Question 1

During the 1950s,the American environmental preservation movement was mobilized by

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A)   a proposed dam on the Green River in Echo Park, Utah.
B)   the construction of a dam in the Hetch Hetchy Valley at Yosemite National Park.
C)   the diverting of water from Owens Valley to Los Angeles, California.
D)   the growing proliferation of nuclear power plants.
E)   the nuclear incident at Three Mile Island.F) A) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 2

The political decline of Senator Joseph McCarthy began when he investigated

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

Question 3

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Between 1945 and 1960,the birth rate in the United States

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A)   reversed a long pattern of decline.
B)   peaked in 1949.
C)   led to a doubling of the nation's population in this period.
D)   led to shortages of many consumer goods.
E)   fell precipitously from its World War II highs.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 5

The correct chronological order for developments in electronic technology,from earliest to latest,is

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A)   vacuum tube, integrated circuit, transistor.
B)   transistor, vacuum tube, integrated circuit.
C)   vacuum tube, transistor, integrated circuit.
D)   integrated circuit, transistor, vacuum tube.
E)   transistor, integrated circuit, vacuum tube.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 6

The Eisenhower administration was eager to join the battle over desegregation in Little Rock,Arkansas.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Strong local opposition by southern whites to the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v.Board of Education of Topeka became known as "________."

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The answer of Strong local opposition by southern whites to...

Question 8

President Eisenhower wanted to get the United States militarily involved in Vietnam.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Where would one most likely find the poor in America in the 1950s? Why did they remain poor?

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In the 1950s, one would most likely find...

Question 10

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 11

The experiences of World War II were among the major factors leading to the rise of the civil rights movement in the 1950s.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The doctrine of "massive retaliation" called for greater American reliance on nuclear weapons.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Under John Foster Dulles's policy of "massive retaliation," announced in 1954,the United States would

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A)   counter any Soviet military move with a larger American force.
B)   win the Cold War regardless of the financial cost.
C)   use nuclear weapons against communist aggression.
D)   use military force before diplomacy in dealing with the Soviet Union.
E)   rely primarily on large conventional forces in local conflicts to defeat communism.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 14

During the Montgomery bus boycott,Martin Luther King Jr.made his first appearance on the national scene,and soon founded the Southern ________ Conference.

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Christian ...

Question 15

How and why has the primary focus of the American space program changed since its founding to the present day?

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Question 16

The Soviet Union's announcement in 1960 that it had shot down an American U-2 spy plane

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A)   proved to be false.
B)   occurred at the close of an important summit conference in Paris.
C)   compelled President Dwight Eisenhower to apologize for invading Soviet airspace.
D)   resulted in a UN proclamation that criticized the United States.
E)   led Soviet Premier Khrushchev to withdraw his invitation to Eisenhower to visit Moscow.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 17

Consumer credit cards were developed in the years following World War II.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The first American satellite,________,was launched in January 1958.

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The answer of The first American satellite,________,was launched in January...

Question 19

Between 1945 and 1959,U.S.policy in the Middle East saw

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A)   the Eisenhower administration assist in the construction of the Aswan Dam.
B)   the Truman administration refuse to recognize the state of Israel.
C)   President Eisenhower seek to end the rule of Egyptian leader Gamal Nasser during the Suez crisis.
D)   the CIA engineer a coup that brought the shah of Iran to power.
E)   the U.S. refuse to join in a UN resolution denouncing British and French actions during the Suez crisis.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 20

In his 1956 book on corporate America,The Organization Man,William Whyte Jr.contended

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A)   the ideal of rugged individualism had been reestablished in the business community.
B)   women and minorities had little chance for advancement in American corporations.
C)   corporate wealth was not being fairly shared with workers.
D)   the "inner-directed man" had become "other-directed."
E)   a worker's most valuable trait in the corporate work setting was to get along.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

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