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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) The CIA sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion of this country failed in 1961: A) Guatemala. B) Cuba. C) Dominican Republic. D) Honduras. E) Haiti. 2) After 1960, opposition to this country's revolution dominates U.S. policy in the Caribbean: A) Cuba. B) Argentina. C) Guatemala. D) Panama.
E) Mexico.
3) In which of the following countries did the United States NOT intervene in the 1950s and 1960s? A) Cuba. B) Venezuela. C) Guatemala. D) South Vietnam. E) Dominican Republic. 4) Betty Friedan's work The Feminine Mystique A) Urged women to be more accepting of their role as wives and mothers. B) Chronicled the hazards of working women. C) Stressed the power of positive thinking to middle-class women. D) Celebrated suburban life and the nuclear family. E) Articulated the frustrations of suburban women. 5) Rising star Elvis Presley signed with RCA in A) 1958. B) 1950.
C) 1954.
D) 1956.
6) Hopes for reconciliation with the Soviet Union after the "spirit of Camp David" were dashed by A) The Soviet launch of Sputnik. B) Stalin's death and the emergence of Khrushchev. C) Soviet exposure of American U-2 spy flights. D) The discovery of CIA agents in Hungary. E) U.S. intervention in the East Berlin uprising. 7) During the 1950s, many parents feared all EXCEPT A) Violence in the media. B) Teenage spending. C) Rock 'n' roll music. D) Juvenile delinquency. E) The separate world their teenagers seemed to inhabit. 8) Dwight Eisenhower's policies included: A) stabilization of the defense budget B) a greater reliance on nuclear weapons. C) a commitment to global anti-Communism. D) all-out victory in Korea and Indochina. E) the aggressive use of the CIA for covert actions. 1
E) 1952.
9) Why was it difficult for John Kennedy to achieve a liberal domestic agenda? A) Kennedy's lack of commitment to a liberal agenda. B) Opposition from northern liberals who believed Kennedy was insincere. C) Because he was not a domestic liberal. D) Opposition from conservative southern Democrats in Congress. E) Kennedy's strong commitment to civil rights. 10) Which has these events in the correct order? (1) The Soviets shoot down U-2 spy plane. (2) The U.S. explodes first hydrogen bomb. (3) The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba fails. (4) The Soviets launch Sputnik. A) 3, 1, 4, 2 B) 4, 2, 1, 3
C) 1, 2, 4, 3
D) 4, 3, 1, 2
E) 2, 4, 1, 3
11) When Khrushchev pledged to withdraw the missiles from Cuba, Kennedy agreed to A) Respect Cuban sovereignty and not invade the island. B) Set up a hotline for instant communication between the superpowers. C) Withdraw American missiles from Turkey. D) Sign a limited nuclear test ban agreement. E) Turn a blind eye to limited Cuban conquest. 12) The Soviet launching of Sputnik prompted A) The Submerged Lands Act. B) Nuclear Proliferation Act. C) The GI Bill of Rights. D) The Federal Highway Act. E) The National Defense Education Act. 13) In the 1950s, groups like SANE conducted protests against A) Khrushchev's visit to the United States. B) Growing global thinking. C) The nuclear arms race. D) U.S. involvement in Vietnam. E) Eisenhower's refusal to stop the U-2 flights. 14) This new cabinet post was created under the Eisenhower Administration: A) Health, Education, and Welfare. B) Veterans Affairs. C) Agriculture. D) Defense. E) Urban Affairs. 15) Elvis Presley perfected his unique style listening and performing in Memphis on this black thoroughfare and center of African music: A) Handy Street. B) Easy. C) Lauderdale Court. D) Beale Street. E) Bourbon Street.
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16) Studies like Riesman's Lonely Crowd and Whyte's The Organization Man depicted a post-WWII American as A) Self-disciplined. B) Nurturing. C) Community centered. D) Self-reliant. E) Conformity minded. 17) Eisenhower used the domino theory to justify America's A) Containment policy in Asia. B) Interference in Albania. C) Military-industrial complex. D) Covert CIA activity in Iran. E) Refusal to help seize the Suez Canal. 18) This city is an example of the early development of an extensive highway system: A) Chicago. B) Minneapolis-St. Paul. C) Detroit. D) Boston. E) Los Angeles. 19) South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem's policies brought on civil war in his nation because of A) Persecution of the Catholic population in Vietnam. B) Diem's refusal to allow elections. C) Corruption and repressive policies. D) Diem's commitment to communism. E) Diem's refusal to allow land reform. 20) Eisenhower achieved all of the following EXCEPT: A) Appointed businessmen to his Cabinet. B) Major reductions in defense spending. C) Created the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. D) Increased the minimum wage. E) Accepted New Deal legacy of greater federal social responsibility. 21) All of the following are associated with suburban life EXCEPT: A) Reemphasis on religion. B) Conformity to societal standards. C) Domesticity. D) Mass transit. E) The centrality of the automobile. 22) The CIA helped Riza Shah Pahlavi in Iran in A) 1949. B) 1958.
