Eisenhower inspired voters in the election of 1952 by announcing that he would personally go to __________. A) Berlin B) Korea C) Washington D) China ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why was Truman so unpopular in the years immediately following the war? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: economic unrest; comparisons between Truman and Roosevelt; tensions overseas
Date: September 9th, 2020
While Eisenhower wanted better relations with the Soviet Union, Congress __________. A) ordered the CIA to overthrow Khrushchev B) blocked Eisenhower from holding a summit meeting with Khrushchev C) held sensational hearings investigating Eisenhower’s communist sympathies D) increased the military budget by $8 billion ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
When Nikita Khrushchev came to power, he made a goodwill gesture by withdrawing Soviet troops from __________. A) Austria B) Hungary C) Czechoslovakia D) Cuba ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The female labor force __________ between 1946 and 1958. A) was cut in half B) made huge wage gains C) contracted D) grew substantially ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was Eisenhower’s reason for sending federal troops to Little Rock? A) to endorse desegregation to the public B) to uphold authority and enforce the law C) to force a confrontation D) to prevent violence by closing the school ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Black jazz musicians created a more complex style of music in the 1940s that was harder for whites to copy, cover over, or sweeten, called __________. A) swing B) rockabilly C) cool jazz D) bebop ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The 1790 census revealed that, compared to European countries, the American population was all of the following EXCEPT A) extraordinarily youthful. B) exceptionally diverse. C) growing rapidly. D) remarkably large. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
As a compromise, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson agreed to support Hamilton’s assumption plan in return for Hamilton’s promise to support the A) Jay Treaty. B) Republican Party. C) location of the national capital in the South. D) creation of a national bank. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Portugal’s Prince Henry was known as A) Admiral of the Ocean Sea. B) the Spider King. C) a “sea dog.” D) “the Navigator.” ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
