What steps did the government take to encourage patriotism and prevent subversion during the war? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: Office of War Information; wiretap authorizations; illegal FBI surveillance; Office of Strategic Services
Date: September 9th, 2020
In a 1950 speech, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy claimed that __________. A) there were 205 Communists working in the State Department B) Truman was a closet Communist C) the army was ignoring the Communist threat D) a military takeover of the United States by the Communists was imminent ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1950, Alger Hiss was convicted of __________. A) being a Communist in the 1930s B) spying for Germany during World War II C) passing secrets to the Soviet Union D) perjury in denying his Communist connections ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
What negative consequence did the Marshall Plan have? A) It undermined economic growth in the United States. B) It undermined the growth of capitalism in Western Europe. C) It drove a deeper wedge between the United States and the Soviet Union. D) It created resentment and jealousy in Asia. ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Most popular religious writers of the 1950s emphasized __________. A) self-reliance B) the importance of belonging and fitting in C) political activism D) social activism ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Kennedy struggled to achieve a liberal domestic agenda because __________. A) his main focus was foreign policy B) northern liberals believed Kennedy was insincere C) Kennedy had no real commitment to a liberal agenda D) conservative southern Democrats in Congress blocked Kennedy’s initiatives ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Wright Mills’s White Collar and The Power Elite both argued that __________. A) American workers had voluntarily submitted to repressive domination by a small group of leaders B) corporate workers successfully maintained their individuality in the workplace C) corporate conformity was evidence of Soviet infiltration of American society D) American business had no room for […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What did the Beats see as the failings of American culture, and what did they propose to do about them? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: dissatisfaction with mainstream culture and society; anti-materialism; alternative music and lifestyles
Date: September 9th, 2020
The “Operation Wetback” program was launched by __________. A) Kennedy B) Johnson C) Eisenhower D) Nixon ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
When LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he commented that he had __________. A) done more for civil rights than any president since Lincoln B) delivered the South to the Republican Party C) paid his debt to the blacks who had voted for him in 1964 D) signed it only to honor JFK’s […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
