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The chapter introduction uses the automobile as a symbol for the 1950s in order to make the point that |
| | A) | a culture of mobility developed, featuring abundance and a high degree of movement, especially to the suburbs. |
| | B) | all the variations and yearly changes in automobile design reflected the immense diversity and divisions in American life. |
| | C) | government programs no longer focused on people, as in the New Deal, but on things, as with the Interstate Highway system. |
| | D) | car-buying adults, rather than children and their simpler toys, were more influential in shaping American culture. |
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All of the following help explain the rise of suburbia EXCEPT |
| | A) | "white flight," which lured rural residents to the glamour and high living standards of metropolitan areas. |
| | B) | the "baby boom," which provided a large number of young families seeking their own houses. |
| | C) | the availability of cheap single-family houses on their own lots. |
| | D) | the availability of a transportation system that allowed people to commute to a job elsewhere. |
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The Interstate Highway Act did each of the following EXCEPT |
| | A) | increase annual average driving by 400 percent. |
| | B) | provide a means to ease evacuation in case of nuclear attack. |
| | C) | create a new interstate highway system of approximately 10,000 miles. |
| | D) | further the decline of American cities. |
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Church membership in the 1950s |
| | A) | declined to less than half the population for the first time in the twentieth century. |
| | B) | grew to more than half the population for the first time in the twentieth century. |
| | C) | grew steadily in the suburbs but declined sharply in cities and rural areas. |
| | D) | became irrelevant to the consumer-oriented culture of the suburbs. |
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Which stereotype of women was most common in the 1950s? |
| | A) | independent and career-oriented |
| | B) | an equal partner in American democracy |
| | C) | domestic and motherly |
| | D) | genteel and cultured |
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President Eisenhower |
| | A) | worked to dismantle New Deal programs. |
| | B) | was uncomfortable with big government. |
| | C) | presided over a consistently booming economy. |
| | D) | decided not to run for reelection after a major heart attack in 1955. |
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Each of the following was a criticism of the conformity of the 1950s EXCEPT |
| | A) | Dwight Macdonald's labeling of the mainstream culture as "Midcult." |
| | B) | the movie, The Ten Commandments. |
| | C) | David Riesman's, The Lonely Crowd. |
| | D) | William Whyte's, The Organization Man. |
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Alfred Kinsey |
| | A) | was interested in scientific research but not in effecting social change. |
| | B) | determined that women did not enjoy sex. |
| | C) | found masturbation and extramarital sex to be uncommon. |
| | D) | believed many sexual behaviors treated as deviant should be viewed as normal. |
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The beat generation |
| | A) | modeled themselves after cool urban hipsters, many of whom were African American. |
| | B) | embraced the American culture of abundance. |
| | C) | grew up primarily as a culture of protest in the suburbs. |
| | D) | tried to reshape American culture to address their concerns. |
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At the height of the cold war in the 1950s, all of the following were true EXCEPT that |
| | A) | the United States tended to rely on nuclear weapons in order to save money. |
| | B) | the hostility between the U.S. and USSR grew more and more intense and uncompromising. |
| | C) | the two superpowers competed for the allegiance of the newly independent nations of the "Third World." |
| | D) | unrest, nationalism, and even revolution plagued the countries of the "Third World." |
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What phrase did President Eisenhower coin to describe the vulnerable neighbors of a country like Vietnam threatened with a Communist takeover? |
| | A) | "sitting ducks" |
| | B) | "the brink of war" |
| | C) | "our firm friends" |
| | D) | "a row of dominoes" |
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In the final stages of the French-Vietnamese war, the United States |
| | A) | adopted a policy of strict neutrality. |
| | B) | was subsidizing the costs of the French war effort. |
| | C) | deployed nuclear weapons in support of the French. |
| | D) | contributed ground combat troops in support of the French. |
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The CIA became covertly involved in toppling the government in |
| | A) | Hungary. |
| | B) | Poland. |
| | C) | Iran. |
| | D) | Indochina. |
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John Kennedy's Catholicism |
| | A) | was not an issue during the 1960 presidential campaign. It shifted the support of much of the New Deal coalition to Eisenhower. |
| | B) | caused conservatives to worry that the pope would gain. |
| | C) | would have significant influence over American policies if Kennedy were elected. |
| | D) | became an issue during his television debates with Richard Nixon. |
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President Kennedy's conduct of the cold war |
| | A) | included the creation of the Peace Corps as a means of providing assistance to struggling Third World countries, to prevent them from turning to Communism. |
| | B) | did not view space as a significant area of conflict with the Soviets. |
| | C) | included a successful invasion of Cuba by an army of Cuban exiles at the Bay of Pigs. |
| | D) | included a refusal to send American soldiers to Vietnam. |
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Why did the United States impose a blockade on Cuba in October 1962? |
| | A) | Intelligence revealed the presence of Soviet offensive missiles. |
| | B) | Intelligence revealed a large buildup of Soviet and Cuban troops. |
| | C) | It was part of a CIA plan to overthrow Castro's government. |
| | D) | It was part of the preparations for a counter-insurgency invasion of Cuba. |
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