History 28 quiz

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.

Elvis Presley's recordings:

blended a variety of musical styles.

One of rock and roll's most important contributions was to

bridge class and racial divisions.

The postwar economic boom was fueled mainly by:

cold war-related military spending.

The youthful rebels known as the Beats:

favored road trips, Buddhism, and jazz.

With the end of World War II, women workers were encouraged to:

give up their jobs to returning veterans.

Life magazine's ideal woman of the mid-1950s was:

having babies

Suburban growth was spurred by all of the following EXCEPT:

new construction of mass public transportation.

Blacks who moved to northern cities found:

new problems and forms of exploitation.

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

prevent the return of the Depression

After the war, Americans were most eager to:

purchase.

In regard to New Deal programs, Eisenhower:

retained most programs and even expanded some.

The music Alan Freed labeled "rock and roll" was actually:

rhythm and blues.

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

struck down "separate but equal" in public education.

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

the U.S. Army.

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

the United States.

One major reason for religion's growing appeal in the 1950s was:

the desire to combat godless communism.

Before becoming president, Eisenhower was most shaped by his experience in:

the military.

The postwar era witnessed its most dramatic population growth in:

the sunbelt.

When the U-2 spy plane was shot down over Russia, Eisenhower first:

tried to cover it up

By the 1950s, suburban life was marked by an increasing:

uniformity.

The nation's suburban population by 1970 was overwhelmingly:

white