// question: 12040395 name: According to President Eisenhower in 1961, the greatest danger to the United ... ::According to President Eisenhower in 1961, the greatest danger to the United ...::[html]According to President Eisenhower in 1961, the greatest danger to the United States was{ ~communism.#Incorrect ~Latin American revolutions.#Incorrect ~the Soviet Union.#Incorrect =the military-industrial complex.#Correct ~Middle Eastern terrorists.#Incorrect } // question: 12040383 name: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. proposed to end segregation through ::Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. proposed to end segregation through::[html]Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. proposed to end segregation through{ ~violent confrontation.#Incorrect ~compromise and accommodation.#Incorrect =nonviolent direct action.#Correct ~interracial marriage.#Incorrect ~Supreme Court rulings.#Incorrect } // question: 12040376 name: During the 1950s and Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency, the ::During the 1950s and Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency, the::[html]During the 1950s and Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency, the{ ~United States rejected its former role as protector of the free world.#Incorrect ~United States economy fell into a prolonged economic recession.#Incorrect =United States experienced a period of economic growth and affluence.#Correct ~domestic programs of the Roosevelt and Truman eras were completely eliminated.#Incorrect ~Bay of Pigs invasion failed.#Incorrect } // question: 12040401 name: During the 1950s, urban areas ​ ::During the 1950s, urban areas ​::[html]During the 1950s, urban areas ​{ ~​saw financial resources shifted in their direction.#Incorrect ~​increasingly thrived as cultural centers.#Incorrect =​struggled under redlining policies that hindered lending to urban areas.#Correct ~​grew slightly more slowly than suburbs.#Incorrect ~​focused on developing mass transit systems.#Incorrect } // question: 12040371 name: Eisenhower's "New Look" argued that ::Eisenhower's "New Look" argued that::[html]Eisenhower's "New Look" argued that{ ~the government had to pump more money into the domestic economy.#Incorrect ~Washington had to take a leading role in the struggle for equal rights.#Incorrect =the defense of the United States would rely less on ground forces and more on cheaper air power.#Correct ~federal intervention in the economy would cease.#Incorrect ~the federal government should subsidize the fashion industry.#Incorrect } // question: 12040404 name: Eisenhower's administration fought communism by all the following means except ::Eisenhower's administration fought communism by all the following means except::[html]Eisenhower's administration fought communism by all the following means except{ ~increasing the size and power of the CIA.#Incorrect ~giving economic aid to friendly nations.#Incorrect ~funding Radio Free Europe, Voice of America, Radio Asia, and other propaganda agencies.#Incorrect ~threatening the Soviet Union with nuclear attack if U.S. security were threatened.#Incorrect =refusing to support any government that did not have democratic principles.#Correct } // question: 12040369 name: French involvement in Vietnam ended with their defeat at ::French involvement in Vietnam ended with their defeat at::[html]French involvement in Vietnam ended with their defeat at{ ~Laos.#Incorrect ~Tet.#Incorrect ~Saigon.#Incorrect =Dien Bien Phu.#Correct ~Cambodia.#Incorrect } // question: 12040402 name: In 1961, a U.S.-backed Cuban military force attempting to overthrow Fidel ... ::In 1961, a U.S.-backed Cuban military force attempting to overthrow Fidel ...::[html]In 1961, a U.S.-backed Cuban military force attempting to overthrow Fidel Castro was defeated at{ ~the Bay of Cows.#Incorrect ~Guantanamo Bay.#Incorrect ~Havana.#Incorrect =the Bay of Pigs.#Correct ~the Bay of Naples.#Incorrect } // question: 12040379 name: In the 1950s, U.S. policy in Latin America ::In the 1950s, U.S. policy in Latin America::[html]In the 1950s, U.S. policy in Latin America{ ~initiated social and economic reforms.#Incorrect ~encouraged and supported the spread of democracy.#Incorrect =often supported military dictatorships that suppressed leftist movements.#Correct ~withdrew support from oppressive regimes.#Incorrect ~supported Communist regimes.#Incorrect } // question: 12040386 name: John F. Kennedy's foreign policy included all of the following except ::John F. Kennedy's foreign policy included all of the following except::[html]John F. Kennedy's foreign policy included all of the following except{ ~strong support for West Berlin.#Incorrect ~economic sanctions and assassination plots directed at Cuba.#Incorrect ~establishment of a direct phone line between Washington and Moscow to prevent nuclear war.#Incorrect =a proposal to pull American advisors out of Vietnam.#Correct ~creation of the Peace Corps.#Incorrect } // question: 12040370 name: Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the ::Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the::[html]Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the{ ~Montgomery, Alabama statehouse.