Question 1

The first large-scale use of the pesticide DDT was to improve American crop production.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Martin Luther King Jr.was leader of the

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A)   United Negro Improvement Association.
B)   Congress of Racial Equality.
C)   National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
D)   Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
E)   Southern Christian Leadership Conference.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

Senator Joseph McCarthy was eventually expelled from the United States Senate.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The political decline of Senator Joseph McCarthy began when he investigated

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A)   the Central Intelligence Agency.
B)   the civil rights movement.
C)   Dwight Eisenhower's family.
D)   the army.
E)   the United States Senate.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

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

In the civil rights movement,the spirit of "massive resistance" is associated with the actions of

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A)   southern whites.
B)   southern blacks.
C)   northern whites.
D)   northern blacks.
E)   progressive liberals.F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 7

While radio made an enormous contribution to the popularity of rock music in the 1950s,television tended to limit its appeal.

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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)   soared, particularly in categories of violent crimes.
C)   did not dramatically increase.
D)   resulted in widespread social unrest during the decade.
E)   did not receive much public attention.F) All of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 9

By the late 1950s,the United States could send a guided missile several thousand miles.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Examine earlier periods of medical advancement covered in the text.Explain why the development of antibiotics was of such profound importance to medical science.

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The earlier periods of medical advanceme...

Question 11

What was the appeal of rock music in the 1950s,and what accounts for its popularity?

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Question 12

How do you account for the rise of the civil rights movement?

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Question 13

In 1954,the United States Senate voted to

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

Question 14

Between 1945 and 1957,the growth of American consumerism was aided by

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A)   the development of credit cards.
B)   an 800-percent increase in consumer credit.
C)   revolving charge accounts.
D)   easy-payment credit plans.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) A) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 15

The popular "beat" novel On the Road (1957) was written by

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A)  William Burroughs.
B)  Allen Ginsberg.
C)  J.D.Salinger.
D)  Jack Kerouac.
E)  Saul Bellow.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The first significant public awareness of computers in the United States came during the

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A)   1961 Mercury space flight.
B)   1950 U.S. Bureau of the Census tabulations.
C)   1957 launch of Sputnik.
D)   1958 launch of the first American satellite.
E)   1952 election tabulations.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 18

In the 1950s,advertisers played an enormously important role in television programming.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In 1957,the effort to integrate Central High School in Little Rock,Arkansas,required

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A)   the arrest of hundreds of whites protesting at the school.
B)   the presence of federal troops to enforce court orders.
C)   President Dwight Eisenhower to remove the governor of Arkansas from office.
D)   the Supreme Court to issue another decision, Brown II.
E)   the replacement of many of the school's teachers.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 20

Michael Harrington's 1962 book,The Other America,focused on the problems of

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A)   McCarthyism.
B)   racism.
C)   sexism.
D)   poverty.
E)   the alienation of youth.F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

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