C) 1951.
D) 1953.
23) Following WWII, U.S. military intervention and economic presence in the Caribbean A) Became non-existent. B) Was limited to the Pacific sphere. C) Remained static. D) Decreased dramatically. E) Grew steadily overall. 3
E) 1956.
24) Which of the following was NOT part of Elvis's blend of music? A) Reggae. B) Black rhythm. C) Gospel intensity. D) The "blues." E) White country. 25) With regard to foreign policy, the Eisenhower years are known for A) Expansion of military and imperialistic power. B) Military buildup and massive economic decline. C) Expansion of military might and massive military buildup. D) Expansion of economic strength and limits of power in the world. E) Active civil rights reform on the part of the administration. 26) Television shows like The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Donna Reed Show and Leave It to Beaver were A) Urban ethnic shows based on old radio programs. B) Idealized affluent suburban WASP middle-class programs. C) About real problems of postwar families who had survived the depression. D) Actual depictions of suburban family life. E) About working-class families struggling with the dilemmas of a consumer society. 27) Why did the United States not come to the aid of the Hungarian Revolution? A) Eisenhower wanted to end the Korean War and did not want to anger the Soviets. B) Eisenhower understood that the Soviet Union would protect Eastern Europe at all costs. C) Eisenhower did not want to increase military spending. D) Eisenhower wanted to downplay the continuing Cold War. E) Hungary was not an important strategic location. 28) Why did the CIA force Mohammed Mossadegh out of office in Iran? A) The king of Iraq asked the CIA to remove Mossadegh. B) The U.S. worried Mossadegh would nationalize banks. C) The U.S. wanted a king, not a democratic leader, in Iran. D) Because of his contacts with Fascist elements in Eastern Europe. E) To protect oil interests in the Middle East. 29) The following was a NEGATIVE effect of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA): A) FHA issued long-term mortgage loans. B) FHA policies inscribed racial and income segregation into public policy. C) FHA required less than 10 percent down payment on loans. D) It took the initiative out of buying a home. E) FHA subsidized the housing industry. 30) The following was the nation's largest public works project: A) The Servicemen's Readjustment Act. B) Hoover Dam. C) The Federal Highway Act of 1956. D) Grand Coulee Dam. E) The National Defense Education Act.
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31) The American Medical Association (AMA) blocked A) Medical insurance policies. B) Health research. C) Research for "wonder drugs." D) Federal involvement in health care. E) Increases in prices for drugs and medical treatment. 32) Jack Kerouac published On the Road in A) 1952. B) 1960.
C) 1955.
D) 1957.
E) 1950.
33) Which of the following was NOT an item that increased from 1945 to 1960? A) Numbers of people going to college. B) Suburbs and centerless cities. C) Suburban life. D) Rental of homes. E) Disposable income of teenagers. 34) The National Defense Education Act (NDEA) was a bipartisan effort led by Eisenhower in response to the Soviet A) Cultural influence in Eastern Europe. B) Launching of the Sputnik satellite. C) Announcement of a manned space program. D) Development of the hydrogen bomb. E) U-2 spy flights. 35) In October of this year, the Cuban missile crisis brought the world to the brink of a superpower conflict. A) 1952. B) 1956. C) 1962. D) 1961. E) 1960. 36) Many Southerners seemed to fear rock n' roll music because A) It might bring more northerners into the region. B) It would destroy parental authority. C) It promoted a dubious morality. D) It would surpass country music. E) White females might become attracted to black performers. 37) Vance Packard's The Hidden Persuaders charged this group with exploitation: A) Advertisers. B) Television executives. C) Central Intelligence Agency. D) The military. E) Union leaders. 38) The new suburban religion taught A) Communal values. B) Self-reliance. C) Political activism. D) Dependence on government funding. E) Social activism.
