APUSH Unit 17 – Flashcards
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Which of the following established the Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe? a. Marshall Plan b. Casablanca Conference c. Yalta Agreement d. Eisenhower Doctrine
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From the U.S. perspective, the Cold War was precipitated by a. the Soviet Union's participation in the creation of the Warsaw Pact. b. Stalin's refusal to allow self-determination for the countries of Eastern Europe. c. Stalin's refusal to allow Eastern European countries to participate in the Marshall Plan. d. the Soviet Union's explosion of an atomic bomb and later a hydrogen bomb
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b
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Which of the following occurred at the Potsdam Conference in 1945? a. The Allies failed to reach agreement over the postwar occupation of Germany. b. Stalin demanded that the United States share the secrets of the atomic bomb. c. Truman conceded the Soviet Union's right to impose a procommunist government on Poland. d. Inexperienced in world affairs, Truman used "tough" methods with the Soviets.
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d
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When the United Nations first convened on April 25, 1945, it consisted of a. a single assembly. b. the General Assembly and Security Council. c. a small board of delegates from the United States and the Soviet Union. d. separate assemblies for Eastern and Western Europe.
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b
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The creator of containment, who enumerated his fears in the Long Telegram in 1946, was a. George Marshall. b. Harry Truman. c. James Byrnes. d. George Kennan.
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d
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What accounted for the decline of Britain's influence and power in the years immediately following World War II? a. It had tremendous budget deficits and a collapsing domestic economy. b. The country expended too much effort on the containment of communism in Europe. c. British society was seriously divided over the nation's international role. d. The United States no longer trusted British leadership in world affairs.
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a
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The Truman Doctrine was implemented in response to communist threats in a. Egypt and Israel. b. Palestine and Jordan. c. East Germany and Poland. d. Greece and Turkey.
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d
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To forestall economic difficulties, which could foster the rise of communism throughout Europe, the United States gave nearly $13 billion to a European recovery program called the a. Berlin Airlift. b. Truman Doctrine. c. NATO Alliance. d. Marshall Plan.
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d
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During the late 1940s and early 1950s, the United States and the USSR came closest to war over a. the Soviet blockade of West Berlin. b. Soviet aid to communist movements in Greece and Turkey. c. Soviet refusal to allow Eastern European countries to participate in the Marshall Plan. d. Soviet arm shipments to North Korea during the Korean War.
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a
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Which of the following describes the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949? a. NATO explicitly and permanently excluded the Federal Republic of Germany. b. The United States funded the militaries of all of the participating countries. c. The alliance was formed in order to impose a blockade on Berlin. d. It was the first American peacetime military alliance since 1783.
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d
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The National Security Council's report known as NSC-68 proposed that a. good relations with the Soviet Union were imperative. b. critics had exaggerated the strength of the Soviet military. c. a dangerous arms race would follow the development of the hydrogen bomb. d. the United States must significantly increase its defense spending.
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d
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Which of the following Axis nations did the United States help rebuild economically after World War II to make it a bulwark against communism during the Cold War? a. Bulgaria b. Japan c. Austria d. East Germany
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b
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Which of the following occurred after the Chinese Communists defeated the Nationalists in 1949? a. Conservative critics accused the State Department of losing China. b. Americans refused to recognize the exile Nationalist government established in Taiwan. c. The United States recognized the new government of China. d. Truman and his aides supported China's admission to the UN.
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Question 120 What was President Truman's response to the invasion of South Korea in 1950? a. He asked the UN Security Council to authorize a "police action." b. He decided to pursue a policy of watchful waiting before committing troops. c. Truman asked Congress for a declaration of war and they complied. d. Truman appealed to Congress to send aid to the anticommunist Koreans.
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President Truman relieved General MacArthur of his Korean command because MacArthur a. publicly called the conflict "the wrong war, at the wrong place . . . with the wrong enemy." b. refused to launch a surprise amphibious invasion behind North Korean lines. c. sent American bombers on an unauthorized raid on mainland China. d. ordered his troops to cross the 38th parallel and proceed to the Chinese border.
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What was the outcome of the Korean War? a. The United States radically reduced its involvement in Asian affairs. b. Korea remained divided at the 38th parallel.This is the correct answer. c. Civilian control of the American armed forces seriously eroded. d. An intense antiwar movement developed in the United States.
