of the beatniks.
Jack Kerouac, author of On the Road, was the
tried to enroll at Ole Miss.
James Meredith advanced the cause of civil rights when he
What was the main result of the Manchurian Incident?
Japan's leaders took a stronger lead in governing the nation, especially in foreign policy. And they began to use Manchuria as a base for expansion.
Who was the leader of the the Soviet Union during WWII?
Joseph Stalin
The complicated Allied invasion to take Europe back from the Axis Powers began on
June 14, 1944
Congress passed Neutrality Acts that were designed to
Keep U.S. out of war
What was one of President Truman's greatest challenges in transforming the economy?
Keeping inflation in check
Eisenhower's formula for victory in the 1952 election focused on
Korea (Korean War, communism, and corruption)
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
Korea remained divided at almost exactly the same place as before the war.
What was Eisenhower's focus for victory in 1952?
Korea, Communism, and corruption
Eisenhower's formula for victory in the 1952 election focused on
Korea, communism, and corruption.
La Raza Unida
Latino political interests were represented by organizations such as
Spanish-speaking people who come from Latin America.
Latinos are
The black power movement taught African Americans to
Lead their own communities to unite, recognize their heritage, define their own goals
American society of the 1950s expected women to
Manage the household
What was the code name for the development of the Atomic Bomb?
Manhattan Project
What was the biggest reason for the U.S. not declaring war on Germany, after they invaded Poland?
Many Americans supported Isolationism
the franchise system.
Many unique stores, with ties to the local community, were replaced as a result of
Who overthrew China during the Cold War and created a Communist government there?
Mao Zedong
William J. Levitt contributed to the grown of suburbs by
Mass-producing houses
William J. Levitt contributed to the growth of suburbs by
Mass-producing houses, Levittown
political and social reform
Members of the "silent generation" chose to pursue what?
What happened to the Gross National Product of the United States during the 1950's?
More than doubled
What were the results of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident and Resolution?
NV and US-USS Maddox in Gulf gave Johnson authorization to declare war without conventional measures in session
Both Mussolini and Hitler saw expansion of their territory as a way to increase
National Pride
What was one result of the baby boom?
Overcrowding became a problem.
Under the Roosevelt Corollary, the United States intervened in all of the following countries EXCEPT:
Panama
Détente was the principle foreign policy of which US presidents?
Nixon and Kissenger
Identify the prescribed roles and aspirations for women during the social conformity of the 1950s
Nixon during debate with Khrushchev - Nixon said that you "didn't need a wife" while pointing to the automatic floor sweeper. After 1945, women lost most of the industrial jobs they had performed during the war. As during most of history, women who worked outside of home remained in low-salary jobs rather than better-paying manufacturing positions. After sharp postwar drop in female employment, the number of women at work soon began to rise. The modern woman worked part-time to help support the family's middle-class lifestyle. Media portrayed marriage as the most important goal of American women, and married younger, more children, "baby boom". The ability of women to remain at home, declared a government official, "separates us from the Communist world," where a high % of women worked
What was the main war strategy that Roosevelt and Churchill first agreed on at the Atlantic Conference?
No territorial changes
Which of the following best describes the beatniks of the 1950's?
Nonconventional, spontaneous, free, artists, pre-hippees
To achieve victory in the struggle for civil rights, MLK and the SCLC encouraged
Nonviolent acts/protests
What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
western European nations in response to the Soviet threat?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
What finally brought an end to World War II?
Nuclear bombs in Japan, Japan surrendering
Because of its reliance on aircraft to carry nuclear weapons, the US lagged behind the Soviet Union in
Nuclear warfare-missile development
What action did the Nazis take to strip Jews of their German citizenship?
Nuremburg laws passed
What was President Barak Obama's greatest political victory during his first term?
Obama Care
a shift in the work force from blue-collar to white-collar jobs.
One effect of business expansion after World War II was
Keeping inflammation in check.
One of president Truman's greatest challenges in recounting to a peacetime economy was what?
During the Cold War, a major goal of the United States policy in Latin America was to
Resist Soviet
What did the Taft Hartley Act in 1947 do?
Restricted labor strikes that threatened national interest
What gave young people of the 1950's a style they could call their own?
Rock 'n Roll
a style that they could call their own.
Rock-and-roll gave the young people of the 1950s
Executive Order 8066 resulted in
Roosevelt authorizing internment (confinement) of American Japanese and residential Japanese
What were the major thrusts of the civil rights movement in this period?
