Module 11 The 1950s

Which United States Supreme Court decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision declaring the doctrine of "separate but equal" constitutional? Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Miranda v. Arizona Baker v. Carr Gideon v. Wainwright

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

How did federal housing programs discriminate against Americans of color? Claiming that Americans of color were at a greater risk of defaulting on FHA loans All of the answers are correct. Creating self-fulfilling prophecies that racially integrated neighborhoods would have depreciating home values Redlining neighborhoods that included Americans of color

All of the answers are correct

Dwight Eisenhower accomplished which of the following: - He created the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, which he placed under the guidance of Oveta Culp Hobby of Texas. - All of the answers are correct. - He cut the federal budget and instituted measures to increase state's rights but at the same time increased Social Security and raised the minimum wage. - He greatly expanded the Interstate Highway System, laying the basis for the modern interstate system used today.

All of the answers are correct.

What was the result of Brown v. Board of Education? Overturned the legal logic of Plessy v. Ferguson All of the answers are correct. Extended the reach of the Fourteenth Amendment Ruled against segregated public schools

All of the answers are correct.

Which of the following enabled the rising purchase of consumer goods? All of the answers are correct. Increased production that lowered prices Use of installment plans Mass-distribution of credit cards

All of the answers are correct.

Why was Emmett Till murdered? Allegedly whistling at a white woman Sneaking into a movie theater with a white girlfriend Refusing to give up a bus seat to a white woman Protesting segregation in Mississippi public schools

Allegedly whistling at a white woman

What was the name of the 1950s counterculture that rejected the values of conformity and domesticity? Hippies Toughs Beats Zoot Suiters

Beats

All of the following television shows brought not only the nation's favorite shows which celebrated traditional American values to national audiences, but also introduced advertising for the many new products manufactured en masse during the 1950s, EXCEPT: The Lone Ranger Leave It To Beaver Charlie's Angels I Love Lucy

Charlie's Angels

After President Truman banned racial discrimination in the military and in federal hiring practices and eliminated government contracts with companies known for their discriminatory policies, outraged Southern Democrats led a break-away faction headed by South Carolina Governor J. Strom Thurmond known as the: Populists Technocrats Progressives Dixiecrats

Dixiecrats

In his own words, this president described himself as, "conservative when it comes to money and liberal when it comes to human beings." Harry Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower Ronald Reagan Richard M. Nixon

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The churches most common in suburban America tended most frequently celebrated which of the following cultural values? Economic individualism Social justice Communal unity Nonviolence and peacemaking

Economic individualism

What was the relationship between the federal government and economic growth in the aftermath of World War II? Economic stagnation resulted from less federal spending Federal spending slowed economic growth Economic growth resulted from less federal spending Federal spending created more economic growth

Federal spending created more economic growth

In 1958, this Harvard economist and public intellectual published The Affluent Society. John Kenneth Galbraith Rachel Carson Betty Friedan Milton Friedman

John Kenneth Galbraith

This event in Arkansas exemplified the worst kind of response to integration attempts in the South, in which many whites felt threatened by what they perceived as a sudden and unnecessary change in the law and acted out in hatred and ignorance in response. Montgomery Bus Boycott Little Rock Nine The March on Selma Arkansas School Strike

Little Rock Nine

What is the name of the University of Chicago economist who helped to develop the intellectual position of libertarian economics? Jasper Crane Leonard Reed Milton Friedman John Maynard Keynes

Milton Friedman

This case expanded the rights of the accused by mandating that they must be informed of their rights upon arrest Gideon v. Wainwright Baker v. Carr Reynolds v. Sims Miranda v. Arizona

Miranda v. Arizona

Why was the landmark election of 1960 the first of its kind? Americans were charmed and intrigued by the young Nixon family. Never before had the media played such a prominent role in politics. Never before had money been infused in American politics. Never before had campaign managers been used in an Election.

Never before had the media played such a prominent role in politics.

Who was a conservative detractor that felt the Equal Rights Amendment threatened traditional gender roles and values? Gloria Steinman Betty Friedan Phyllis Schlafly Rachel Carson

Phyllis Schlafly

These types of jobs such as nursing, teaching, and secretarial work ensured that women remained in the workforce, although not in such great numbers as during World War II. Blue Collar Jobs White Collar Jobs Pink Collar Jobs Working Class Jobs

Pink Collar Jobs

In this landmark case, the court decided that a woman and her doctor, not the state, possessed the right to decide the fate of a pregnancy. Gideon v. Wainwright Miranda v. Arizona Roe v. Wade Sherbert v. Verner

Roe v. Wade

President Truman saw an expansion of Social Security benefits, a higher minimum wage, and urban development aimed at eliminating slums in a plan called: The Second New Deal The New Deal The Fair Deal The Square Deal

The Fair Deal

Who first challenged segregation on buses? Sarah Keys Mary-Louise Smith Rosa Parks Emmett Till

sarah keys

The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted from December 1955 until December 20, 1956, when the Supreme Court ordered their integration. The boycott not only crushed segregation in Montgomery's public transportation, it energized the entire civil rights movement and established the leadership of the MIA's president, a recently arrived, twenty-six-year-old Baptist minister named: Thurgood Marshall Malcolm X Martin Luther King Jr. Rosa Parks

Martin Luther King Jr.

In 1952, this NAACP lawyer argued on behalf of Linda Brown, a black girl barred from attending the all-white elementary school in her neighborhood in Topeka, Kansas. H.L. Mencken William Jennings Bryan Thurgood Marshall Clarence Darrow

Thurgood Marshall

The Voting Rights Act of 1965: - included provisions to prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities in hiring. - outlawed sexual discrimination in the workplace and created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which investigates and enforces the Title VII stipulations. - gave total control of all elections to the federal government, that blacks were given freedom to fully exercise their voting rights. - is a precursor to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which further enumerated the rights and responsibilities of the disabled.

gave total control of all elections to the federal government, that blacks were given freedom to fully exercise their voting rights.