HIST Chapter 28 Quiz

The ideal for middle-class women in the 1950s was to be

a wife and a mother

Eisenhower said that the "biggest damn fool mistake I ever made" was

appointing Earl Warren chief justice of the Supreme Court

The Geneva Accords involving Southeast Asia

called for elections to unify Vietnam

After World War II, a significant migration occurred from

cities to suburbs

The Hungarian revolt of 1956 was a victory for

communism

The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. preached a philosophy of nonviolent disobedience, which meant

defying unjust laws through peaceful actions

The GI Bill helped eliminate differences in the opportunities for blacks and whites in higher education.

false

During the postwar prosperity, the

gap between the average incomes for blacks and whites increased

One likely cause of juvenile delinquency during the 1950s was the

greater mobility provided by cars

Two monuments to the Eisenhower presidency were

interstate highways and the St. Lawrence Seaway

Norman Vincent Peale was a leading exponent of

positive thinking

John Keats' The Crack in the Picture Window was a stinging critique of

suburban life

After Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba, Eisenhower

suspended diplomatic relations with Cuba

The "Sputnik syndrome" led to

the National Defense Education Act (NDEA), the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and increased defense spending

A major catalyst for the Suez War in 1956 was the cancellation by the United States of a major dam project in Egypt.

true

Although Americans emerged from World War II proud of their military stature, there was an overwhelming fear of atomic war.

true

As a result of the Little Rock crisis, the city's high schools closed rather than allow integration.

true

As blacks moved into northern cities, many white residents moved to suburbs, which created racial ghettos in these large urban centers.

true

John Foster Dulles advocated more than containment in foreign policy, namely the liberation of Eastern Europe.

true

"Massive resistance" is the term used for

white resistance to court-ordered integration of the schools