Which one of the following did NOT increase between 1945 to 1960?    
 * mobility and rental of homes.   
 numbers of people going to college.   
 suburbs and centerless cities.   
 disposable income of teenagers.   
    

The GI Bill of Rights gave tuition and training benefits to nearly what number of veterans?    
 3 million    
 6 million   
 * 10 million   
 15 million   
    

The National Defense Education Act (NDEA) was a bipartisan effort led by Eisenhower in response to the Soviet    
 development of the hydrogen bomb.   
 * launching the Sputnik satellite.   
 announcement of a manned space program,   
 U-2 spy flights.   
    

In The Feminine Mystique, Betty Freidan claimed that women    
 loved suburban domesticity.   
 * were frustrated by suburban life.   
 wanted more children.   
 wished they had gone to college.   
    

Traditional record companies focused on    
 black recording artists.    
 rock 'n' roll.   
 children's music.   
 * the adult market.   
    

The Beats shared a distrust of    
 media critics.    
 television news.   
 higher education.   
 * progress, power, and material gain.   
    

The detente between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the 1950s was wrecked by    
 * the U-2 incident.    
 Sputnik.   
 the revolution in Hungary.   
 the death of Stalin.   
    

The CIA intervened in Guatemala in 1954 because    
 the U.S. wanted to encourage democratic reform.   
 * the United Fruit Company's holdings were threatened.   
 American oil concessions were in danger.   
 the French requested U.S. aid.   
    

Kennedy's campaign in 1960 stressed his    
 government experience.    
 immense personal wealth.   
 * youth and image as a war hero.   
 wisdom and maturity.   
    

The Bay of Pigs plan rested on the false assumption that    
 Castro's army was disloyal.   
 Cuban exiles were militarily superior.   
 the Cubans did not have stockpiles of weapons.   
 * a U.S.-led invasion would trigger a popular uprisings.   
    

Which one of the following was NOT part of the significance of rock 'n' roll?    
 It was an expression of common identity for American youth.   
 It helped encourage a teen community.   
 It demonstrated the new buying power of American teens.   
 * It accelerated a separation of white and black music.   
    

This new cabinet post was created under the Eisenhower administration:    
 Veterans Affairs    
 Urban Affairs   
 * Health, Education and Welfare   
 Defense   
    

Los Angeles epitomized two American trends, the    
 rapid growth of immigrant population and rapid expansion of the suburbs.   
 * rapid growth of western cities and rapid expansion of the suburbs.   
 rapid growth of western cities and rapid increase in rental housing.   
 rapid growth of immigrant population and rapid growth of western cities.   
   

By the mid-1950s, 20% of all college graduates had majored in    
 natural science.    
 social science.   
 * business.   
 the humanities.   
    

Television shows like "Father Knows Best" and "Leave It to Beaver" were    
 about working-class families struggling with the dilemmas of a consumer society.   
 about the real problems of postwar families who had survived the Depression.   
 urban ethnic shows based on old radio programs.   
 * idealized, affluent, suburban, WASP, middle-class programs.   
    

Eisenhower's Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, called for a "new look" in American foreign policy which repudiated    
 heavy-handed intervention in foreign nations.   
 massive retaliation and atomic diplomacy.   
 "spywars" and covert actions.   
 * the idea of containment.   
    

Eisenhower used the domino theory to justify America's    
 military-industrial trial complex.   
 * containment policy in Asia.   
 refusal to help seize the Suez Canal.   
 covert CIA activity in Iran.   
    

Domestically, Kennedy aimed to    
 * enact a liberal agenda.   
 continue Eisenhower's policies.   
 raise business taxes.   
 eradicate unions.   
    

Eisenhower's choice of Charles Wilson as his secretary of defense and Kennedy's choice of Robert McNamara as his secretary of defense both illustrate    
 * appointing auto executives to run the government like a business.   
 an opposition to the dominance of the military-industrial complex.   
 a governmental reliance on Ivy-League college graduates.   
 appointing former military men as advisors in government.   
    

When Khrushchev pledged to withdraw missiles from Cuba, Kennedy agreed to    
 withdraw missiles from Turkey.   
 set up a hotline for instant communication between them.   
 sign a limited nuclear test ban agreement.   
 * respect Cuban sovereignty and not invade the island.   
    

Jack Kerouac published On the Road in    
 1952.    
 * 1957.   
 1959.   
 1963.   
    