#Incorrect ~steps of the U.S. Capital.#Incorrect ~1968 Democratic Convention.#Incorrect ~United Nations General Assembly.#Incorrect =steps of the Lincoln Memorial.#Correct } // question: 12040374 name: Nikita Khrushchev ::Nikita Khrushchev::[html]Nikita Khrushchev{ =was the Soviet leader who built the Berlin Wall and put nuclear missiles in Cuba.#Correct ~greatly admired John F. Kennedy and personally attended Kennedy's funeral.#Incorrect ~refused to meet with any U.S. leaders and cut off diplomatic relations with the United States.#Incorrect ~was the first Russian leader to be educated in the West and to be fluent in English.#Incorrect ~launched the Korean War.#Incorrect } // question: 12040385 name: President Eisenhower supported the Highway Act of 1956 based on ::President Eisenhower supported the Highway Act of 1956 based on::[html]President Eisenhower supported the Highway Act of 1956 based on{ ~its positive impact on the automobile industry.#Incorrect =national security considerations.#Correct ~its role in creating jobs.#Incorrect ~the need to spend the government surplus.#Incorrect ~his bid for reelection.#Incorrect } // question: 12040399 name: Rock 'n' roll music ::Rock 'n' roll music::[html]Rock 'n' roll music{ =signified the development of a consumer-oriented, middle-class youth culture in the United States.#Correct ~was a sinister Communist plot to corrupt American society.#Incorrect ~was the first musical style to appeal equally to all generations of Americans.#Incorrect ~promoted segregation by culturally dividing ethnic minorities from mainstream society.#Incorrect ~was imported from Europe.#Incorrect } // question: 12040398 name: Social critics of the 1950s portrayed the United States as a society of ::Social critics of the 1950s portrayed the United States as a society of::[html]Social critics of the 1950s portrayed the United States as a society of{ ~rugged individualists.#Incorrect ="other-directed" conformists.#Correct ~"inner-directed" rebels.#Incorrect ~semiliterate comic-book readers.#Incorrect ~violent rebels.#Incorrect } // question: 12040390 name: The author of The Feminine Mystique (1963) was ::The author of The Feminine Mystique (1963) was::[html]The author of The Feminine Mystique (1963) was{ =Betty Friedan.#Correct ~Gloria Steinem.#Incorrect ~Phyllis Schlafly.#Incorrect ~Andrea Dworkin.#Incorrect ~Eleanor Roosevelt.#Incorrect } // question: 12040394 name: The black patron who in 1955 refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, ... ::The black patron who in 1955 refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, ...::[html]The black patron who in 1955 refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus to a white patron was{ =Rosa Parks.#Correct ~Coretta Scott King.#Incorrect ~Marian Anderson.#Incorrect ~Fannie Lou Hamer.#Incorrect ~Ella Fitzgerald.#Incorrect } // question: 12040407 name: The canals built by the federal government in the west ::The canals built by the federal government in the west::[html]The canals built by the federal government in the west{ ~produced no ecological problems, they actually corrected many.#Incorrect ~were inexpensive to build.#Incorrect =provided trillions of gallons of water.#Correct ~gave local governments greater economic and political control in the area.#Incorrect ~benefitted small farmers most.#Incorrect } // question: 12040406 name: The Chief Justice who wrote the decision in Brown v. Board of Education was ::The Chief Justice who wrote the decision in Brown v. Board of Education was::[html]The Chief Justice who wrote the decision in Brown v. Board of Education was{ ~Warren Burger.#Incorrect =Earl Warren.#Correct ~Louis Brandeis.#Incorrect ~Felix Frankfurter.#Incorrect ~William Howard Taft.#Incorrect } // question: 12040396 name: The Communist leader of the Vietnamese war for independence from France was ::The Communist leader of the Vietnamese war for independence from France was::[html]The Communist leader of the Vietnamese war for independence from France was{ ~Mao Tse Tung.#Incorrect =Ho Chi Minh.#Correct ~Ngo Dinh Diem.#Incorrect ~Jiang Jieshi.#Incorrect ~Chen Chang.#Incorrect } // question: 12040387 name: The founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference included ::The founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference included::[html]The founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference included{ ~Stokely Carmichael.#Incorrect ~Malcolm X.#Incorrect ~Orval Faubus.#Incorrect =Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.#Correct ~Strom Thurmond.#Incorrect } // question: 12040391 name: The government effort to return illegal Mexican immigrants to Mexico was ... ::The government effort to return illegal Mexican immigrants to Mexico was ...::[html]The government effort to return illegal Mexican immigrants to Mexico was known as Operation{ ~Return.#Incorrect ~Rio Grande.#Incorrect =Wetback.#Correct ~Red, White, and Blue.#Incorrect ~Bracero.