Rosa Parks and bus boycott
From 1950 to 1960, what happened to the percentage of women working outside the home?
Rose from 24% to 31%
The "Big Four" at the Versailles peace conference included all of the following EXCEPT:
Russia
In the 1920's, the dominant corporations in radio included all of the following EXCEPT:
SBC
young activists.
SNCC entrusted decisions about priorities and tactics to
make their own decisions about priorities and tactics.
SNCC was formed to enable students to
During the 1950's, Americans placed the most value in
Safety and security
After the years of depression and war, most Americans were searching for
Security
What were many Americans searching for after the depression?
Security
What were the most significant results of the Civil Rights movement?
Segregation is illegal, African Americans can vote, African Americans elected as officials,
What was an example of U.S. deficit spending during the war?
Selling war bonds. The government spent 321 billion dollars on the war effort borrowed from the public.
Earth Day
Senator Galord Nelson of Wisconsin helped to organize the first national
Why was the Berlin Wall constructed?
Separate communists and non-communists Berlin
protecting the constitutional rights of citizens accused of crimes.
Several of the important decisions of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren focused on
What was the impact of the 1957 launching of Sputnik
Shock, fear, because of technology gap in nuclear strength
Computers came into widespread use in the 1950s mainly because they became
Smaller and faster
computers came into widespread use in the 1950s mainly because they became
Smaller and faster
Which of the following is an example of the Marshall Plan at work?
The United States helped France rebuild its economy.
gave the federal government too much power
Some critics complained that the Great Society programs
What was one result of the federal government's hunt for Communists?
Some people's civil rights were violated.
At the end of World War II, Korea was divided into
Southern pro-American government and a Northern pro-Communist governmen
The Berlin airlift was President Truman's response to the
Soviet blockade of West Berlin.
As World War II ended, a major disagreement between the
Soviet domination of Poland.
Under President Eisenhower, the United States acted to oppose
Soviet influence in Middle East, Eisenhower doctrine
Under President Eisenhower, the United States acted to oppose
Soviet influence in the Middle East.
montgomery bus boycott
Sparked by Rosa Parks's arrest on December 1, 1955, for refusing to surrender her seat to a white passenger, a successful year-long boycott protesting segregation on city buses; led by the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
Where were the Germans finally halted in their advance into the Soviet Union?
Stalingrad, major railroad industrial center on the Volga river (Russia)
Because of the war, large numbers of women began to work as
Steel workers, factory workers, and filled any jobs men left for war
In the 1950's most homes were built in the
Suburbs
advertisements
TV helped spur economic growth through _______________.
The goal of the island-hopping strategy, the Allies put themselves in a position to
Take on Japan itself
advertisements.
Television helped spur economic growth through its
What helped spur the economy thru advertisements?
Televison
The Berlin airlift allowed:
The United States to get supplies across Soviet lines
Explain the meaning of the "American standard of living" during the 1950s
The "American standard of living" completely transformed during the mind-twentieth century,
what were the main characteristics of the affluent society of the 1950s
The 1950's consisted of conformity, prosperity, and peace. These characteristics led to a booming economy and booming population, nearing a 20% increase from the previous decade.
the resurgence of religion and the rise of rock-and-roll.
The 1950s saw such disparate trends as
Caused congress to increase spending on teaching math and science.
The 1957 launching of sputnik did what?
lead their own communities
The Black Panthers wanted African Americans to
peaceful confrontation.
The Congress of Racial Equality pursued its goals through
lone assassin.
The Warren Commission declared that Kennedy's assassination was the work of a
Japanese American property losses during their wartime internment.
The Japanese American Citizens League spoke out against
leaders.
The Montgomery bus boycott introduced a new generation of African American
helping them find jobs and housing.
The National Urban League helped newcomers to the cities by
the environment.
The New Frontier proposals addressed all of the following except
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The person who wrote the famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail" was
What reflected the new interest in religion?
The popularity of Bill Graham
Which of the following boosted the defense industry after World War 2?
The Nuclear Arms Race
How did the Soviet Union react to the Marshall Plan?
The Soviet Union refused to participate in the plan.
the "separate but equal" doctrine
The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education ended
evidence seized illegally could not be used in a trial.
The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren ruled that
iranian coup
The U.S.- sponsored coup that overthrew Mohammed Mossadegh in 1953 created resentments that helped lead to Iran's Islamic Revolution twenty-five years later.