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39) When Nikita Khrushchev came to power, he made a goodwill gesture by withdrawing Soviet troops from A) Hungary. B) Austria. C) Czechoslovakia. D) East Berlin. E) Cuba. 40) Television did all of the following EXCEPT: A) Created a sophisticated, urbane culture. B) Created overnight fads. C) Reshaped consumption. D) Reshaped leisure time. E) Reshaped political life. 41) The Beats produced a literature that A) Expressed faith in American ability to retain individuality. B) Warned of the "tepid, flaccid Middlebrow Culture" of the mass media. C) Challenged virtually every element of mainstream 1950s culture. D) Promoted American dominance in the world. E) Condemned the 1960s counterculture. 42) All of the following reinforced the notion that teenagers were a special community EXCEPT: A) Publications on child-rearing. B) The market place. C) The mass media. D) Schools. E) National government. 43) According to your authors, Kennedy's most long-lasting achievement as president was his A) Global vision. B) Insistence on a manned space flight program. C) New Frontier program. D) Strengthening the executive branch. E) Striking a resonant chord with American youth. 44) Which of the following is NOT associated with a "center-less community"? A) Orange County, California. B) Autos and highways. C) Shopping malls. D) Low church membership. E) Drive-in facilities. 45) Network executives bowed to A) Anticommunist crusaders. B) The Democratic Party. C) Hollywood. D) Cultural critics. E) Communist crusaders.
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46) In the election of 1960: A) Nixon won the Catholic vote in the Northeast. B) Kennedy would have lost without the electoral votes of Illinois. C) Kennedy lost traditional Democratic states in the South. D) Richard Nixon won the popular vote, but Kennedy won the electoral vote. E) John F. Kennedy won the electoral vote by a narrow margin. 47) Eisenhower's choice of Charles Wilson as his secretary of defense and Kennedy's choice of Robert McNamara as his secretary of defense both illustrate A) A distrust of American business. B) Appointing former military men as advisors in government. C) An opposition to the dominance of the military-industrial complex. D) Appointing auto executives to run the government like a business. E) A governmental reliance on Ivy-league graduates. 48) As much as anyone else, the following singer defined the new youth culture in postwar America. A) Chuck Berry. B) Bobby Darin. C) Bobby Vinton. D) Louis Armstrong. E) Benny Goodman. 49) Eisenhower's Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, called for a "new look" in American foreign policy which repudiated the A) Military Industrial Complex. B) "Spy wars" and covert actions of the Truman administration. C) Massive retaliation and atomic diplomacy of Truman. D) Containment policy of Truman and Kennan. E) Heavy-handed interventionist diplomacy in Latin America. 50) Eisenhower's Vietnam policy A) Supported the Geneva Accords and helped hold national elections. B) Left the South Vietnamese government to defend itself. C) Fit into the parameters of the Monroe Doctrine. D) Rejected commitment of American troops or use of nuclear weapons. E) Committed thousands of ground troops to helping the French. 51) Which of the following has the LEAST in common with the others? A) Jack Kerouac. B) Beatnik. C) The Beats. D) On the Road. E) Allen Ginsberg. 52) Under President Kennedy, advisory functions and details of running the Executive Branch A) Shifted from the cabinet to the White House staff. B) Were ignored and weakened the presidency. C) Fell under cabinet offices. D) Became micromanaged by the president. E) Were covered by civil service employees.
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53) In the book The Affluent Society, John Kenneth Galbraith argued that Americans should spend more on social services and less on A) Stocks and bonds. B) Military spending. C) Space exploration D) Consumer goods. E) Education. 54) Of the following, which was MOST likely to get a Federal Housing Administration loan in the post-WWII era? A) A buyer of an old house requiring repairs. B) A homebuyer in a white suburb. C) An immigrant just off the boat. D) An inner-city single unit buyer. E) A suburban duplex buyer. 55) Walt Disney's Davy Crockett series was a memorable example of television's ability to A) Ignore real-life problems. B) Create an overnight fad. C) Recreate history. D) Indirectly influence a presidential election. E) Rework old movie themes. 56) Eisenhower's foreign policy depended on nuclear armaments and A) A significant increase in the number of American soldiers B) Expanding the space program. C) Forcing the Soviets out of Eastern Europe. D) Massive increases in military spending. E) Covert activity. 57) While the Federal Highway Act of 1956 helped both the automobile and construction industries, it hurt A) Farming communities. B) The satellite industry. C) The trucking industries. D) Urban center construction. E) Mass transit systems. 58) Which was NOT a staple show of early television? A) Ethnic family life like Life With Luigi. B) Working-class urban families like The Honeymooners. C) Affluent suburban WASP shows like Father Knows Best. D) Original live dramas. E) Variety programs like The Milton Berle Show. 59) Almost 90 percent of American homes had a television set by A) 1955. B) 1962. C) 1950.