#Incorrect } // question: 12040403 name: The key political spokesperson for the new conservatism was​ ::The key political spokesperson for the new conservatism was​::[html]The key political spokesperson for the new conservatism was​{ =​Barry Goldwater.#Correct ~​Richard Nixon.#Incorrect ~​John F. Kennedy. #Incorrect ~​Richard Dulles.#Incorrect ~​Robert McNamara. #Incorrect } // question: 12040389 name: The National Liberation Front in Vietnam was ::The National Liberation Front in Vietnam was::[html]The National Liberation Front in Vietnam was{ =a group of South Vietnamese nationalists and Communists who opposed the Diem government.#Correct ~an organization of pro-French colonialists who supported the return of French rule.#Incorrect ~a Christian missionary group dedicated to liberating Vietnam from Buddhism.#Incorrect ~an anti-Communist movement in North Vietnam.#Incorrect ~a women's rights organization.#Incorrect } // question: 12040381 name: The president first associated with the idea of "flexible response" was ::The president first associated with the idea of "flexible response" was::[html]The president first associated with the idea of "flexible response" was{ ~Harry Truman.#Incorrect =John F. Kennedy.#Correct ~Dwight D. Eisenhower.#Incorrect ~Lyndon B. Johnson.#Incorrect ~Richard Nixon.#Incorrect } // question: 12040400 name: The president of South Vietnam during the Eisenhower and Kennedy years was ::The president of South Vietnam during the Eisenhower and Kennedy years was::[html]The president of South Vietnam during the Eisenhower and Kennedy years was{ ~Ho Chi Minh.#Incorrect ~Mao Tse Tung.#Incorrect =Ngo Dinh Diem.#Correct ~Bao Di.#Incorrect ~Jiang Jieshi#Incorrect } // question: 12040382 name: The program that sent Americans overseas to work on developmental projects ... ::The program that sent Americans overseas to work on developmental projects ...::[html]The program that sent Americans overseas to work on developmental projects was the{ ~Green Berets.#Incorrect =Peace Corps.#Correct ~Green Peace.#Incorrect ~Jobs Corps.#Incorrect ~Volunteer Corps.#Incorrect } // question: 12040384 name: The water-diversion projects that President Eisenhower supported in the West ... ::The water-diversion projects that President Eisenhower supported in the West ...::[html]The water-diversion projects that President Eisenhower supported in the West most benefited{ ~small farmers and ranching interests.#Incorrect ~local communities in several western states.#Incorrect =large-scale agribusiness and ranching interests.#Correct ~Native Americans.#Incorrect ~the Democratic Party.#Incorrect } // question: 12040408 name: U.S. religious life in the 1950s was characterized by ::U.S. religious life in the 1950s was characterized by::[html]U.S. religious life in the 1950s was characterized by{ ~a decline in church membership.#Incorrect ~a growth in and dominance of the Catholic Church.#Incorrect ~the spread of anti-Semitism.#Incorrect =an emphasis on a pluralistic faith in the Judeo-Christian tradition.#Correct ~unusual growth of the Jewish faith.#Incorrect } // question: 12040405 name: What percentage of the American population identified themselves as ... ::What percentage of the American population identified themselves as ...::[html]What percentage of the American population identified themselves as Protestant, Jewish, or Catholic?{ ~30#Incorrect ~40#Incorrect ~50#Incorrect ~75#Incorrect =95#Correct } // question: 12040375 name: When Hungarian rebels led by Imre Nagy rebelled against the Stalinist regime ... ::When Hungarian rebels led by Imre Nagy rebelled against the Stalinist regime ...::[html]When Hungarian rebels led by Imre Nagy rebelled against the Stalinist regime in 1956, the U.S.{ ~sent air support for the rebels.#Incorrect ~supported the communist government.#Incorrect ~was unaware of the rebellion.#Incorrect ~sent the CIA to help the rebels.#Incorrect =could not provide military support so close to the Soviet Union.#Correct } // question: 12040377 name: Which of the following was not part of the 1950s domestic scene? ::Which of the following was not part of the 1950s domestic scene?::[html]Which of the following was not part of the 1950s domestic scene?{ ~The federal government funded the construction of an interstate system of high-speed expressways.#Incorrect ~Billions of dollars were allocated for water projects in western states.#Incorrect =Labor unions became increasingly militant and violent.#Correct ~U.S. companies dominated both the national and international marketplaces.#Incorrect ~White Americans moved to the suburbs in large numbers.#Incorrect } // question: 12040393 name: ____ overthrew Fulgencio Batista and became the Communist ruler of Cuba. ::____ overthrew Fulgencio Batista and became the Communist ruler of Cuba.::[html]____ overthrew Fulgencio Batista and became the Communist ruler of Cuba.{ ~Venito Sandino#Incorrect =Fidel Castro#Correct ~Che Guevara#Incorrect ~Daniel Ortega#Incorrect ~Jose Marti#Incorrect } // question: 12040392 name: As a result of the Cuban Missile crisis, a direct telephone hotline was ... ::As a result of the Cuban Missile crisis, a direct telephone hotline was ...::[html]As a result of the Cuban Missile crisis, a direct telephone hotline was established between Washington D.C. and Moscow.