Which one of the following gives the CORRECT chronological order of these events?     (1) Limited Nuclear Test-ban Treat signed.     (2) Nikita Krushchev visits the United States.     (3) Kennedy creates the Green Berets.     (4) Cuban missile crisis occurs.    
 * 2,3,4,1    
 3,4,1,2   
 1,2,4,3   
 4,1,3,2   
    

Which of the following did NOT happen in 1954?    
 The French surrender at Dien Bien Phu.   
 The CIA overthrows the government of Guatemala.   
 * The Soviet Union launches Sputnik.   
 The U.S. explodes the first deliverable hydrogen bomb.   
    

In the 1950s, the town of Chatsworth was largely    
 * urbanized.    
 industrial.   
 Hispanic.   
 Asian.   
    

The U.S. had military bases in all of these countries EXCEPT    
 Cuba.    
 Puerto Rico.   
 * Guatemala.   
 Panama.   
    

In the 1960 election, John F. Kennedy won the popular vote by    
 7%.    
 4%.   
 2%.   
 * <2%.   
    

The CIA helped Riza Shah Pahlavi take control of Iran in    
 * 1953.    
 1954.   
 1956.   
 1961.   
    

Which one of the following did NOT happen in 1960?    
 Soviets shoot down U-2 spy plane.   
 John F. Kennedy is elected president.   
 * Bay of Pigs invasion fails.   
 Almost 90 percent of American homes have television.   
    

Rising star Elvis Presley signs with RCA in    
 1950.    
 1952.   
 1954.   
 * 1956.   
    

In the 1950s, an area of Los Angeles with a high concentration of African-Americans was    
 * Compton.    
 Long Beach.   
 Santa Monica.   
 Garden Grove.   
    

The U.S. tried to buy it in 1869, sent troops in from 1916-1924, financially supervised it from 1905-1941 and then sent in the U.S. Marines in 1965:    
 Cuba    
 * Dominican Republic   
 Haiti   
 Guatemala   
    

In the 1960 election, Richard Nixon did well in the    
 Northeast.    
 South.   
 * West.   
 Southeast.   
    

Eisenhower rejected New Deal programs entirely.    
 True   
 * False   
    
    
    

Colleges and universities accepted the values of postwar corporate culture.    
 * True   
 False   
    
    
    

Teenagers' special status was the result of being forced to accept adult responsibilities early in life.    
 True   
 * False   
    
    
    

Crime statistics suggest that people were rightly concerned about the rapidly rising rates of juvenile crime in the 1950s.    
 True   
 * False   
    
    
    

John Foster Dulles articulated an extremely assertive policy toward communist governments, advocating rollback rather than containment.    
 * True   
 False   
    
    
    

Although the United States provided the French with military aid in Vietnam, Eisenhower refused to intervene directly after the fall of Dien Bien Phu.    
 * True   
 False   
    
    
    

There were no groups in the 1950s that protested the proliferation of nuclear arms.    
 True   
 * False   
    
    
    

Kennedy easily achieved his New Frontier domestic agenda.    
 True   
 * False   
    
    
    

Kennedy's approach to foreign policy remained consistent throughout his three years in office.    
 True   
 * False   
    
    
    

Fidel Castro turned to the Soviet Union only after the U.S. withdrew all economic aid to Cuba.    
 * True   
 False   
    
    
    

Rock 'n' roll was based on blues and country music.    
 * True   
 False   
    
    
    

Federal Housing Administration policies resulted in blatant discrimination against racially mixed communities.    
 * True   
 False   
    
    
    

Although the suburbs were criticized as bastions of middle-class conformity, many had the same distinctive class and ethnic identities as older city neighborhoods.    
 * True   
 False   
    
    
    

Paradoxically, the more teenagers differentiated themselves as a distinct group, the more they acted like young children.    
 True   
 * False   
    
    
    

Critics of mass culture drew on studies that showed how the media encouraged people to become detached from human relationships.    
 * True   
 False   
    
    
    

The CIA's mandate authorized it to carry out a wide range of political activities.    
 True   
 * False   
    
    
    

In the election of 1960, television helped to focus interest on the key issues of the campaign.    
 True   
 * False   
    
    
    

Kennedy's Alliance for Progress was ineffective because the U.S. did not want to challenge anti-communist dictators.    
 * True   
 False   
    
    
    

Kennedy and his advisors created the Bay of Pigs plan.    
 True   
 * False   
    
    
    

The Cuban missile crisis ended when the United States agreed to stop threatening Cuba with invasion.    
 True   
 * False