History 1302 Chapter 29 – Flashcards
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The 1950s in America were categorized by
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A new affluence and a thriving economy
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In Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, the Supreme Court ruled that school segregation
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Violated the 14th amendment by creating feelings of inferiority and inequality.
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Why did Eisenhower send 1,000 paratroopers to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957
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To ensure that black students could attend a desegregated school.
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The Montgomery bus boycott
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Led to the emergence of Martin Luther King, Jr. as a black civil rights leader
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The new American Suburbs of the 1950s
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Showed a surprising occupational diversity among inhabitants
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An immediate problem for rapidly growing suburban communities was providing adequate
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schools
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By 1960, what percentage of black children in the Deep South were attending schools with Whites?
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Less than 1%
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As a result of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
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The slow process of desegregating schools began
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What was the driving force for social change that gained civil rights for African Americans
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African American activism
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What artistic movement is associated with the "beats"
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abstract expressionism
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Martin Luther King Jr's philosophy advocated
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Nonviolent, passive resistance to unjust laws
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The most significant social trend in postwar america was
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the flight to the suburbs
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Which of the following famous men had the greatest influence on the philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr.?
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Mahatma Ghandi
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MLK Jr. founded the ____ to obtain civil rights for African Americans
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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The first president to attempt to seriously seriously to alter the historic pattern of racial discrimination in the United States was
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Harry Truman
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Who were the Little Rock Nine?
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Black students at a recently desegregated high school in Little Rock, Arkansas
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What organization was formed in 1960 as a result of "sit-in" demonstrations?
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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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How did the political activism for African American rights change from the 1950s to the early 1960s?
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Direct, peaceful confrontation replaced reliance on court action
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What was the first focus of the NAACP efforts to end segregation practices?
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Universities
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The economic abundance of the 1950s
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Did not benefit the steel industry and agriculture as much as other industries
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What effect did the memories of the Great Depression have on Americans in the 1950s?
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Many Americans became almost deliberately obsessed with gathering material goods.
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What group was rigidly excluded from all three Levittown's
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African Americans
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Who invented the concept of the mass construction of the suburban home?
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William Levitt( Arthur Levitt)
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The term "Baby Boom" refers to a significant increase in
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The American birth rate
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What effect did the postwar life have on women in American society?
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Many women who had joined the workforce during the war returned to the home to assume the more traditional roles of wife and mother.
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What was Dr. Benjamin Spock's 1946 bestselling book about?
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Infant and Child Care
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What was the dominant social theme of the 1950s America
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Consumerism
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The Truman administration failed to pass any civil rights legislation because
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Southern politicians managed to block legislation
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During the Truman Legislation,
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An order for the desegregation of the Armed Forces was issued.
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What event promoted a massive wave of "sit-ins" across the country?
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Three African American college students refused to leave a lunch counter after being denied service
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What kind of programming became popular after television stations abandoned live dramatic programs?
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Quiz shows
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What change in labor practice came about in the postwar era?
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Most people started working less than 40 hours each week.
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How did the drive-in culture of the 1950s change the way America shopped?
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Shipping centers and malls were built all over the country
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How did the Deep South respond to court-ordered desegregation?
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With massive and widespread resistance
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Why did the government increase federal funding for science education in 1957?
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It was responding to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik
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Why was Rosa Parks arrested in 1955?
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She refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white man
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Who inspired the Montgomery bus boycott?
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Rosa Parks
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Which section of the nation benefitted the most from the economic boom of the 1950s?
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The sunbelt states
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What was the initial goal of the montgomery bus boycott?
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To create a semi-segregated seating arrangement on a first-come, first-serve basis
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What was a drawback of suburban life for the family?
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Many people had only infrequent contact with extended family members
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By 1960, the most racially integrated institution in American Society was
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The armed forces
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Peoples attitude toward organized religion in the 1950s was
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Incredibly positive and religious affiliation boomed
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Who led the Montgomery bus boycott?
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MLK Jr.
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Which was crucial to life in the suburbs?
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The automobile
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In the 1950s, Americans experienced a contradiction in
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Denouncing the Soviet Union for human rights violations while discriminating against African Americans
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By 1960, America's gross national product was _____ the 1940 GNP?
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More than double
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President Eisenhower's approach to desegregation was to
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Work behind the scenes to support the movement
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Which was not an important stimulus to American economic growth in the late 1940s and early 1950s
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Direct government aid to industrial development
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Why did some people criticize American suburban life?
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The disliked the conformity and uniformity of suburban life
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The "beats" were
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Writers and poets who rebelled against materialistic 1950s values