Describe how the automobile transformed American communities and culture in the 1950s.
The US emerged out of WWII as the largest and most expansive economy in the world by far. Most of Europe lay shattered while the US, having not had any combat on it's own soil, naturally had most of it's major factories and industry intact. As a result, it allowed a large automobile industry to develop through the states. The auto industry in the 1950s, especially in it's major centres of production such as the famous plants of Detroit, saw new, innovative designs, more efficient means of mass production, and higher profits. The Baby boom also occurred, and with the explosion in population more people moved from the big cities to new, expanding suburbs - hence the automobile changed the very nature of American communities. Cars became a necessity in these areas of large urban sprawl for transport. The American nuclear family was allowed to develop in such areas - the father needed the car for work, the mother for running errands and taking the kids to school. Culturally in the 1950s, teenagers now had a new form of early independence through driving. McDonald's and other fast food restaurants were allowed to develop due to the presence of the "drive-through". Large interstate highways were also built to accommodate this boom. The automobile's influence on changing the demographics, neighbourhoods, and cultures of America cannot be overstated.
What effect did conglomerates and the franchise system have on the American economy in the 1950s?
They contributed to major business expansion.
beatniks
The ______________ worked to revive
Beatnik
The beatniks were a group of writers, artists, and young people who prompted spontaneity
chemicals such as DDT
The book Silent Spring exposed the harmful use of
propose a strong civil rights bill
The brutality against African Americans in Birmingham prompted Kennedy to
military-industrial complex
The conjunction of 'an immense military establishment' with a 'permanent arms industry' with and influence felt in 'every office' in the land.
What was the "final solution to the Jewish question," announced by the Nazis at the Wannsee Conference?
The construction of where genocide of Jews special camps in Poland
the activism of Ralph Nader
The consumer movement of the 1960s developed largely as a result of
What happened to Germany after the war?
The country was divided up into 4 zones
What was the final resolution of the Korean War?
The dividing line stayed about the same.
Many unique stores, with ties to the local community, were replaced as a result of
The franchise system
radioactivity released into the air.
The greatest threat posed by nuclear power plants was
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
The highlight of the March on Washington was
interstate highway system
The largest public-works enterprise in American history, was the building of the 41,000-mile interstate highway system.
What was the new "social contract" between labor and management, and how did it benefit both sides as well as the nation as a whole?
The new "social contract" wasn't really a new contract so to speak. America got this idea from the European perspective and came up with a few rules or obligations as the government.
Billy Graham
The new interest in religion reflected in the popularity of __________________.
Billy Graham
The new interest in religion was reflected in the popularity of
What two things were examples of disparate trends seen in the 1950's?
The resurgence of religion and the rise of rock 'n roll
Jack Kerouac, author of On the Road, was
The spiritual leader of the beatniks
Native Americans.
The successes of the civil rights movement of the 1950s largely bypassed
Rock-and-roll
The term "rock-and-roll" was foined in cleveland; it was a new type of misic with a faster beat
feminism.
The theory that men and women are politically, socially, and economically equal is called
civil rights movement.
The women's movement borrowed legal tools and inspiration from the
By the beginning of World War I, how could one describe Japan?
Their military was getting stronger and their economy was modernizing
In 1946, Winston Churchill used the term "Iron Curtain" when describing conditions in Europe. What did he mean by this term?
There was a division between communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe.
Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?
There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers
Why did the Soviet Union try to force the Allies to abandon West Berlin?
To close an escape route to the West, complete block off from all resources
What did Truman's Fair Deal aim to do?
To extend the New Deal Goals
Why did two Chinese leaders, Jiang Jieshi and Mao Zedong, unite during World War II?
To fight off the invading forces of Japan
What was Japan's real motive behind the Greater East Asis Co-Prosperity Sphere?
To gain natural resources to carry out war with Asia
Why did President Franklin Roosevelt create the Office of War Mobilization?
To serve as a super agency to the centralization of resources
What did President Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?
To support and assist all democratic countries menaced or harassed by USSR
Why was the United Nations founded?
To try and preserve peace throughout the World
In the Perisan Gulf War, what was the goal of the US and the international coalition?
To unite international forces
brown v board of education
U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down racial segregation in public education and declared separate but equal as unconstitutional.
