HIST2112: Chapter 26 Quiz

How did federal housing programs discriminate against Americans of color?

All of the above

Why was Emmett Till murdered?

Allegedly whistling at a white woman

What was the name of the 1950s counterculture that rejected the values of conformity and domesticity?

Beats

Who first challenged segregation on buses?

Sarah Keys

What was the result of Brown v. Board of Education?

All of the above

Which of the following right wing think tanks were created in the first decade following WWII?

Both of these

What was the relationship between the federal government and economic growth in the aftermath of World War II?

Federal spending created more economic growth

Congressional opposition from which faction plagued Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration?

Both

The churches most common in suburban America tended most frequently celebrated which of the following cultural values?

Economic individualism

Which of the following best describes the marketing techniques of early television executives?

Finding programming that would appeal to the widest possible audience