\n​{TRUE} // question: 12040434 name: During the Cuban missile crisis, President John F. Kennedy ordered an Air ... ::During the Cuban missile crisis, President John F. Kennedy ordered an Air ...::[html]During the Cuban missile crisis, President John F. Kennedy ordered an Air Force attack on Soviet forces in Cuba.{FALSE} // question: 12040417 name: Earl Warren was appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower as chief justice of ... ::Earl Warren was appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower as chief justice of ...::[html]Earl Warren was appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower as chief justice of the Supreme Court in 1953.{TRUE} // question: 12040443 name: Economic growth contributed to political stability. ::Economic growth contributed to political stability.::[html]Economic growth contributed to political stability.{TRUE} // question: 12040415 name: Elvis Presley was known for his sensual, electric stage presence.  ::Elvis Presley was known for his sensual, electric stage presence. ::[html]Elvis Presley was known for his sensual, electric stage presence. {TRUE} // question: 12040440 name: In the 1950s the real wages and fringe benefits of U.S. workers improved ... ::In the 1950s the real wages and fringe benefits of U.S. workers improved ...::[html]In the 1950s the real wages and fringe benefits of U.S. workers improved steadily.{TRUE} // question: 12040435 name: John F. Kennedy endorsed lower taxes as a means of stimulating economic growth. ::John F. Kennedy endorsed lower taxes as a means of stimulating economic growth.::[html]John F. Kennedy endorsed lower taxes as a means of stimulating economic growth.{TRUE} // question: 12040413 name: John F. Kennedy's opponent in the 1960 presidential election was Richard M. ... ::John F. Kennedy's opponent in the 1960 presidential election was Richard M. ...::[html]John F. Kennedy's opponent in the 1960 presidential election was Richard M. Nixon.{TRUE} // question: 12040433 name: Religious groups denounced rock music as a communist plot to corrupt ... ::Religious groups denounced rock music as a communist plot to corrupt ...::[html]Religious groups denounced rock music as a communist plot to corrupt America's youth.{TRUE} // question: 12040423 name: Sputnik led to reconsideration of the American educational system. ::Sputnik led to reconsideration of the American educational system.::[html]Sputnik led to reconsideration of the American educational system.{TRUE} // question: 12040445 name: The Civil Rights Act of 1957 set up a mechanism for expediting lawsuits by ... ::The Civil Rights Act of 1957 set up a mechanism for expediting lawsuits by ...::[html]The Civil Rights Act of 1957 set up a mechanism for expediting lawsuits by African Americans who claimed that their voting rights had been abridged.{TRUE} // question: 12040409 name: The Cuban missile crisis grew out of the U.S. attempt to build missile silos ... ::The Cuban missile crisis grew out of the U.S. attempt to build missile silos ...::[html]The Cuban missile crisis grew out of the U.S. attempt to build missile silos in Cuba.{FALSE} // question: 12040414 name: The Cuban-exile invasion of Castro's Cuba, approved by John F. Kennedy, was ... ::The Cuban-exile invasion of Castro's Cuba, approved by John F. Kennedy, was ...::[html]The Cuban-exile invasion of Castro's Cuba, approved by John F. Kennedy, was first proposed during the Eisenhower presidency.{TRUE} // question: 12040418 name: The Eisenhower administration supported democratic regimes throughout Latin ... ::The Eisenhower administration supported democratic regimes throughout Latin ...::[html]The Eisenhower administration supported democratic regimes throughout Latin America.{FALSE} // question: 12040416 name: The Paris summit of 1960 was very productive. ::The Paris summit of 1960 was very productive.::[html]The Paris summit of 1960 was very productive.{FALSE} // question: 12040424 name: The Peace Corps was one of the John F. Kennedy's most popular initiatives. ::The Peace Corps was one of the John F. Kennedy's most popular initiatives.::[html]The Peace Corps was one of the John F. Kennedy's most popular initiatives.{TRUE} // question: 12040419 name: The period from 1954 to 1963 was one of generally steady economic growth. ::The period from 1954 to 1963 was one of generally steady economic growth.::[html]The period from 1954 to 1963 was one of generally steady economic growth.{TRUE} // question: 12040426 name: The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka outlawed ... ::The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka outlawed ...::[html]The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka outlawed segregation in all public facilities.{FALSE} // question: 12040412 name: Women did not see a reduction in domestic chores with new machines. ::Women did not see a reduction in domestic chores with new machines.::[html]Women did not see a reduction in domestic chores with new machines.{TRUE}