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All of the following are true of Harry Truman EXCEPT that he:

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had an Ivy League education

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On the domestic front, President Truman soon made clear his intention to:

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expand the New Deal

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The GI Bill did all of the following EXCEPT:

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pay veterans large bonuses to remain in the military

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A major economic problem President Truman faced immediately after the war was:

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high rates of inflation

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When confronted with strikes in the coal and railroad industries in 1946, President Truman's response was to:

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temporarily seize those industries

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The 1946 congressional elections resulted in:

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Republican control of Congress

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The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947:

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allowed the president to impose a "cooling-off" period during major strikes

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All of the following were established by the National Security Act of 1947 EXCEPT:

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the Department of Homeland Security

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Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council:

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each have veto power over major UN decisions

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By the spring of 1945, the United States and Britain were becoming deeply concerned over Soviet actions in:

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Eastern Europe

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The Yalta pledges of democratic elections in Eastern Europe:

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proved to be meaningless

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State Department official George Kennan:

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said the United States should contain Soviet expansionist tendencies

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Soviet and Communist activities in regard to Turkey and Greece were intended to:

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gain the Soviets access to the Mediterranean

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The secretary of state who devised the plan of massive economic recovery aid to Europe was:

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George Marshall

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Truman's response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948 was to:

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launch a massive airlift of supplies into West Berlin

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All of the following were original NATO members EXCEPT:

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Japan

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In regard to Israel's founding in 1948, the United States:

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became the first country to recognize the Jewish state

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One major reason that World War II inspired postwar changes in race relations was the:

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racist nature of the enemies of the United States

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In 1948, President Truman desegregated:

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the military

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Baseball was integrated in 1947 when Jackie Robinson played for the:

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Brooklyn Dodgers

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As the 1948 election approached:

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Truman seemed to be in deep political trouble

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During the 1948 presidential campaign, Truman endorsed all of the following EXCEPT:

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abolishing Social Security

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At the 1948 Democratic convention, Minneapolis mayor Hubert Humphrey urged his party to:

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adopt a strong civil rights plank

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In the 1948 campaign, the Dixiecrats did all of the following EXCEPT:

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influence Truman to slow down on civil rights

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The 1948 election is probably best remembered for:

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Truman's upset victory

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Truman viewed his victory as a mandate for:

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moderate liberalism

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By and large, Truman's Fair Deal proposals:

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were thwarted by a conservative coalition in Congress

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The United States experienced a shock in 1949 when Communists took over:

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China

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The Soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb in 1949 inspired Truman to:

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order the development of a hydrogen bomb

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When North Korean Communists invaded South Korea:

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the United Nations authorized military intervention against the aggressors

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When North Korea attacked South Korea, Truman concluded:

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that Stalin and the Soviets were behind it

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Inch'on was the site:

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where General MacArthur turned the war around with a surprise landing

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UN forces reaching the Yalu River brought about:

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a massive Chinese intervention

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The Korean War did all of the following EXCEPT:

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bring about major changes in boundaries

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In 1947, President Truman took actions to banish Communists from:

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the federal government

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The Hiss-Chambers case:

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resulted in Hiss's conviction for perjury

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The person who benefited most from the outcome of the Hiss-Chambers case was:

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Richard Nixon

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Senator McCarthy was very effective in:

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exploiting public fears

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President Truman vetoed the McCarran Internal Security Act:

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because he felt it promoted thought control

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In retrospect, the cold war was probably:

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inevitable

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Between 1945 and 1960 in the United States:

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the gross national product almost doubled

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The postwar economic boom was fueled mainly by:

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cold war-related military spending

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After the war, Americans were most eager to:

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purchase

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Which of the following is NOT true of the GI Bill?

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Its huge cost did not justify its benefits.

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While college enrollments soared in the postwar period:

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black veterans encountered barriers to entrance

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The baby boom:

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started in 1946

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Between 1945 and 1960, home ownership:

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significantly increased

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During the 1950s, the income gap between whites and blacks:

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widened

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All of the following increased through the postwar years EXCEPT:

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family savings

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The postwar era witnessed its most dramatic population growth in:

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the sunbelt

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The location of William Levitt's first suburban development was:

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Long Island

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Suburban growth was spurred by all of the following EXCEPT:

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new construction of mass public transportation

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Most blacks who moved to Chicago were fleeing terrible poverty in:

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the rural South

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Blacks who moved to northern cities found:

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new problems and forms of exploitation

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

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uniformity

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In the postwar era, the trend in the corporate sector was toward:

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bigness and concentration

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

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a white suburban housewife

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

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give up their jobs to returning veterans

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By 1960, about 65 percent of Americans:

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belonged to a church

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One sign of the times came in 1954 when Congress added the words "under God" to:

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the Pledge of Allegiance

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

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the desire to combat godless communism

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The Reverend Norman Vincent Peale emphasized:

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a cheerful approach to life and religion

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The theologian Reinhold Niebuhr emerged as:

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a critic of social conformity and complacency

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In The Affluent Society, John Kenneth Galbraith pointed out the:

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persistence of poverty

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In The Crack in the Picture Window, John Keats described suburban life as:

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"homogeneous, postwar Hell"

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Houses in Levittown in the mid-1950s all sold for just under:

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$8,000

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In The Lonely Crowd, David Riesman described the dominant corporate personality as one who:

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tried to please people and gain the boss's favor

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Willy Loman was:

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the tragic lead character in Death of a Salesman

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The African American writer who explored the theme of social alienation in Invisible Man was:

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Ralph Ellison

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Jackson Pollack pioneered the style of painting known as:

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abstract expressionism

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The youthful rebels known as the Beats:

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favored road trips, Buddhism, and jazz

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Howl was:

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an explicit prose poem by Allen Ginsberg

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Ultimately, the Beats:

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helped inspire the youth revolt of the 1960s

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In the 1950s, teenagers became especially important as:

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consumers

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FBI director J. Edgar Hoover blamed rising rates of juvenile delinquency on:

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lack of religious values

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Alan Freed was a notable:

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disc jockey

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The music Alan Freed labeled rock and roll was actually:

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rhythm and blues

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Elvis was especially controversial because of his:

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suggestive gyrations on stage

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

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bridge class and racial divisions

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In retrospect, the material successes of the 1950s:

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created new problems that would be addressed in the 1960s

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All of the following were sources of Dwight David Eisenhower's political appeal EXCEPT his:

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years as a leader in Congress

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The Twenty-second Amendment:

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prohibited presidents from serving more than two terms

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One notable aspect of the 1952 election was:

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Republican gains in the South

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

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the military

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As a leader, Eisenhower:

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could be quietly effective

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One major way Eisenhower's conservatism was revealed was in his determination to:

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cut taxes and government spending

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In regard to New Deal programs, Eisenhower:

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retained most and even expanded some of them

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To President Eisenhower, the most important reason to construct the interstate highway system was to:

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strengthen national defense

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To help bring about an armistice in Korea, Eisenhower:

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threatened the Communists with atomic weapons

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

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the U.S. Army

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In regard to the Rosenbergs, who had been convicted of atomic espionage, President Eisenhower:

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refused to halt their executions

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The Warren Court's 1957 decision in regard to the Smith Act:

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protected free political expression

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Secretary of State John Foster Dulles could be viewed as a Calvinist in that he:

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divided the world into forces of good and evil

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To Eisenhower and Dulles, one big advantage of emphasizing nuclear weapons as part of a deterrence strategy would be that:

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it would save money

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Dulles's policy of "brinksmanship" involved:

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averting war through the threat of nuclear force

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In the immediate postwar period, much of Africa and Asia was swept by movements devoted to:

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nationalism

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Since the nineteenth century, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia had been ruled by:

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France

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Ho Chi Minh's primary goal was:

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Vietnamese independence

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By the early 1950s, the United States was supporting the French effort against the Viet Minh:

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only financially

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The 1954 Geneva Accords:

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divided Vietnam until elections two years later

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The new president of South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem

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proved to be corrupt and authoritarian

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The islands of Quemoy and Matsu were:

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controlled by the Chinese Nationalists

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The result of the 1956 election was:

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apparent voter approval of Eisenhower's "modern Republicanism"

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The Egyptian leader who seized the Suez Canal was:

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Gamal Abdel Nasser

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When the Israelis, British, and French opposed Egypt in the Suez War, the Eisenhower administration:

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supported Arab nationalism

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In 1956, a Soviet invasion of Hungary was sparked by:

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Hungary's attempt to leave the Warsaw Pact

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In 1958, Eisenhower sent U.S. Marines into:

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Lebanon

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The Eisenhower administration was deeply embarrassed when:

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the Soviets shot down an American spy plane

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When Castro came to power, the Eisenhower administration was most alienated by:

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fears that Cuba would become Communist

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Given his own personal views on the matter, Eisenhower's support for civil rights would be:

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mainly left up to the courts

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In the Brown decision, the Supreme Court:

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struck down "separate but equal" in public education

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In the aftermath of the Brown decision, all of the following defended segregation EXCEPT:

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the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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The arrest of Rosa Parks in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 inspired:

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a massive bus boycott

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Montgomery showed African Americans and the civil rights movement the power of:

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nonviolent protest

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The fact that "We Shall Overcome" became the civil rights anthem showed the powerful influence in the movement of:

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black evangelical churches

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The Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960:

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were largely ineffective

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In response to the Little Rock crisis of 1957, Eisenhower:

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sent 1,000 federal troops to protect black students

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By the end of the Eisenhower years, public school integration:

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was still massively opposed in the Deep South

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Toward the end of the Eisenhower presidency, the country could celebrate:

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the addition as states of Alaska and Hawaii

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In his farewell address, Eisenhower warned about:

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the power of the military-industrial complex

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