The United Farm Workers was
Union to organize Mexican field hands in the West
SNCC was formed to enable students to
Voice for younger generation and more immediate change (younger people)
Freedom Summer called attention to African Americans
Voting rights
What historical event contributed to the rise of fascism in both Italy and Germany, and to the rise of totalitarianism in the Soviet Union?
WWI
The countries in red on this map were members of which alliance during the Cold War?
Warsaw Pact
Which part of Germany was controlled by Britain, France and the U.S. and became democratic and capitalist following WWII?
West Germany
A style that they could call their own.
What did rock and roll music give young people?
they contributed to major business expansion.
What effect did conglomerates and the franchise system have on the American economy in the 1950s?
the franchise system
What is responsible for the decline in local community stores?
It reduced the size of electronic appliances.
What major effect did the transistor have on technology?
it reduced size of electronic appliances.
What major effect did the transistor have on technology?
Full time homemakers
What roles were most American women expected to fulfill in the 1950s?
full-time homemakers
What roles were most American women expected to fulfill in the 1950s?
On the Road,
What was the title of jack Kerouac's book and why was it popular?
system.
What were the major and long lasting effects of the interstate highway systems?
draft soldiers to army
When a railroad strike disrupted the economy in 1946 Truman tried to _______________________.
rose faster than wages.
When the government lifted price controls after the war, prices
sluggish, with low GNP growth
Which best describes the state of the American economy in 1960?
He rarely succeeded in pushing legislation through Congress.
Which of the following best describes Kennedy's domestic policy success?
It won passage of several New Frontier goals and added to them.
Which of the following best describes the Great Society?
He had lost support in his own party.
Which of the following factors made it seem that Harry Truman had a little chance of winning reelection?
He had lost some support in his own party
Which of the following factors made it seem that Harry Truman had little chance of winning reelection in 1948?
to empower big business
Which of the following was not a goal of the New Frontier program?
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech
Which was a highlight of the March on Washington?
After World War II there was a shift from blue collar jobs to what kind of jobs?
White collar jobs
What were the main concerns of President Clinton's second term?
White water affair, illegal campaign donations
Rachel Carson
Who published a book in 1962 that started the environmental movement?
Betty Friedan
Who was the author of the "Feminine Mystique"?
William Levitt
Who was the developer who mass produced new communities in suburbs?
Jonas Salk
Who was the doctor who developed a vaccine against polio?
Benjamin Spock
Who was the pediatrician who wrote a highly influential book on child care?
To restrict labor strike that threatened the national interest.
Why did congress pass the Taft Hartley act in 1947?
The Versailles Treaty:
blamed the war on German aggression
The person who became the movie industry's czar and defended it while setting guidelines for it was:
Will Hays
Who contributed to the growth of suburbs by mass producing houses?
William Levitt
mass producing houses
William j levit contributed to the growth of suburbs by _________________________.
The United States sent troops into Russia in 1918 because:
Wilson wanted to protect the railroads and pacify Britain and France
Developments that pushed the United States to declare war in April 1917 included all of the following EXCEPT:
Wilson's preparations for war in 1916
The Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II was:
Winston Churchill
Who inspired the British people to resist the German invasion?
Winston Churchill
Who fulfilled the role of full time homemakers in the 1950's?
Women
baby boom
Women had more children (3.2 per family) than ever before, making the end of the war until the mid-1960s a "baby boom" era.
What was the significance of the presidential election of 1960?
Young (JFK) vs. old (Nixon)
d. Consumer Day.
a
d. He had opposed the Taft-Hartley Act.
a
d. He launched a remarkable reform program that altered American society.
a
d. It ended the popularity of radio.
a
d. Nuclear Energy Day.
a
d. Ralph Nader
a
d. a stable and secure cultural role.
a
d. booming, with high GNP growth
a
d. congressional committees.
a
d. continuing segregation policies in American public schools.
a
d. credit cards.
a
d. embarrassing Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.
a
d. favored rural over urban citizens.
a
d. financial programs.
a
d. high school students.
a
d. its white members.
a
d. larger and more powerful.
a
d. nuclear power.
a
d. organized the Freedom Rides.
a
d. poverty.
a
d. radio.
a
d. release Martin Luther King, Jr., on bail.
a
d. the integration of Japanese into Anglo culture.
a
d. the weakening of labor unions.
a
d. to promote the space program
a
Movies during this time seemed to promote all of the following EXCEPT:
a cultivation of reality
The underlying issue in the Scopes trial of 1925 was whether:
a science course would teach scientific theories
one effect of business expnsion after world war 2 was
a shift in the work force from blue collar to white collar jobs
One effect of business expansion after World War II was
a shift in the work force from blue-collar to white-collar jobs
One effect of business expansion after World War II was
a shift in the work force from blue-collar to white-collar jobs.
