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During the 1950s, the general economic conditions of the United States included

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low unemployment

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Between 1945 and 1960, the birth rate in the United States

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reversed a long pattern of decline

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Following World War II, the American economy

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grew, between 1945 and 1975, nearly ten times faster than the population

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During the 1950s, the region of the United States that experienced the most dramatic change as a result of economic growth was

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the West

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During the 1950s, the American Federation of Labor in the United States

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merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations

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All of the following researchers made important contributions to the development of antibiotics EXCEPT

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Paul Muller

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Following World War II, American scientists made a critical contribution to the development of penicillin by

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developing methods for its mass production and commercial distribution

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In the early twentieth century, the vaccine that raised the most safety concerns in the United States was for the prevention of

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tuberculosis

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In 1954, the American scientist Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for the prevention of

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Polio

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All the following statements regarding the use of DDT are true EXCEPT that

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scientists during WWII knew the pesticide had a long term toxic effect on humans and animals

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The correct chronological order for developments in electronic technology, from earliest to latest, is

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vacuum tube, integrated circuit, transistor

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The first significant public awareness of computers in the United States came during the

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1952 election tabulations

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During the 1950s, the U.S. government's primary motive for the development of rocket and missile technology was

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the long range delivery of weapons

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The United States first successfully launched a missile from a submarine in 1960, with the

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Polaris

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The first American to be launched into space, in 1961, was

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John Glenn

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The primary goal of the American Apollo program was to

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land men on the moon

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Between 1945 and 1957, the growth of American consumerism was aided by

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All of these answers are correct

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With highways, travel by automobile, truck, and bus was as fast or faster than by trains and contributed to the decline of

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None of these answers are correct

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During the 1950s, the popularity in the United States of suburban living was partly explained by

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All of these answers are correct

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In 1946, Dr. Benjamin Spock's best-selling Baby and Child Care contended that

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mothers should subordinate their physical and emotional needs to those of their children

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During the 1950s in the United States, married women who worked outside the home

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accounted for only one-third of all married women

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All of the following statements regarding early television are true EXCEPT that

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the federal government largely kept big business sponsorship out of television advertising

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During the 1950s, television networks

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generally sought to convey and idealized image of a homogenous America

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During the 1950s, the American environmental preservation movement was mobilized by

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a proposed dam on the Green River in Echo Park, Utah

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In his 1956 book on corporate America, The Organization Man, William Whyte Jr. contended

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a workers most valuable trait in the corporate work setting was to get along

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The popular "beat" novel On the Road (1957) was written by

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Jack Kerouac

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In his 1950 book, The Lonely Crowd, sociologist David Riesman argued that Americans were

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increasingly more likely to be "other-directed"

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In the 1950s, crimes committed by juveniles

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resulted in widespread social unrest during the decade

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Like many early white rock musicians, Elvis Presley drew heavily from black traditions in

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rhythm and blues

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The rapid rise in the popularity of rock music was partly due to

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All of these answers are correct

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Michael Harrington's 1962 book, The Other America, focused on the problems of

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Poverty

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All of the following statements regarding poverty in America between 1950 and 1960 are true EXCEPT that

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the percentage of the population living in poverty rose during the decade

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Rural America

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lost ten percent of its population in 1956 alone

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In 1960, the city in the United States with the largest Mexican American population was

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Los Angeles

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All of the following were factors in rising poverty rates in inner cities in the 1950s, EXCEPT

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increased automation

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The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

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declared that separate educational facilities were unlawful

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In the civil rights movement, the spirit of "massive resistance" is associated with the actions of

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southern whites

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In 1957, the effort to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, required

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the presence of federal troops to enforce court orders

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The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956

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marked the emergence of an effective form of racial protest

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Martin Luther King Jr. was leader of the

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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Factors in the rise of the civil rights movement included

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All of these answers are correct

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As part of his economic agenda, President Dwight Eisenhower

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lowered federal support for farm prices

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The most significant and largest public works project of the federal government under President Dwight Eisenhower involved

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a federal highway system

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The political decline of Senator Joseph McCarthy began when he investigated

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the army

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In 1954, the United States Senate voted to

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censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct unbecoming a senator"

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Under John Foster Dulles's policy of "massive retaliation," announced in 1954, the United States would

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use nuclear weapons against communist aggression

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Until the early 1950s, the country the United States assisted in trying to control Vietnam was

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France

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Between 1945 and 1959, U.S. policy in the Middle East saw

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the CIA engineer a coup that brought the shah of Iran into power

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In 1954, the Eisenhower administration ordered the CIA to help overthrow the government of

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Guatemala

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The Eisenhower administration responded to Fidel Castro's coming to power in Cuba by

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ending diplomatic relations

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The Soviet Union's announcement in 1960 that it had shot down an American U-2 spy plane

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led Soviet Premier Khrushchev to withdraw his invitation to Eisenhower to visit Moscow

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In his farewell address to the nation, President Dwight Eisenhower warned against the dangers of

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the "military-industrial complex"

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