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D) 1960.
E) 1957.
60) In Guatemala, the CIA worked to promote the benefit of A) Kaiser Aluminum. B) United Fruit Company. C) The Rockefeller Corporation. D) General Motors Company. E) General Electric Company. 61) While Eisenhower wanted better relations with the Soviet Union, Congress A) Reduced the CIA budget by $8 billion. B) Organized a separate summit with Khrushchev. C) Aroused anti-Soviet feelings in the nation. D) Increased the military budget by $8 billion. E) Passed laws preventing Eisenhower from détente. 62) The following is Kennedy's most lasting achievement: A) Ending the Vietnam War. B) Strengthening the executive branch of government. C) Bringing about civil rights for minorities. D) Reestablishing respect for America abroad. E) Establishing equality for women. 63) Which one of the following did NOT happen in 1960? A) John F. Kennedy is elected president. B) Bay of Pigs invasion fails. C) Soviets shoot down U-2 spy plane. D) Almost 90 percent of American homes have television. E) All of these happened in 1960. 64) All of the following were New Frontier programs EXCEPT: A) The National Defense Education Act. B) Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. C) Higher Education Act of 1963. D) The Revenue Act of 1962. E) The Peace Corps. 65) The following three politicians used television for political purposes during the 1950s: A) John Sparkman, Estes Kefauver, and Everett Dirksen. B) Richard Nixon, Karl Mundt, and Lyndon Johnson. C) Estes Kefauver, Joseph McCarthy, and Richard Nixon. D) Richard Nixon, Adlai Stevenson, and Lyndon Johnson. E) Adlai Stevenson, Dwight Eisenhower, and Vance Packard. 66) The GI Bill of Rights A) Guaranteed future employment for returning veterans. B) Is an affirmative action program for veterans. C) Provided educational grants to veterans. D) Gave veterans a substantial reenlistment bonus. E) Gave bonuses only to Korean War veterans.
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67) Kennedy did not run well in this area in 1960: A) Rocky Mountain West. B) The Northeast. C) The Carolinas and Texas. D) New York and Pennsylvania. E) The Midwest. 68) Which of the following is NOT a Caribbean country the United States was consistently involved in from the mid-nineteenth century to 1966? A) Guatemala. B) Panama. C) El Salvador. D) Cuba. E) Dominican Republic. 69) Which one of the following was NOT part of the significance of rock n' roll? A) It demonstrated the new buying power of American teens. B) It accelerated a separation of white and black music. C) It was an expression of common identity for American youth. D) It helped encourage a teen community. E) It accustomed teenagers to interracial music. 70) Which of the following events does NOT happen in 1954? A) Censure of Senator McCarthy. B) Nuclear test ban treaty is signed. C) Vietminh forces French surrender at Dien Bien Phu. D) CIA overthrows Guzman government in Guatemala. E) All of the above happened in 1954. 71) John F. Kennedy's campaign for president in 1960 featured all of the following EXCEPT: A) stressing his experience in political life. B) his campaign featured all of the above. C) a commitment to separate church and state. D) attacks on the "missile gap." E) an emphasis on foreign policy.
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Answer Key Testname: MIDCENTURY REVIEW 1) B 2) A 3) B 4) E 5) D 6) C 7) B 8) D 9) D 10) E 11) A 12) E 13) C 14) A 15) D 16) E 17) A 18) E 19) C 20) B 21) D 22) D 23) E 24) A 25) D 26) B 27) B 28) E 29) B 30) C 31) D 32) D 33) D 34) B 35) C 36) E 37) A 38) B 39) B 40) A 41) C 42) E 43) D 44) D 45) A 46) C 47) D 48) A 49) D 50) D 11
Answer Key Testname: MIDCENTURY REVIEW 51) B 52) A 53) D 54) B 55) B 56) E 57) E 58) D 59) D 60) B 61) D 62) B 63) B 64) A 65) C 66) C 67) A 68) C 69) B 70) B 71) A
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