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History 17B Exam With Complete Solutions
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- HIST 17B
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History 17B Exam With Complete Solutions
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Q&AHistory 17B Exam With Complete
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Why did Soviet-American relations become strained in 1960? - Answers
An American spy plane was shot down within Soviet borders.
Why did President Eisenhower eventually support the desegregation of
public schools? - Answers He believed it was his duty to defend
federal law after seeing the resistant actions of Arkansas Governor Orville
Faubus
Which of the following statements about American women in the 1950s is
correct? - Answers Almost two-thirds of women college students
dropped out before graduating
Ray Kroc - Answers introduced the United States to standardized
fast-food restaurants when he began to franchise the McDonald's drive-in
restaurant.
Which of the following was not one of the innovations that stimulated
homeownership in Levittown and other suburbs in the 1950s? - Answers
Improved mass transportation to the suburbs
, Q&A
The Korean War was an example of all the following except - Answers
the triumph of military over political leadership
Which of the following stimuli to consumerism was introduced in the
1950s? - Answers Credit Cards
What did Truman mean when he said that Korea was the "Greece of the
Far East"? - Answers Both countries were at risk of falling to
communism
What did George Kennan argue in his long telegram from Moscow? -
Answers that conflict with the Soviet Union was inevitable, so the
United States had to pursue a firm policy of containing Soviet expansion
Jackie Robinson was a significant figure in the civil rights movement
because he - Answers became the first black baseball player to play
in the modern Major Leagues.
Which of the following most accurately characterizes television
programming in the 1950s? - Answers shows featuring perfectly
coiffed moms, frisky yet obedient kids, and all-knowing dads
Which book described the United States' economy during the postwar era?
- Answers The Affluent Society
, Q&A
Which of the following statements concerning the formation of NATO in
1949 is NOT true?
a. President Truman ranked NATO as one of his proudest achievements.
b. This was the first major military alliance involving the United States since
the late 1700s.
c. The Soviet Union formed NATO to offset the creation of the Warsaw
Pact by the United States.
d. Many European countries joined because of they feared the spread of
communism.
e. The United States wanted a defensive alliance that preserved the
security of Western Europe. - Answers The Soviet Union formed
NATO to offset the creation of the Warsaw Pact by the United States
Which of the following was not one of the reasons that the Interstate
Highway Act was significant? - Answers it reinvigorated central cities
by making it easier for people to drive in to them.
Hispanic civil rights initiatives in the late 1940s and 1950s resulted in -
Answers unionization of workers in key industries and better wages
In 1948, Whittaker Chambers testified before the House Un-American
Activities Committee that former State Department official Alger Hiss was -
Answers a communist
In Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling -
Answers Overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine of Plessy v.
Ferguson
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