Although McCarthy initially used this to his advantage, in the 1954 congressional hearings on communism in the army, it worked to his disadvantage. A) paid informants B) Hollywood witnesses C) accusations of sexual perversion D) media coverage ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Richard Nixon defended himself from corruption charges in 1952 in the “Checkers Speech.” What was “Checkers”? A) Nixon’s two-tone 1948 Oldsmobile B) a cocker spaniel dog C) his wife’s “good Republican cloth coat” D) Nixon’s nickname for Eisenhower ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the initial public reaction to President Truman’s decision to send troops to Korea? A) A substantial majority of Americans approved of Truman’s actions. B) A substantial majority of Americans disapproved of Truman’s actions. C) American’s were evenly split over Truman’s actions. D) Most Americans were indifferent to Truman’s actions. ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Betty Friedan’s work The Feminine Mystique __________. A) celebrated suburban life and the nuclear family B) articulated the frustrations of suburban women C) urged women to be more accepting of their role as wives and mothers D) chronicled the problems of working women ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The National Defense Education Act (NDEA) was a response to the Soviets’ __________. A) development of the hydrogen bomb B) announcement of a manned space program C) U-2 spy flights D) launch of the Sputnik satellite ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did the Soviet Union seek to win influence in the “Third World” in the 1950s? A) by appealing to anti-imperialist solidarity B) by running television advertisements C) by offering free health care to any nation that would pledge its loyalty to the Soviet Union D) by criticizing the United States as a “mongrel” society […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Montgomery Improvement Association __________. A) was an all-black organization B) was strongly opposed by the NAACP C) included several white ministers and lawyers D) showed the bitter divisions within the Montgomery black community ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Mississippi Freedom Summer was successful in __________. A) registering black voters with minimal violence B) showing that blacks needed no white support to advance their cause C) focusing national attention on racism D) ending voting abuses in Mississippi ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Southern Manifesto was a declaration that southern states __________. A) would peacefully comply with the Brown decision B) would desegregate schools “with all deliberate speed” C) would refuse to comply with desegregation D) would not support Truman in 1948 ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Europeans regarded Native Americans as A) equals. B) inferiors. C) hard-working people. D) physically hardy. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