Rock-and-roll gave the young people of the 1950s
a style that they could call their own.
d. the computer industry.
a...
Television helped spur economic growth through its
advertisements
Television helped spur economic growth through its
advertisements.
televison helped spur economic growth through it's
advertisments
How did the gross national product and per capita income change in the 1950s?
both gross national product and per captia income increased dramitically
The Eighteenth Amendment passed in part because
brewery companies generally had German names
As a result of the Berlin Airlift, the United States was able to -
bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict
d. Benjamin Spock.
c
d. He launched a remarkable reform program that altered American society.
c
d. James Meredith.
c
d. Nuclear Regulatory Agency.
c
d. Olga Owens Huckins
c
d. President Kennedy's "New Frontier" speech
c
Senator Joseph McCarthy's power faded shortly after he
appeared on television in the Army-McCarthy hearings.
Betty Friedan
author of The Feminine Mystique
d. African Americans should not be allowed to vote.
b
d. Betty Friedan.
b
d. It lacked any support in Congress.
b
d. a major decline in working conditions for most Americans.
b
d. all of the above
b
d. allowed unrestricted oil drilling.
b
d. beatniks and the end of segregation.
b
d. drive-in movie.
b
d. equal rights.
b
d. establish a more interracial organization.
b
d. he had received illegal gifts
b
d. hippies.
b
d. its white members.
b
d. many African Americans were elected to office at all levels.
b
d. medical care for the poor and the elderly.
b
d. pediatrician who urged mothers to stay at home with their young children.
b
d. people who share the same culture but speak different Latin-based languages
b
d. practice nonviolent protest.
b
d. prayer in public schools was constitutional.
b
d. reduced the amount of conservation land.
b
d. remain mainly in teaching and nursing.
b
d. shrinking dramatically
b
d. the feminine mystique.
b
d. the space program.
b
d. the values they needed to live through depression and war.
b
d. voted.
b
why did congress pass the taft-harley act
because the democratic party split and had lost some support of his own party
Members of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) charged numerous Hollywood figures with
being sympathetic to Communist ideas.
eisenhower and his administration wholly supported
big business
During World War I, all of the following occurred EXCEPT:
big business became more alienated from government than ever
In the Great Migration:
black women often were the ones who moved north first
The Palmer raids:
deported hundreds of people without trials
The policy of making the military power of the United States and its allies so strong that no enemy would dare attack it for fear of retaliation is known as
deterrence.
levitt
developer who mass-produced new communities in suburbs
At the Yalta conference, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin decided to
divide the defeated Germany into four sectors—American, British, French, and Soviet.
Jonas Salk
doctor who developed a vaccine against polio
when a railroad strike disrupted the economy in 1946, truman tried to
draft striking workers into the army
When a railroad strike disrupted the economy in 1946, Truman tried to
draft striking workers into the army.
credit cards became popular because they were
easy and convenient to use
Credit cards became popular because they were
easy and convenient to use.
After the North Korean invasion of South Korea, the United Nations passed a resolution that supported
efforts to defend South Korea and restore peace.
Advertising campaigns during the 1920's did all of the following EXCEPT:
emphasize mainly the qualities of the product
Members of the "silent generation" chose to pursue
entertainment and fun.
The automobile was important because it did all of the following EXCEPT:
erase class lines by making the same transportation available to all
The Republican "new era" of the 1920's:
established more government-business cooperation
Both President Truman's Federal Employee Loyalty Program and Senator Joseph McCarthy's hearings aimed to
expose Communists in the United States.
Truman's Fair Deal aimed to
extend the New Deal's goals.
