Question 1

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

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A)   was intimidated by powerful and wealthy corporations.
B)   made significant concessions in benefits in order to gain higher wages.
C)   merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
D)   represented nearly half of all working Americans.
E)   saw its president, David Beck, charged with the misappropriation of union funds.F) D) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 2

As part of his economic agenda, President Dwight Eisenhower

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A)   cut back public welfare programs.
B)   lowered federal support for farm prices.
C)   generally followed the lead of the right wing of his party.
D)   allowed the federal deficit to rise due to high military spending.
E)   maintained the wage and price controls of the Truman administration.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

The prosperity of the 1950s occurred with relatively low inflation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

How do you account for the prosperity of America during the late 1940s and 1950s? How was this prosperity similar to and different from that of the 1920s?

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Question 6

President Eisenhower wanted to get the United States militarily involved in Vietnam.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In the 1950s, crimes committed by juveniles

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A)   were the most visible evidence of widespread restiveness among young Americans.
B)   did not receive much public attention.
C)   soared, particularly in categories of violent crimes.
D)   resulted in widespread social unrest during the decade.
E)   did not dramatically increase.F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 9

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

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A)   vacuum tube, integrated circuit, transistor.
B)   transistor, vacuum tube, integrated circuit.
C)   vacuum tube, transistor, integrated circuit.
D)   integrated circuit, transistor, vacuum tube.
E)   transistor, integrated circuit, vacuum tube.F) C) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 10

The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956

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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) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 11

The first American satellite, ________, was launched in January 1958.

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Question 12

Rising prosperity in the 1950s was accompanied by restlessness among American youth.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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

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A)   faced social pressures to continue working.
B)   decreased in number throughout the decade.
C)   accounted for only one-third of all married women.
D)   both decreased in number throughout the decade, and accounted for only one-third of all married women.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 14

In 1954, the United States Senate voted to

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A)   expel Joseph McCarthy from the Senate.
B)   censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct unbecoming a senator."
C)   charge Senator McCarthy with slander and libel.
D)   fine Senator McCarthy.
E)   convict Senator McCarthy of perjury.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 15

To the "beat" writers, American society in the 1950s was sterile and meaningless.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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

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A)   jazz.
B)   rhythm and blues.
C)   country western.
D)   gospel.
E)   folk.F) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 17

In the 1950s, African American record producer Berry Gordy founded ________ in Detroit.

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Question 18

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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

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A)   Panama.
B)   Colombia.
C)   Guatemala.
D)   Cuba.
E)   Haiti.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 20

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

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A) True 
 B)False

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

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President Eisenhower wanted to get the United States militarily involved in Vietnam.

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

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

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Rising prosperity in the 1950s was accompanied by restlessness among American youth.

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As part of his economic agenda, President Dwight Eisenhower

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The first American satellite, ________, was launched in January 1958.

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