Question 1

The Supreme Court set no specific timetable for the desegregation of schools.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

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

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A)  polio.
B)  tuberculosis.
C)  influenza.
D)  yellow fever.
E)  typhoid.F) All of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 3

Consumer credit cards were developed in the years following World War II.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In the 1951 novel,The Catcher in the Rye,the main character,Holden Caulfield,was disaffected with American society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The doctrine of "massive retaliation" called for greater American reliance on nuclear weapons.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A)  New York.
B)  San Antonio.
C)  Chicago.
D)  San Diego.
E)  Los Angeles.F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 7

Factors in the rise of the civil rights movement in the 1950s included

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A)  the events of World War II.
B)  the growth of the urban black middle class.
C)  the rapid spread of television.
D)  Cold War politics.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 8

The experiences of World War II were one of the major factors leading to the rise of the civil rights movement in the 1950s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A)  reversed a long pattern of decline.
B)  peaked in 1949.
C)  led to a doubling of the nation's population in this period.
D)  led to shortages of many consumer goods.
E)  fell precipitously from its World War II highs.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A)  innovations in radio programming.
B)  innovations in television programming.
C)  entrepreneurial record promoters.
D)  both innovations in radio programming and innovations in television programming.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 11

The first two people to walk on the surface of the moon were Neil Armstrong and ________.

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Question 12

The 1954 division of Korea into northern and southern regions was supposed to be temporary.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What were the major changes in America as a result of the growing availability and reliance on private automobiles?

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Question 14

Alexander Fleming discovered the antibacterial properties of an organism he named ________.

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Question 15

What were the various technological advances brought together to develop the American space program in the late 1950s and 1960s?

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Question 16

Between 1945 and 1950,10 percent of all the new businesses in the United States began in Los Angeles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A)  ending diplomatic relations.
B)  blockading Cuban ports.
C)  establishing a military presence in Guantánamo Bay.
D)  ending diplomatic relations,blockading Cuban ports,and establishing a military presence in Guantánamo Bay.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 18

How do you define Eisenhower republicanism? How did it differ from Hoover republicanism and New Deal or Fair Deal liberalism?

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Question 19

The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956

Accepted Answer

A)  failed to end the segregation policies on public city buses.
B)  was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court.
C)  was sparked by a beating of an African American woman.
D)  marked the emergence of an effective form of racial protest.
E)  led to the creation of the Congress of Racial Equality (COR
E)  .F) C) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 20

The Eisenhower administration used the CIA to put friendly governments in place in Iran and Egypt.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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