Final Review - 50s, 60s, and Vietnam

Which of the following was a program designed to help veterans with education and housing?

• The Great Society

• The GI Bill

• The US Housing Authority

• The Fair Deal

The baby-boom, availability of cars, affordable home construction, and GI loans led to:

• growth of suburbs

• massive emigration out the US

• construction of urban housing "projects"

• shortages of essential goods

What effect did the growth of TV have on politics from the 50s on?

• Proved to have little effect on viewers politically

• It completely replaced radio as a source of information

• It corresponded with a marked dip in intelligence among Americans

• Became an important part of advertising for political candidates

Which of the following *best* describes the beatniks?

• A group of Hollywood insiders targeted by HUAC

• White-collar business execs

• Anti-conformist artists, musicians, and writers

• Anti-war protesters

What happened to most of Truman's Fair Deal policies?

• They received wide bi-partisan support

• They were defeated by a coalition of Republicans and Southern Democrats

• They were passed with narrow Democratic support

• They were never voted on due to a filibuster

What role did William Levitt play in the culture of the 50s?

• Applied mass-production techniques to home building

• Introduced the idea of a franchise business model

• Was an early advocate of civil rights legislation

• Became a major rock-and-roll sensation

What was the primary means of spreading sports and pop culture in the 1950s?

• Internet

• Literature

• Radio

• TV

Which of the following was *NOT* an economic trend in the 50s?

• More white-collar workers

• More Americans entering the middle class

• More Americans attending university

• More Americans embracing minimalist lifestyles

What is the closest the US and USSR ever came to nuclear war?

• Bay of Pigs

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Gulf of Tonkin

• Iranian Hostage Crisis

What was Kennedy's main tactic for dealing with the threat of missiles in Cuba?

• Establishing a naval "quarantine" around the island of Cuba

• Keeping the threat secret from the American public

• Putting more Jupiter missiles in Turkey

• Sending in military advisors