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Which of the following was a long-term consequence of the Korean War? a. It established the law that the president was the commander-in-chief. b. It established a precedent of avoiding atomic weapons in future Cold War conflicts. c. The war ended the American military-industrial complex. d. The war convinced Americans of the futility of fighting Asian wars.
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In the Munich Analogy, Americans justified containment by applying the lessons learned from a. the Nazi-Soviet Pact. b. appeasing Hitler c. the division of Germany. d. the founding of the United Nations.
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b
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Harry Truman's historical reputation is based on his work as a(n) a. New Dealer. b. opponent of the civil rights agenda. c. challenger of the labor movement. d. Cold Warrior.
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d
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Which of the following occurred as a reaction to the massive wave of strikes that shook the United States in 1946? a. Truman passed the Employment Act of 1946. b. The U.S. government abandoned its Keynesian economic policies. c. Congress abolished the Office of Price Administration. d. Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act over Truman's veto.
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What event led southern Democrats to bolt from the Democratic Party in 1948? a. Republican Thomas Dewey offered a platform they found much more attractive. b. Truman tried to extend labor unions into the southern textile industry. c. Hubert Humphrey put a strong civil rights agenda on the party's platform. d. They followed former vice president Henry Wallace into his new Progressive Party.
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c
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Which of the following policies would the Dixiecrats have opposed? a. Government efforts to spur economic growth b. Deficit spending to aid education c. A federally mandated increase in the minimum wage d. Desegregating the armed forces
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d
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Which of the following statements characterizes the presidential election of 1948? a. The left and right wing of the Democratic Party split off and nominated separate candidates. b. Thomas Dewey's defeat stemmed from the nomination of Strom Thurmond as his running mate. c. The Republican Congress effectively tarnished Truman's reputation, leading to his defeat. d. Truman owed his victory to the large African American voter turnout in the South.
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a
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Truman's domestic program during his second term in office was known as the a. New Frontier. b. Fair Deal. c. New Deal. d. Square Deal.
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Why did the American Medical Association oppose Truman's proposal for national health insurance in 1949? a. The group feared for the future of Medicare. b. The organization claimed it was insufficient. c. They considered it a corporate sellout. d. They denounced it as socialized medicine.
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d
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Which of the following parts of Truman's domestic agenda actually earned congressional approval in 1949? a. Agricultural reforms b. National health insurance c. Guaranteed employment for all Americans d. An extension of the Social Security program
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d
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Which of the following describes life in the United States during the Cold War? a. Intent on protecting itself from communism, the United States banned covert operations abroad. b. Fearful of powerful government, the public insisted on decreasing the power of the president. c. Tension over communism abroad fostered a period of domestic repression and fear at home. d. Fearing creeping socialism, Congress cut back on Social Security and unemployment insurance.
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c
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In 1947, the Truman administration reacted to the growing anticommunist fervor in the country by a. doing nothing, trusting that the issue was a Republican ploy that would soon go away. b. issuing an executive order to investigate all federal employees' loyalty. c. ordering the FBI to conduct major investigations of all congressional Republicans. d. denouncing it as a Republican-inspired witch hunt against liberals and New Dealers.
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b
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In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) a. investigated Joseph McCarthy and other extreme anticommunists' abuses of power. b. confined itself to investigating anti-American propaganda and sentiment abroad. c. targeted the film industry as part of its larger anticommunist agenda. d. stood in contrast to McCarthy due to its careful investigations of alleged subversive activities.
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c
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Which of the following issues was directly associated with McCarthyism? a. Allegations of communism b. Modern Republicanism c. The Fair Deal d. Campaign finance reform
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a
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Senator Joseph McCarthy's investigation committee lost all credibility when it attacked a. the U.S. Army. b. Hollywood. c. the FBI. d. the State Department.
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a
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Which of the following statements describes modern Republicanism? a. President Eisenhower rejected it as the repudiation of Abraham Lincoln's legacy. b. It called for a drastic reduction in the size and activities of the federal government. c. The philosophy emphasized moderating rather than dismantling the New Deal state. d. George Kennan called it a critical aspect of containment policy.
