HIST 1302 Ch. 28

The First Indochina War ended when the French suffered a major defeat at:

Dien Bien Phu

Adlai Stevenson was

Eisenhower's opponent for president in both 1952 and 1956

By 1960, about 65 percent of Americans:

belonged to a church

During the 1950s, the black population in the North decreased as a result of the great migration.

false

The Beats took their name because of their pervasive sense that society had beaten them, or triumphed over their spirits.

false

The youthful rebels known as the Beats:

favored road trips, Buddhism, and jazz.

The interstate highway system was:

funded by the state department

A very important reason for passage of the GI Bill was to:

prevent the return of the Depression.

In regard to New Deal programs, Eisenhower

retained most programs and even expanded some

Many concerned observers blamed teen delinquency on

rock and roll.

As president, Eisenhower reverted to the nineteenth-century view that Congress

should make policy, and the president should carry it out

In the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, decision, the Supreme Court:

struck down "separate but equal" in public education

Elvis was especially controversial because of his

suggestive gyrations on stage

Jack Kerouac wrote on what topic?

the Beats

All of the following countries were physically devastated during World War II EXCEPT:

the U.S.

Many adults, having experienced the Depression and wartime rationing, were eager to consume more in the 1950s

true

The Civil Rights Act established the Civil Rights Commission and a new Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department.

true

The GI Bill of Rights provided financial assistance for home loans and college expenses.

true

The years after World War II witnessed a second Great Migration

true

Houses in Levittown in the early 1950s all sold for just under

10,000