Question 1

The first American to be launched into space,in 1961,was

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A)  Yuri Gagarin.
B)  John Glenn.
C)  Alan Shepard.
D)  Edwin Aldrin.
E)  Neil Armstrong.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

President Eisenhower represented a return to the Republican policies of Herbert Hoover.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Given mounting American dependence on foreign oil,the Truman administration was reluctant to recognize the new state of Israel.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

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

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The rise of the civil rights movement ca...

Question 5

Following World War II,American scientists made a critical contribution to the development of penicillin by

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A)  demonstrating the value of antiseptic solutions to prevent infection.
B)  first using the antibacterial agent known as sulfanilamide.
C)  finding methods for its mass production and commercial distribution.
D)  discovering the antibacterial properties for which the drug was named.
E)  discovering penicillin could be used to treat streptococcal blood infections.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 6

The development of the transistor was the electronic breakthrough that led to computers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The rapid decline in authority for Senator Joseph McCarthy came with the televised ________-McCarthy hearings.

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The answer of The rapid decline in authority for Senator...

Question 8

Consider the automobile and television: Which of these two products had the most influence in changing American society during the 1950s? Why?

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The answer of Consider the automobile and television: Which of...

Question 9

In his 1950 book,The Lonely Crowd,sociologist David Riesman argued that Americans

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A)  were increasingly less likely to judge themselves on the basis of their own values.
B)  were increasingly interested in winning approval in their jobs and from their community.
C)  were increasingly more likely to be "other-directed."
D)  both were increasingly less likely to judge themselves on the basis of their own values,and were increasingly interested in winning approval in their jobs and from their community.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

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

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

Question 11

Television networks in the 1950s refused to broadcast reports on desegregation battles for fear of alienating their white southern audiences.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 13

President Eisenhower's secretary of defense,Charles Wilson,stated his belief that "what was good for ________ was good for the country."

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The answer of President Eisenhower's secretary of defense,Charles Wilson,stated his...

Question 14

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

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A)  northern blacks.
B)  southern blacks.
C)  northern whites.
D)  progressive liberals.
E)  southern whites.F) D) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 15

As president,Dwight Eisenhower eventually managed to balance the federal budget while making significant additions to the Social Security system.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What factors account for the broad-based and rapid progress of science and technology following World War II? Why did this progress not occur sooner?

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The broad-based and rapid progress of sc...

Question 17

In the 1950s,the great majority of American poor people lived in a permanent state of "hard-core" poverty.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Following World War II,the American economy

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A)  gave the average American 50 percent more purchasing power in 1960 than in 1945.
B)  gave Americans the highest standard of living in 1960,after Switzerland and Sweden.
C)  grew nearly ten times faster than the population between 1945 and 1975.
D)  produced wealth that was equally distributed throughout the nation's population.
E)  gave the average American 10 percent more purchasing power than during the 1920s.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 19

The primary purpose of the American Apollo program was to

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A)  launch manned vehicles into space to orbit the earth.
B)  land men on the moon.
C)  build an orbiting space station.
D)  send men to Mars.
E)  develop a reusable spaceship.F) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 20

Eastern and Midwestern industrial cities experienced a major expansion of their black populations between 1940 and 1960.

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A) True 
 B)False

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