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c
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Who was the leader of the liberal wing of the Republican Party in the 1950s? a. Nelson Rockefeller b. Barry Goldwater c. Dwight Eisenhower d. Robert Taft
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a
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What was the distinguishing characteristic of President Eisenhower's "New Look" in foreign policy in the 1950s? a. A conventional army three times the size of the Soviet army b. A commitment to raise arms against all nations unfriendly to western capitalism c. The dismantling of Truman's containment policies d. Increased hydrogen bomb production and long-range bombing strength
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What factor served as the basis for the United States' determination of whether it would support or oppose a country and its government during the 1950s? a. The country's stance on communism b. Its level of democratic participation c. Its geographic location d. A country's adherence to UN human rights standards
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a
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During the Eisenhower administration, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) helped overthrow the government of a. Indonesia. b. Iran. c. Cuba. d. Albania
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b
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Why did the United States refuse to support Ho Chi Minh, the leader of North Vietnam, during the late 1950s? a. He treated the North Vietnamese cruelly. b. He had taken control by force. c. He was a communist. d. He sympathized with the Japanese occupiers.
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c
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Which provision of the Geneva Accords was never realized? a. Free elections for a united Vietnam in 1956 b. French withdrawal of troops from the north in Vietnam c. Partitioning of Vietnam d. Establishment of a demarcation line at the seventeenth parallel
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a
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Which of the following statements characterizes the events surrounding the Suez crisis? a. Soviet influence in the Third World declined because it became apparent that the Soviet Union could not defend its allies. b. The United States supported the attack on Egypt carried out by Israel, Great Britain, and France after the Egyptian government nationalized the Suez Canal. c. With the West's attention focused on the Suez Canal, the Soviet Union took advantage of the situation to seize control of Afghanistan. d. Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal and later built the Aswan Dam with Soviet assistance.
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President Eisenhower authorized CIA agents to undermine Mohammad Mossadegh's political power to a. apply the domino theory to the Middle East. b. protect Western oil interests. c. hinder an alliance between Iranian and Vietnamese communists. d. inhibit the growth of radical Islam.
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b
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The Eisenhower Doctrine was issued in response to difficulties in a. the Middle East. b. Hungary. c. Czechoslovakia. d. Southeast Asia.
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a
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Which of the following statements describes the presidential election of 1960? a. Kennedy won by a very slim margin of just a few thousand votes. b. Kennedy won a decisive victory over Richard Nixon. c. The New Deal Democratic coalition failed because southern whites voted Republican. d. Richard Nixon's popularity was due to his impressive performance on television.
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a
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Which of the following events was a major foreign policy blunder during the Kennedy administration? a. Building of the Berlin Wall b. Alliance for Progress c. Bay of Pigs d. Cuban missile crisis
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Which of the following occurred during the Cuban missile crisis? a. Khrushchev ordered a quarantine of American shipping headed for Cuba. b. The United States and the Soviet Union came closer to nuclear war than at any other time. c. President Kennedy worked quietly through diplomatic channels to resolve the problem. d. Khrushchev used television to alert the world to the crisis.
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Which 1962 event prompted a slight thaw in U.S.-Soviet relations? a. The construction of the Berlin Wall b. Kennedy's inauguration of the Peace Corps c. The Cuban missile crisis d. A successful democratic revolution in Hungary
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c
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In 1962, John F. Kennedy secured funding for a nonmilitary initiative to advance the Cold War agenda known as a. Students for a Democratic Society. b. the Marshall Plan. c. the United Nations Children's Fund. d. the Peace Corps.
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Early opposition to Ngo Dinh Diem in South Vietnam came in part from a. President Eisenhower. b. South Vietnamese Catholics. c. President Johnson. d. South Vietnamese Buddhists.
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John F. Kennedy's policy toward South Vietnam included a. encouraging the South Vietnamese government to adopt the "strategic hamlet" strategy. b. increasing the number of American troops on the ground to 16,000 by 1963. c. secretly bombing the jungle trails of the Vietminh in Cambodia and Laos. d. supporting a coup to oust Ngo Dinh Diem and install a pro-American government.
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b
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The opponents of Diem's regime in South Vietnam created a new revolutionary movement in 1961 that was known as the a. Ho Chi Minh Brigade. b. Vietminh. c. Revolutionary Communist Party. d. Vietcong.