The Taft administration policies in China:
favored a revived, stronger China
what roles were most american women expected to fulfill in the 1950s
full time homemakers
What roles were most American women expected to fulfill in the 1950s?
full-time homemakers
what roles were most american women expected to fulfill in the 1950s
full-time homemakers
In the 1950s, scientists succeeded in using atomic energy to
generate electrical power.
in the 1950s, scientists succeeded in using atomic energy to
generate electrivity
The second industrial revolution, which took place in the 1920's, involved all of the following EXCEPT:
greater demand for skilled workers as the economy grew
By 1929, economic growth in the United States:
had produced merger so that 200 firms owned half of the corporate wealth
When Fidel Castro seized American property in Cuba, Eisenhower
halted exports to Cuba.
how did president eisenhower domestic policy reflect that his republican predeccors coolidge and hoover
he favored big business
in the 1950s, more women than ever before
held paying jobs
Contrary to image presented in the 1950s, more women than ever before
held paying jobs.
One of President Truman's greatest challenges in reconverting to a peacetime economy was
keeping inflation in check.
The Espionage Act of 1917:
led to an increase in government spying on U.S. citizens
Dollar diplomacy:
led to military intervention to protect American investments
The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920's was primarily motivated by the:
idea of making America strictly a white man's country
The Root-Takahira Agreement did all of the following EXCEPT:
implement the gentleman's agreement
The National War Labor Board
improved working conditions in order to prevent strikes
Fair Deal goals included all of the following except
increased power for Congress.
When Panama rebelled from Colombia, the United States:
indirectly supported the revolutionaries
In response to interference with U.S. trade during World War I, the United States did all of the following EXCEPT:
insist that it be able to trade equally with both sides
After the Mexican Revolution began, Woodrow Wilson:
interfered with Mexican sovereignty using a moral justification
what major effect did the transistor have on have on technology
it reduced the size of electronic appliances
what major effect did the transistor have on technology
it reduced the size of electtronic appliances
As a result of the Korean War, the United States succeeded in
keeping South Korea free of communism.
The Bolshevik Revolution of November 1917:
led to sending Allied troops into Russia
Labor unions in the 1920's:
lost members and power
truman seemed unlikely to win the 1948 election because he
lost the support of much of his party
Truman seemed unlikely to win the 1948 election because
lost the support of much of his party.
All of the following were true of Bisbee, Arizona, in 1917, EXCEPT the:
majority of the miners in Bisbee were members of the IWW
american society in the 1950s expected women to
manage the household
American society in the 1950s expected women to
manage the household.
in the 1950s, William J. Levitt contributed to the growth of suburbs by
mass producing houses
william j. levitt contributed to the growth of the suburbs by
mass producing houses
William J. Levitt contributed to the growth of suburbs by
mass-producing houses.
Government regulations during World War I:
meant less laissez faire and more government-business cooperation
during the postwar years, the gross national product of the United states
more than doubled
During the postwar years, the Gross National Product of the United States
more than doubled.
Which of the following best describes satellite nations?
nations dominated by the Soviet Union
After the years of depression and war, most Americans were searching for
security and normalcy.
After the years of depression and war, most Americans were searching for
security.
During World War I, the U.S. military:
segregated black soldiers while the French treated them generally as equals
Henry Ford revolutionized the auto industry by:
using the assembly line to increase production and lower costs
Wilson:
wanted to reform international diplomacy according to moral principles
What was this poster promoting? (WE CAN DO IT! - shows a lady)
war production
The prosperity of the 1920's:
was enjoyed mostly by the corporations
General MacArthur favored breaking the stalemate in the Korean war by
opening a second front by attacking the Chinese mainland.
Benjamin Spock
pediatrician who wrote a highly influential book on child care
The stories created by Hollywood suggested that normal life included all of the following EXCEPT:
personal freedom restrained by family and community
Welfare capitalism included all of the following EXCEPT:
policies to end low wages and long hours
Prohibition under the Eighteenth Amendment
promoted disrespect for the law in society
Newspaper chains such as the Hearst papers:
represented how businesses consolidated and merged during the 1920's
The Johnson-Reed Immigration Act of 1924:
restricted southern and eastern European and Japanese immigration
The Stanford-Binet test, given to all recruits
revealed illiteracy rates as high as 25 percent
When the government lifted price controls after the war, prices
rose faster than wages
when the government lifted price controls after the war,prices
rose faster than wages
When the government lifted price controls after the war, prices
rose faster than wages.
from the 1950 to 1960, the number of women working outside the home
rose from 24 to 31 percent
The IWW members went on strike in Bisbee, Arizona, in 1917, because they:
saw the war as an opportunity to make demands
after the years of depression and war, most americans were searching for
security
After World War II, the Soviet Union quickly took control of
several Eastern European countries.
what role did rosa parks play in the struggle for equal rights
she did not give up her seat to a white person on bus
The Committee on Public Information did all of the following EXCEPT:
show what a threat German communism was
Computers came into widespread use in the 1950s mainly
smaller and faster.
