multiple choice

Which of the following was NOT a Saul Bellow novel as discussed within the text?

Multiple Choice

• Seize the Day
• Herzog
• The Adventures of Augie March,
• The Lonely Crowd

According to many social observers, American culture in the 1950s seemed dominated by a(n)

Multiple Choice

• quest for economic political justice within the United States.
• restless search by individuals for identity and purpose.
• attraction to communist ideology.
• absorption with consumer goods by a growing middle class.
• isolationist desire to avoid international affairs or commitments.

In contrast to life in the central cities, life in suburbia became attractive to many American families in the 1950s

because the suburbs seemed to provide

Multiple Choice

• racial integration in neighborhoods and schools.
• larger, safer, and more private homes.
• variety and excitement in lifestyles and entertainment.
• a chance to obtain individuality.
• greater opportunities for cultural and educational advancement.

Both the beats and rock ‘n’ roll

Multiple Choice

• were strong supporters of organized society.
• came predominantly from the thriving new cultural centers on the West Coast.
• were almost completely ignored by mainstream society.
• fought for more racial inclusion in American society.
• tried to resist the conformity of American culture in the 1950s.

By the late 1950s, television had grown to reach nearly half of all American households.

Group starts

True or False

The Eisenhower administration maintained good relations with Castro’s Cuba; tensions did not develop until

John Kennedy enlisted the CIA to try to overthrow Castro.

Group starts

True or False

What was the topic of Michael Harrington’s 1962 book The Other America?

Multiple Choice

• the Deep South
• poverty
• racism
• crime

Between 1940 and 1960, how many black men and women moved from the South to northern cities?

Multiple Choice

• two million
• three million
• four million
• one million

The United States became involved in Vietnam after the withdrawal of which European nation?

Multiple Choice

• Germany
• France
• Great Britain
• Italy

One of the major medical breakthroughs of the postwar era was the discovery of a vaccine against what disease?

Multiple Choice

• tuberculosis
• measles
• smallpox
• Polio

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Integrated circuits advanced the development of which of the following new postwar technologies?

Multiple Choice

• computers
• radios
• televisions
• transistors

What effect did the Army-McCarthy hearings have on the American public?

Multiple Choice

• Americans were shocked to discover that McCarthy’s accusations against the armed services were most likely true.
• A whole new generation of Americans was whipped into a furor over the issue of “the red menace.”
• Americans saw McCarthy as a villain and a buffoon, and support for him, and McCarthyism, declined greatly.
• Race became a polarizing factor in American support for McCarthy, with black Americans overwhelmingly condemning him and white Americans overwhelmingly supporting him.

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How was desegregation of public schools in Washington, D.C., different than in most other places?

Multiple Choice

• It dragged on for almost a decade.
• It had largely been implemented even before the Brown decision.
• It experienced more intense levels of white mob violence.
• It occurred relatively quietly and quickly.

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How would you characterize Eisenhower’s attitude toward the military-industrial complex?

Multiple Choice

• opposed
• favorable
• concerned
• excited

Who pays for the research done in the military-industrial complex?

Multiple Choice

• universities
• corporations
• federal government
• state governments

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During the height of the postwar economic boom, the government was spending the most money on which of the following?

Multiple Choice

• the military
• highways
• welfare
• schools