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Buddhists in Vietnam expressed their discontent with the Diem authoritarian regime in May 1963 by a. staging dramatic demonstrations, including self-immolations. b. petitioning the Diem regime directly with grievances. c. publishing newspapers and fliers critical of the regime. d. writing letters to President Kennedy appealing for U.S. intervention.
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"McCarthyism encompassed much more than the career of the Wisconsin senator who gave it a name. It was the most widespread and longest lasting wave of political repression in American history. In order to eliminate the alleged threat of domestic Communism, a broad coalition of politicians, bureaucrats and other anticommunist activists hounded an entire generation of radicals . . . destroying . . . all the institutions that offered a left-wing alternative to mainstream politics and culture. That . . . crusade . . . dominated American politics during the late 1940s and 1950s. It used all the power of the state to turn dissent into disloyalty and . . . drastically narrowed the spectrum of acceptable political debate." — Ellen Schrecker, historian, Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America, 1998 Which of the following Cold War-era policies is most closely associated with the ideas expressed in the excerpt? a. The NSC-68 report warning that national survival in the face of Soviet communism required a massive military buildup b. Eisenhower's "New Look" defense policy, which stepped up production of the hydrogen bomb and developed long-range bombing capabilities c. The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, which placed restrictions on organized labor that made it more difficult for unions to organize workers d. The Marshall Plan, an aid program to help European economies recover from World War II
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"McCarthyism encompassed much more than the career of the Wisconsin senator who gave it a name. It was the most widespread and longest lasting wave of political repression in American history. In order to eliminate the alleged threat of domestic Communism, a broad coalition of politicians, bureaucrats and other anticommunist activists hounded an entire generation of radicals . . . destroying . . . all the institutions that offered a left-wing alternative to mainstream politics and culture. That . . . crusade . . . dominated American politics during the late 1940s and 1950s. It used all the power of the state to turn dissent into disloyalty and . . . drastically narrowed the spectrum of acceptable political debate." — Ellen Schrecker, historian, Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America, 1998 The development discussed in the excerpt differed most from the Red Scare of the 1920s in which of the following respects? a. Federal government sponsorship b. Relationship to U.S. foreign policy c. Justifiability and legitimacy d. Duration and scope of impact
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The term Pax Americana refers to a. the Marshall Plan in Europe and U.S. occupation of Japan. b. the U.S.-Soviet nuclear arms race. c. American domination of the global economy after World War II. d. the Bretton Woods system.
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c
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When Eisenhower said, "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought," he was referring to the a. Sino-Soviet alliance. b. Warsaw Pact. c. Axis powers. d. military-industrial complex.
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d
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The space race began after a. John F. Kennedy called for the United States to put a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s. b. President Eisenhower signed the Outer Space Exploration Act. c. the Soviet Union exploded its first nuclear device. d. Americans learned that the Soviet Union had launched the first space satellite.
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d
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Which of the following job categories grew explosively in the United States in the 1950s and came to symbolize the era? a. Blue-collar workers b. Independent entrepreneurs c. White-collar managers d. Unskilled laborers
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c
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David Reisman's The Lonely Crowd and William Whyte's The Organization Man recognized the dilemma of a. the entrepreneurial class. b. Washington politicians. c. relations between labor and management. d. the managerial class.
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d
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The ideal family, as presented in the media of the 1950s, with a stay-at-home mom and a father as the breadwinner, was a. true only for urban family life. b. not representative of diverse American culture. c. an accurate representation of American life. d. undermined by government tax policies.
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b
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Record sales boomed in the United States during the 1950s because of a. the golden age of Broadway musicals, including Camelot and South Pacific. b. the emergence of rock 'n' roll as a popular new musical genre. c. a resurgence in the popularity of swing and big band music. d. the timeless appeal of Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby.
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Between 1940 and 1960, church membership in the United States a. rose to 70 percent. b. declined sharply to 10 percent. c. remained steady at around 50 percent. d. declined significantly to 25 percent.
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a
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Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin are both associated with a. the polio vaccine. b. the civil rights movement. c. television. d. cultural dissent.
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a
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How did middle-class wives and mothers seek to justify their work outside the home in the 1950s? a. They insisted that housekeepers and nannies could perform their domestic duties just as effectively. b. They explained their work in family-oriented terms and maintained their domestic responsibilities. c. Working women insisted that they could not be fully human unless they had a chance to earn money. d. Middle-class women argued that it was unfair for their husbands to bear all the financial responsibilities.