Computers came into widespread use in the 1950s mainly because they became
smaller and faster.
jack kerouac, author of on the road, was the
spiritual leader of the beatniks
Jack Kerouac, author of On the Road, was the
spiritual leader of the beatniks.
The beatniks of the 1950s promoted
spontaneity over conformity.
unlike betty friedan, pediatrician benjamin spock believed that women should
stay home with their children
Unlike Betty Friedan, pediatrician Benjamin Spock believed that women should
stay home with their children.
Black baseball players:
such as Satchel Paige were some of the best in all of baseball
Under the Truman Doctrine, the US pledged to
support those who were resisting subjugation by Communists
The right for women to vote:
was established in 1920 because the war made denial seem impractical and wrong
Tabloids in the 1920's included all of the following EXCEPT:
the Chicago Tribune
The Senate defeated the Versailles Treaty for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
the Democrats all voted against the treaty with the reservations
Americans thought the invasion by North Korea was initiated by
the Soviet Union.
The Berlin airlift began when
the Soviets blocked Allied access to West Berlin.
The scandals of the Harding administration involved all of the following EXCEPT:
the Tweed Ring
The government decided to suppress dissent in the United States during World War I as a result of all of the following EXCEPT:
the actions of vigilante groups, as in Bisbee, Arizona
For nearly 50 years, the Cold War was characterized by
the attempt of both countries to spread their own ideology and stop the spread of the other.
Labor unions weakened during the 1920's for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
the corporations met worker needs with company unions
The labor strikes of 1919:
were efforts to retain and advance gains made during the war
All of the following were true of the "new immigrants" EXCEPT they:
were genetically disposed to crime
Many unique stores, with ties to the local community, were replaced as a result of
the franchise system
Many unique stores, with ties to the local community, were replaced as a result of
the franchise system.
Communism is a system in which ...
the government owns the factories and natural resources; people are not free
"Progressive diplomacy" included all of the following objectives EXCEPT:
the preservation of American isolationism
The United States adopted a policy of excluding prospective immigrants on racial grounds in all of the following ways EXCEPT in:
the quota laws of 1924, which attempted to out Mexicans
the 1950s saw such disparate trends as
the resurgence of religion and the rise of rock and roll
The 1950s saw such disparate (opposite) trends as
the resurgence of religion and the rise of rock-and-roll.
The principal elements in Wilson's Fourteen Points included all of the following EXCEPT:
the right of each state to maintain its sovereignty and avoid commitments to go to war
The wartime developments that continued in the postwar years included all of the following EXCEPT:
the treatment of labor as a partner of the government
Henry Cabot Lodge opposed the Versailles Treaty primarily because:
the treaty would commit the United States to collective security
describe the beatniks of the 1950s
they challenged traditional patterns of respectability and shocked other americans with more open sexuality and their use of illegal drugs
which of the following best describes the beatniks of the 1950s
they rebelled against conformity and traditional social patterns
All of the following were true for farmers in the 1920's EXCEPT:
they received subsidies from the federal government
The Cold War divided the world into two camps -
those who supported a free society and those who supported communism
Stalin was determined that Germany would never
threaten his nation again therefore wanted to completely weaken it.
What was one goal of the Marshall Plan?
to create economically stable democracies which could resist communism
Which of the following is a reason the United States became involved in affairs in the Middle East following World War II?
to prevent oil-rich Arab nations from falling under Soviet influence
Why did a number of nations join to form NATO in 1949?
to protect themselves from possible Soviet aggression
Why did Congress pass the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947?
to restrict labor strikes that threatened the national interest
why did congress pass the taft - hartley act in 1947
to restrict labor strikes that threatened the national interest
What did President Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?
to support nations trying to resist Soviet control.
The all-black 369th United States Infantry regiment was:
under French command and became one of the most highly decorated units
Big wheat farmers on the Great Plains in the 1920's:
used mechanized farming on huge farms to profit
All of the following were true of the 1920's, contributing to its reputation for adopting a new morality, EXCEPT:
women began to engage in sex more freely than men
What threat convinced the United States to sign several treaties with foreign countries to protect each other if an enemy attacked
world communism and the threat of the Soviet Union