Question 1

The first significant public awareness of computers in the United States 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) A) and C)

Question 2

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

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

Question 3

Martin Luther King Jr.was leader of the

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A)   Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
B)   National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
C)   United Negro Improvement Association.
D)   Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
E)   Congress of Racial Equality.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 4

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

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Question 5

During the 1950s,the general economic conditions of the United States included

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A)   stagnant economic growth.
B)   high inflation.
C)   low federal government spending.
D)   a slowly rising gross national product.
E)   low unemployment.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

Dr.Benjamin Spock made a career of helping women have professional careers and be mothers at the same time.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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 8

Economic growth was at its peak in the early 1950s,when military spending was at its highest.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Fulgencio Batista came to power in Cuba with American help.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

How do you define Eisenhower republicanism? How did it differ from Hoover republicanism and New Deal or Fair Deal liberalism?

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Question 11

The primary goal 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 E)
G) B) and E)

Question 12

During the 1950s,the region of the United States that experienced the most dramatic change as a result of economic growth was

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A)   the North.
B)   the South.
C)   the East.
D)   the West.
E)   Alaska and Hawaii.F) D) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

What were the various technological advances brought together to develop the American space program in the late 1950s and the 1960s?

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Question 14

How did the Eisenhower administration criticize Truman's foreign policy? How did Eisenhower's foreign policy differ from Truman's? How and why was it similar?

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The Eisenhower administration criticized...

Question 15

As secretary of state,John Foster Dulles believed the containment policy practices of the Truman administration had been too moderate.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

All of the following statements regarding early television are true EXCEPT that

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A)   in the 1920s there were experiments in broadcasting pictures and sound.
B)   in 1946 there were 17,000 television sets in the United States.
C)   the federal government largely kept big business sponsorship out of television advertising.
D)   all three major television networks had started as radio companies.
E)   television quickly became the most powerful medium of mass communication in history.F) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 17

In 1946,Dr.Benjamin Spock's best-selling Baby and Child Care contended that

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A)   fathers needed to spend as much time as mothers in the care and raising of their children.
B)   mothers should subordinate their physical and emotional needs to those of their children.
C)   families should not have more than three children.
D)   the ages of children in a family should not be spaced out over more than five years.
E)   children should not be breast-fed or allowed to sleep with their parents.F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 18

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization resolved their differences during the 1950s.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In the 1951 novel,The Catcher in the Rye,the main character,Holden Caulfield,was disaffected with American society.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In 1960,the city in the United States with the largest Mexican American population was

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A)   New York.
B)   San Antonio.
C)   Chicago.
D)   San Diego.
E)   Los Angeles.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

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