Multiple Choice Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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In 1952 the first Republican president to be elected since 1928 was
a. | Harry S. Truman | c. | Strom Thurmond | b. | Dwight D. Eisenhower | d. | Richard M.
Nixon |
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The world’s first artificial satellite was
a. | Voyager. | c. | Sputnik. | b. | Vanguard. | d. | Yalta. |
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The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to peaceful coexistence at
a. | Yalta. | c. | Vanguard. | b. | the space race. | d. | the Geneva
summit. |
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What percentage of Americans still lived in poverty in the 1950s?
a. | more than 50% | c. | more than 20% | b. | more than 30% | d. | more than 10% |
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What industry’s decline plunged thousands of Appalachian people into
desperate poverty?
a. | textile | c. | oil | b. | coal | d. | automotive |
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Completion Complete each
statement.
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After Eisenhower’s second term in office, the federal budget had a
____________________ of $300 million.
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During the 1950s, the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in a
____________________.
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The increased birthrate of the time was called the ____________________.
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The ____________________ was the departure of whites from cities to the
suburbs.
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The differing attitudes of older and younger Americans toward popular culture
came to be known as ____________________.
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Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | television | d. | Beat writer | b. | hula hoops | e. | wrote The Affluent
Society | c. | materialism |
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fad
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focus on possessions
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13.
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John Kenneth Galbraith
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main source of news
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15.
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Jack Kerouac
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Short Answer
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What position did Eisenhower hold during World War II?
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What was the greatest domestic program of the Eisenhower years?
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After the Geneva summit, what competition replaced the nuclear arms race?
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19.
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What is a ghetto?
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20.
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What was the first number one rock ‘n’ roll song?
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