American History: A Survey (Brinkley), 13th Edition

Chapter 28: THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY

True or False Quiz

1
From 1945 to 1960 the American economy grew significantly because of rapid population growth, but the growth was misleading because the economy was actually declining in real per capita dollars.
A)True
B)False
2
In 1955 the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) split due to philosophical differences and did not reunify until the early 1980s.
A)True
B)False
3
In the 1950s, the Levittown development near New York City symbolized the rapid postwar growth of suburban, single-family-house neighborhoods.
A)True
B)False
4
By the late 1950s, televisions had grown to reach nearly half of all American households.
A)True
B)False
5
The Russian launching of the space satellite Sputnik before the U.S. had launched its own satellite alarmed Americans and led not only to an increased focus on the nation's space program but also to increased emphasis on science education in the schools.
A)True
B)False
6
Although the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision on school integration was not popular with most white southerners, most southern states and school districts bowed to pressure from the Eisenhower administration and implemented the ruling within about three years.
A)True
B)False
7
The incident that thrust Martin Luther King, Jr. into prominence as a leader of the civil rights movement was the black boycott of the segregated bus system in Montgomery, Alabama.
A)True
B)False
8
The president of General Motors Company who declared that what was good for General Motors was good for our country became secretary of defense for President Eisenhower.
A)True
B)False
9
Although President Eisenhower was a Republican who remained personally popular, the Democratic Party held control of both houses of Congress from 1954 to the end of the Eisenhower administration and well beyond that time.
A)True
B)False
10
The political demise of Senator Joseph McCarthy was closely associated with his attacks on the army.
A)True
B)False
11
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles believed that the U.S. military had placed too much reliance on the atomic bomb and "massive retaliation" strategy; he therefore began to shift military spending priorities toward "flexible response."
A)True
B)False
12
The Eisenhower administration maintained good relations with Castro's Cuba, and tensions did not develop until John Kennedy enlisted the CIA to try to overthrow Castro.
A)True
B)False
13
The Korean War ended very early in the Eisenhower administration with an armistice that left the Korean peninsula divided at the 38th parallel.
A)True
B)False
14
For approximately nine years after the end of World War II, the United States provided military aid to the French government in Vietnam in its struggle against the nationalist forces led by communist Ho Chi Minh.
A)True
B)False
15
In 1948 when the Jews in Palestine proclaimed the existence of the independent nation of Israel, President Truman delayed for several months extending diplomatic recognition to the new nation because he did not want to offend the oil-rich Arab nations.
A)True
B)False
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