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What made Eisenhower such a popular and successful president in the 1950s? How would you assess the relative importance of his personality,his policies,and the climate of the times?

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In 1956,the United States condemned ____ as the aggressors in the Suez Canal crisis.


A) Egypt and Jordan
B) the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact members
C) Israel and Turkey
D) Lebanon and Syria
E) Britain and France

F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

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As a result of Senator 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 one hundred officers.
C) the State Department lost a number of Asian specialists who might have counseled a wiser course in Vietnam.
D) Eisenhower nearly lost the Republican presidential nomination in 1956.
E) the United States achieved a stronger settlement in Korea.

F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

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The record would seem to indicate that President Eisenhower's strongest commitment during his presidency was to


A) social justice.
B) social harmony.
C) party loyalty.
D) racial desegregation.
E) political reform.

F) All of the above
G) A) and D)

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Dien Bien Phu

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Do you agree with critics of the time that the 1950s was "an age of conformity"? Why or why not?

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -The Affluent Society

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Betty Friedan

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How did Eisenhower's vice presidential running mate Richard Nixon conduct his successful attacks on the Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson?

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Were Senator Joseph McCarthy's unfair and often vicious attacks a reflection of his personal character or a manifestation of the larger American fears and anxieties about communism and social change in the early 1950s?

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Senator Joseph McCarthy's unfair and oft...

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Rocket fever"

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"Rocket fever" refers to the intense pub...

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Do you think that you would have liked "Ike" in the 1950s? Why or why not? Which of his personal qualities,domestic programs,and foreign-policy decisions do you find most admirable? For what may he be criticized? Why?

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Josephine Baker

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Which of the following was 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 work force.

F) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Marilyn Monroe

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Landrum-Griffith Act

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What explains the rise of the American civil rights movement in the 1950s?

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In response to Senator Joseph McCarthy's anticommunist attacks,President 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) effectively allowed him to control personnel policy at the State Department.
E) privately supported him but publicly kept his distance.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

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During his second term,President Eisenhower


A) no longer trusted his vice president, Richard Nixon, to lend assistance.
B) hoped that he would be able to win a third term.
C) took a more active personal role in governing.
D) believed that the civil rights movement needed his personal involvement if it were to succeed.
E) recognized that only he had the experience to deal with the Soviets.

F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

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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 to political messages.
C) enable political parties to continue their role of educating and mobilizing the electorate.
D) allow politicians to address voters directly.
E) encourage reliance on short slogans and sound bites.

F) B) and C)
G) All of the above

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