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Which of the following became a symbol of the postwar housing boom in the United States? a. The slogan "half down and ten years to pay" b. The Sunbelt c. Levittown d. Urban renewal
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Which of the following characterizes many of the newly built suburban communities in the 1950s? a. Suburbs required that resident couples be married. b. Suburban houses and lots were consistently expansive. c. Covenants required that new residents be parents or expectant parents. d. They were generally homogeneous in their population.
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The term restrictive covenants refers to a. Federal Housing Authority contracts. b. prohibitions on black residents in some communities c. the CIO campaign for higher wages. d. the promise of GI mortgages to veterans.
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An unexpected result of building the interstate highway system was that it a. revealed and exaggerated regional differences. b. hurt the petroleum industry as Americans traveled less by air and rail. c. precipitated the decay of American urban areas. d. created a problem in the real estate industry.
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c
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Which of the following factors spurred congressional approval of the Interstate Highway Act? a. The Cold War b. The Fair Deal c. The New Deal d. The destruction of the mass-transit systems
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a
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Immigration policy in the 1950s led to a. a resumption of unrestricted European immigration. b. a preferential quota for unskilled labor. c. a quota for Latin American countries. d. the legal resumption of Asian immigration.
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d
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The Federal Housing Authority and American banks excluded African American home buyers from white suburbs through a process known a. race baiting. b. line drawing. c. gerrymandering. d. redlining.
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d
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In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled against segregated schools on the grounds that a. they denied black children "equal protection of the laws." b. they violated the principle of separation of powers. c. segregated schools represented a misallocation of taxpayers' resources. d. segregation gave the United States an unfavorable image abroad.
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What was the Southern Manifesto, issued in 1956? a. The declaration issued by the Arkansas governor when he called on the National Guard to block a court-ordered desegregation of Little Rock's Central High School b. A pledge by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to work for full school integration as required by the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown decision c. The call issued by the Ku Klux Klan for violent white resistance to desegregation after the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown decision d. A statement by 101 congressmen denouncing the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown decision as "a clear abuse of judicial power"
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d
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President Dwight Eisenhower promoted civil rights by a. attending the Bretton Woods Conference in New Hampshire. b. expressing public support for the Greensboro sit-in. c. initiating the construction of a national interstate system. d. sending federal troops into Little Rock, Arkansas.
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d
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Which of the following events was an outcome of Rosa Parks's 1955 arrest? a. The Montgomery bus boycott b. Eisenhower's intervention in Little Rock, Arkansas c. Plessy v. Ferguson d. Shelley v. Kraemer
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How did the Kennedy administration respond to the Freedom Rides in 1961? a. Kennedy's administration sent in FBI agents to protect voting-rights activists, but most agents sided with local white racists or did nothing. b. President Kennedy appeared on national television to denounce racism and propose a civil rights bill. c. Afraid to take a stand during the first year of his presidency, Kennedy did nothing. d. After hesitating, Kennedy gave support to the freedom riders by sending federal marshals to protect them.
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Who was Eugene "Bull" Connor, who made national news in 1963? a. Governor of Alabama b. Birmingham's commissioner of public safety c. Mayor of Birmingham d. An Alabama senator
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b
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 addressed a. busing for school integration. b. equal pay for equal work. c. racial integration of the armed forces. d. discrimination in many areas of American society.
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d
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In March 1965, the effort to pass the Voting Rights Act gained impetus after the a. attack of civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, by state troopers b. Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. c. violence toward Freedom Riders in the South. d. incarceration of Martin Luther King Jr. after the Birmingham march.
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a
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Which of the following statements describes the Voting Rights Act of 1965? a. The law was broad and comprehensive but lacked effective enforcement provisions. b. It outlawed discriminatory voter registration measures and was highly effective in the South. c. It allowed literacy tests as long as they were not used to discriminate on the basis of race. d. The law was so effective that Congress allowed it to lapse in 1978.
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b
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Which of the following describes the Nation of Islam in the early 1960s? a. The movement fused Christianity and Islamic beliefs. b. Malcolm X was the leader of the Nation of Islam in the United States. c. Due to its radical positions, the group never had more than 500 members. d. The group had a strong emphasis on personal self-improvement.
