Hist 106 Quiz 8- Exam 3

As depicted in the film Good Night and Good Luck, which of the following statements most closely reflects Edward R. Murrow's opinion about television? a. TV was a communications medium whose best uses were informing and educating the public. b. TV had to provide light entertainment so Americans could get their minds off the Cold War. c. TV's greatest responsibility to the American public was to purge itself of communist influence. d. TV was a fast growing business that needed to focus on generating returns for stockholders.

a. TV was a communications medium whose best uses were informing and educating the public.

Which statement is FALSE Answers: a. Strom Thurmond was the 1948 presidential candidate of the States' Rights Democratic Party ("Dixiecrats"). b. President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued an executive order that desegregated the U.S. military. c. In the 50s, homosexuals were considered security risks in sensitive government positions because their sexual orientation might make them susceptible to being blackmailed. d. When some Southern delegates to the 1948 Democratic national convention objected to a platform plank supporting expanded civil rights for African Americans, a third party emerged called the States' Rights Democratic Party ("Dixiecrats"). e. George F. Kennan articulated the policy of "containment" which stated that, while recognizing that the U.S. had little likelihood of fundamentally changing the social, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of the USSR, it was possible to limit their expansion elsewhere in the world.

b. President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued an executive order that desegregated the U.S. military.

When Mao Tse‑tung (Mao Zedong) and the Communists prevailed in the People's Republic of China, President _____ was accused of "losing" China. Answers: Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower

Harry S. Truman

Which of the following is FALSE about Good Night and Good Luck? Answers: a. Don Hollenbeck was a CBS newscaster being targeted by Hearst columnist Jack O'Brian for his (Hollenbeck's) left-leaning views. b. The CBS network was fearful of losing one of its important sponsors - International Engineered Aluminum Fabricators (IEAF). c. When Shirley Wershba (played by Patricia Clarkson) and Joe Wershba (played by Robert Downey, Jr.) met by the file cabinets, they were discussing a loyalty oath that CBS was requiring employees to sign. d. Fred Friendly (played by George Clooney) and Edward R. Murrow (played by David Strathairn) passed a TV showing President Eisenhower speaking. This would indicate that events depicted in the film occurred in the1950s. e. In the advertisement for Kent cigarettes, the product spokesman stated that the intelligence and discernment of Murrow's viewers would lead them to choose Kent cigarettes over other brands.

b. The CBS network was fearful of losing one of its important sponsors - International Engineered Aluminum Fabricators (IEAF)

In his farewell address on January 17, 1961, outgoing President Dwight D. Eisenhower cautioned against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the Answers: a. liberal academia. b. military‑industrial complex. c. right‑wing, religious fanatics. d. biased print- and electronic‑media.

b. military‑industrial complex.

Which statement about the Berlin Airlift is TRUE? Answers: a. When the Berlin Wall was erected in 1961, British, French, and U.S. aircraft transported food and supplies to citizens behind the wall. b. As World War II drew to a close, the U.S. airlifted two Army Airborne divisions into Berlin to secure it against destruction and looting by Soviet forces. c. Early in the Cold War, the Soviets cut off British, French, and U.S. ground access to Berlin, requiring a nearly year‑long airlift of food and supplies to the city. d. As World War II drew to a close, the U.S. airlifted German scientists and government officials out of Berlin and granted them political asylum in the U.S.

c. Early in the Cold War, the Soviets cut off British, French, and U.S. ground access to Berlin, requiring a nearly year‑long airlift of food and supplies to the city.

Which of the following was a benefit available to veterans under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act ("G.I. Bill") of 1944? Answers: a. funding for college education b. loans for the purchase of a home c. Both a. and b. d. None of the above.

c. Both a. and b.

Which of the following is TRUE about the Milo Radulovich incident depicted in Good Night and Good Luck?

d. Murrow came to Radulovich's defense because the Air Force was using the same "guilt by association" tactics against Radulovich that McCarthy used in Senate committee investigations.@

Which of the following statements about the post‑World War II period is FALSE? Answers: a. The Interstate Highway Act of 1956 increased access to the suburbs and contributed to a housing boom. b. After Fidel Castro overthrew Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista in 1959, he signed trade agreements with the Soviets (USSR). c. A growing number of Americans moved: to suburban residential areas; to warmer regions of the country known as the "Sunbelt," and to the West, many finding jobs in the defense and aviation industries. d. The terms "Mutually Assured Destruction," "Massive Retaliation," and "Brinksmanship" refer to the nuclear arms race between the U.S. and the USSR. e. In the late 40s and early 50s, Americans were so disillusioned by their experiences of the Great Depression and World War II that they shunned organized religion and attendance at churches and synagogues reached historical lows. f. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) overthrew the "Separate but Equal" standard established by Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). g. The Marshall Plan was a program of economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies.

e. In the late 40s and early 50s, Americans were so disillusioned by their experiences of the Great Depression and World War II that they shunned organized religion and attendance at churches and synagogues reached historical lows.

Which statement about the post‑World War II U.S. economy is TRUE? Answers: a. The war's end unleashed a torrent of pent‑up demand caused by the unavailability of consumer goods during the war. b. Most U.S. manufacturers that shifted from producing consumer goods to wartime goods when the war started resumed production of products like automobiles and home appliances after the war. c. The Cold War caused the U.S defense industry to prosper as it delivered armaments to the U.S. military and the military forces of U.S. allies. d. With its manufacturing capacity intact, the U.S. was in a better position than European industrialized nations to resume production of consumer goods for export to markets abroad. e. All of the above are TRUE.

e. All of the above are TRUE.