Question 1

On the subject of racial justice, President Eisenhower

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A)   had demanded the integration of the armed forces as early as 1948.
B)   publicly endorsed the 1954 Supreme Court school-desegregation decision.
C)   vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
D)   had advised against integrating the armed forces.
E)   admired the Christian philosophy of Martin Luther King.

Question 2

Describe President Eisenhower's response to the Civil Rights movement, to the social-welfare programs of the New Deal, and to federal government spending to promote economic growth, jobs, and education.

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President Eisenhower's response to the C...

Question 3

In what ways did the Eisenhower administration contribute to the developing American involvement in Vietnam? How did President Kennedy intensify and deepen the American involvement in Vietnam? Why were these decisions made? What were the possible policy alternatives to these decisions about Vietnam?

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The Eisenhower administration contribute...

Question 4

Why were the Peace Corps and the promise to "land a man on the moon by the end of this decade" both identified as key initiatives of the Kennedy administration? Were these two efforts more symbol than substance, or did they reflect important efforts to "get America moving again," as Kennedy had promised?

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The Peace Corps and the promise to "land...

Question 5

During the 1952 presidential campaign, Republican candidate Dwight Eisenhower declared that he would help to end the Korean War by

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A)   using atomic weapons.
B)   blockading the China coast and bomb Manchuria.
C)   opening negotiations with Mao Zedong.
D)   ordering United Nations troops to invade North Korea.
E)   personally going to Korea.

Question 6

Why did the doctrines of flexible response and guerrilla warfare against communist enemies seem so appealing in the early 1960s? How were those ideas implemented in Vietnam? Where were their most serious flaws? What were the available military alternatives to the Kennedy administration in Vietnam during the early 1960s, and why were they not attempted?

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The doctrines of flexible response and g...

Question 7

When Dwight Eisenhower left the presidency in 1961

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A)   it was noted that his second term had produced little of value, since he was a "lame duck."
B)   Congress was firmly in the hands of the Republicans.
C)   he was unhappy with Vice President Nixon's unbending anticommunism.
D)   he had clearly lost control of the Democratic-dominated Congress.
E)   he remained an extraordinarily popular figure.

Question 8

President John Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy began to join hands with the Civil Rights movement when they

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A)   sent federal marshals to protect the Freedom Riders.
B)   ordered the FBI to remove the wiretap from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s phone.
C)   secured passage of the Voting Rights Act.
D)   issued executive orders prohibiting all racial discrimination in federal employment.
E)   ordered the immediate desegregation of schools.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of Elvis Presley.

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Question 10

How did television affect American religion, sports, and politics in the 1950s? Were the changes wrought by television to American religion, sports, and religion in the 1950s healthy or unhealthy ones for our values, our democracy, and our popular culture?

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Television had a significant impact on A...

Question 11

The Freedom Riders

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A)   protested segregation by torching buses on segregated routes.
B)   sought to end segregation in facilities serving interstate bus passengers.
C)   were involved in the sit-ins across the South to end segregation.
D)   were African Americans who sought to integrate public school buses.
E)   None of these choices are correct.

Question 12

The Alliance for Progress, which intended to improve economic growth and democratic reforms in Latin America, was

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A)   effectively implemented by American Peace Corps volunteers.
B)   effective economically but ineffective in developing pro-American sentiment in the region.
C)   generally disappointing in its development and implementation.
D)   weakened by the Kennedy administration's harsh policies toward Cuba.
E)   an incentive for growing Soviet intervention in the region.

Question 13

The Paris summit conference, scheduled for 1960, collapsed because of the

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A)   Suez crisis.
B)   Bay of Pigs.
C)   Quemoy episode.
D)   launching of Sputnik.
E)   U-2 incident.

Question 14

As a part of his New Look foreign policy, President Eisenhower

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A)   sought an alliance with China.
B)   refused to talk with leaders of the Soviet Union.
C)   called for an "open skies" mutual inspection program over both the United States and the Soviet Union.
D)   sent help to the Hungarian freedom fighters.
E)   allied with Israel against the Arab states.

Question 15

How did Europeans' increasingly critical views of American race relations affect attitudes toward the Civil Rights movement during the later 1950s? Were critics like Gunnar Myrdal essentially right that Americans would have to choose between their ideals of democracy and their practice of racism?

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The increasingly critical views of Ameri...

Question 16

What made Eisenhower such a popular and successful president in the 1950s? How would you assess the relative importance of his personality, his policies, and the climate of the times?

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Eisenhower was such a popular and succes...

Question 17

_____ were condemned by the United States in 1956 as the aggressors in the Suez Canal crisis.

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A)   Egypt and Jordan
B)   The Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact members
C)   Israel and Turkey
D)   Lebanon and Syria
E)   Britain and France

Question 18

How might a play like Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman be said to reflect the questions that many social critics were asking about mass American culture in the 1950s?

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Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman refl...

Question 19

Do you think that you would have liked "Ike" in the 1950s? Why or why not? Which of his personal qualities, domestic programs, and foreign-policy decisions do you find most admirable? For what may he be criticized? Why?

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Question 20

At the time of his death, President John Kennedy's Civil Rights bill

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A)   had been passed, much to the satisfaction of African Americans.
B)   had been passed, but greatly weakened by amendments.
C)   was still bogged down in Congress.
D)   was on the desk waiting to be signed into law.
E)   was locked in a filibuster in the U.S. Senate.

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