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d
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In 1966, the slogan "black power" was first used by a. Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. b. Stokely Carmichael. c. Malcolm X. d. Elijah Muhammad.
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b
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Which of the following statements describes the achievements of the 1972 National Black Political Convention? a. The group created a new third party to represent black interests called the National Black Political Caucus. b. It spearheaded an effort to encourage black exodus from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party in the southern states. c. It issued a political agenda calling for national health insurance and elimination of the death penalty. d. The group carefully managed the radical political protests that emerged outside its headquarters, heading off police violence.
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c
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Which of the following War on Poverty programs provided free nursery schools to prepare disadvantaged preschoolers for kindergarten? a. Head Start b. Community Action Program c. Job Corps d. Upward Bound
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a
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Which element of Barry Goldwater's campaign platform did American voters find particularly alienating in the election of 1964? a. Goldwater's emphasis on small government b. His plan to alter the structure of the Supreme Court c. His approach to foreign policy d. His explicitly racist opposition to civil rights
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c
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What was the outcome of Operation Rolling Thunder in 1965? a. It broke the war open for the United States and its South Vietnamese allies. b. The plan allowed the United States to reduce the number of troops in Vietnam gradually. c. It intensified North Vietnamese nationalism and hardened their will to fight. d. The operation severely limited the Vietcong's ability to wage war.
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c
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Which of the following describes the death rate of American soldiers in Vietnam by 1968? a. The American death rate had reached several hundred per week. b. Almost one hundred Americans died per month. c. After a decrease, it began to grow again due to suicide. d. It had begun to decline due to a change in American tactics.
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President Johnson shocked the American public on March 31, 1968, by announcing that a. he had significantly increased the bombing of North Vietnam. b. he would not seek reelection. c. he was sending 206,000 additional troops to Vietnam. d. there was no substitute for victory in Vietnam.
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b
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In 1968, the liberal who presented the Democratic Party's best chance for reunification was a. Robert F. Kennedy. b. Eugene McGovern. c. Hubert Humphrey. d. Lyndon Johnson.
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a
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In his third-party presidential campaign in 1968, George Wallace a. assumed a "plague on both your houses" stance by criticizing both pro- and antiwar protests. b. concentrated only on rallying white southerners who were opposed to the civil rights movement. c. proclaimed that "there is no substitute for victory" and promised to win the war in Vietnam. d. defined several hot-button issues that Republicans would exploit in future elections.
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d
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Which of the following describes Title IX? a. The law came about as a result of Griswold v. Connecticut. b. The legislation benefited women athletes. c. It was proposed by Phyllis Schlafly to limit equal pay legislation. d. It called for the government to buy the homes of Love Canal resident
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b
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The 1969 Stonewall riot in New York City was a spontaneous protest led by a. women liberationists. b. the homeless. c. gay people. d. Catholic immigrants.
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c
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In the 1968 election and during the Nixon administration, the expression "silent majority" was used to refer to a. southerners who supported the Vietnam War and white supremacy. b. Americans who secretly wished for withdrawal from Vietnam. c. Americans who were hardworking and avoided protest activities. d. those who were too apathetic to vote.
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c
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From 1969 to 1972, Richard Nixon's strategy to end the Vietnam War was to a. work with the Soviet Union to settle the war on terms that would leave communists in power but not give the advantage to China. b. wait until the 1972 election so he could make peace without being punished at the polls for the subsequent communist takeover of South Vietnam. c. reduce American troop involvement and turn over most of the ground fighting to the South Vietnamese army d. threaten war with China and North Korea in hopes they would cut off military aid to North Vietnam.
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c
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The four college students killed by National Guardsmen at Kent State University been protesting a. urban unrest and riots by African Americans. b. expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia. c. the draft. d. Vietnamization.
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b
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By the 1970s, schools in northern cities were more racially segregated than schools in the South because of a. evangelical Christianity. b. busing. c. suburbanization d. northern liberalism.
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c
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What was the outcome of the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam in 1973 and 1974? a. China took control over the new communist Vietnam. b. All of Southeast Asia fell to communism. c. Vietnam became communist but remained an independent nation. d. The USSR felt confident in making Vietnam a satellite government.
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