Chapter 37 Flashcards
Which of the following is not true of the changing nature of work in the 1950s?
A. Science and technology drove economic growth.
B. There were fewer jobs in the military-related aerospace industry.
C. White-collar workers were surpassing blue-collar workers in numbers.
D. Labor unions reached a peak and then began to decline.
E. Job opportunities were opening to women in the white-collar workforce.
B. There were fewer jobs in the military-related aerospace industry.
Richard Nixon was selected as Dwight Eisenhower’s vice-presidential running mate in 1952 as a concession to the?
A. Isolationists
B. Liberal Republicans
C. Hard-line anti-Communists.
D. Moderate Republicans
E. Southern Republicans
C. Hard-line anti-Communists.
During the 1952 presidential campaign, Republican candidate Dwight Eisenhower declared that he would _______ to help end the Korean War.
A. Use atomic weapons
B. Blockade the China coast and bomb Manchuria
C. Open negotiations with Mao Zedong
D. Order United Nations troops to invade North Korea
E. Personally go to Korea
E. Personally go to Korea.
In terms of politics, television did all of the following except?
A. Threaten the traditional role of political parties.
B. Apply the standards of show business and commercialism into political messages.
C. Enable political parties to continue their role of educating and mobilizing the electorate.
D. Allow lone-wolf politicians to address voters directly.
E. Encourage reliance on short slogans and soundbites.
C. Enable political parties to continue their role of educating and mobilizing the electorate.
Dwight Eisenhower’s greatest asset as president was his?
A. Vast military experience
B. Willingness to take a partisan stand
C. Commitment to social justice
D. Willingness to involve himself in rough campaigning
E. Enjoyment of the affection and respect of the American people
E. Enjoyment of the affection and respect of the American people.
Among anti-Communist Sen. Joseph R McCarthy was the?
A. Most effective
B. First Republican
C. Only true World War II hero
D. One who most damaged free speech and fair play.
E. One who organized a national movement
D. One who most damaged free speech and fair play.
The record would seem to indicate that Pres. Eisenhower’s strongest commitment during his presidency was to?
A. Social justice
B. Social harmony
C. Party loyalty
D. Racial desegregation
E. Political reform
B. Social harmony.
In response to Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s anti-Communist attacks, Pres. Eisenhower?
A. Publicly denounced him only after he attacked General George Marshall
B. Quietly encouraged him to continue his attacks on Democrats
C. Publicly opposed his ruthless tactics but privately enjoyed his personal charm
D. Allowed him to control personnel policy at the State Department
E. Privately supported him but publicly kept his distance
D. Allowed him to control personnel policy at the State Department.
Sen. Joseph McCarthy first rose to national prominence by?
A. Revealing that communist spies were passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union
B. Charging that there was extensive communist influence in Hollywood in the media
C. Asserting that General George Marshall was part of a vast communist conspiracy within the U.S. Army
D. Mobilizing Republicans to demand a stronger anti-Communist foreign-policy in East Asia
E. Charging that dozens of known communist were working within the US State Department
E. Charging that dozens of known communists were working within the US State Department.
As a result of Sen. McCarthy’s crusade against communist subversion in America,
A. The FBI was shown to have had several spies working as communist agents
B. The United States Army was forced to give dishonorable discharges to more than 100 officers
C. The State Department lost a number of Asian specialist who might have counseled a wiser course in Vietnam
D. Eisenhower nearly lost the Republican presidential nomination in 1956
E. The US achieved a stronger settlement in Korea
C. The State Department lost a number of Asian specialist who might have counseled a wiser course in Vietnam
Sen. McCarthy’s anti-Communist crusade ended when he?
A. Began to attack the personal integrity of his critics
B. Alleged that there were communists in Hollywood
C. Alleged that there were communists in the foreign service
D. Alleged that many college professors were communists
E. Alleged that there were communists in the army
E. Alleged that there were communists in the army.
The new militancy and restlessness among many members of the African-American community after 1945 was especially generated by?
A. The growing moral criticism of segregation by white church leaders.
B. The gap between American ideals and racial practices revealed by World War II
C. The appointment of Thurgood Marshall, chief legal counsel of the NAACP, to the Supreme Court
D. Dwight Eisenhower’s commitment to civil rights
E. The agitation of A. Philip Randolph
B. The gap between American ideals and racial practices revealed by World War II.
In an effort to overturn Jim Crow laws and the segregated system that they had created, African Americans used all of the following methods except?
A. Economic boycotts.
B. Legal attacks on underpinnings of segregation in the courts.
C. Appeals to foreign governments to pressure the United States to establish racial justice.
D. Mobilization of black churches on behalf of black rights.
E. Use of the nonviolent tactics of Mohandas Gandhi.
C. Appeals to foreign governments to pressure the United States to establish racial justice.
Which one of the following is least related to the other three?
A. Nonviolent direct action.
B. Martin Luther King Jr.
C. Rosa Parks.
D. Montgomery bus boycott.
E. Orval Faubus
E. Orval Faubus
The Supreme Court began to advance the cause of civil rights in the 1950s because?
A. The Court was the only branch of government with the constitutional authority to do so.
B. The courts were dominated by New Deal liberals.
C. President Eisenhower had requested the Court’s assistance.
D. Congress and the presidency had largely abdicated there responsibilities by keeping hands off the issue.
E. The Constitution clearly prohibited any segregation.
D. Congress and the presidency had largely abdicated there responsibilities by keeping hands off the issue.
