Deck 10: The Cold War and the Affluent Society, 1954 1963

Question 1

President Eisenhower's term, "the Military-Industrial Complex" refers to

A) the buildings and environment where military planning transpires.
B) the inherent dangers of war-related ventures.
C) some citizens' aversion to expanding the military.
D) the power of defense contractors over military and government leaders.
E) all of the above

Answer 1

the power of defense contractors over military and government leaders.

Question 2

The idea shared by both U.S. and Soviet leaders that the other's political and economic system would spread if not contained was known as (the) ______ .

A) Progressivism
B) Deterrence
C) Domino Theory
D) Globalism
E) Gamesmanship

Answer 2

Domino Theory

Question 3

The Geneva Accords

A) Restored French rule in Vietnam.
B) Temporarily divided Vietnam.
C) Recognized French defeat.
D) Permanently divided Vietnam.
E) Acknowledged Communist victory in Vietnam.

Answer 3

Temporarily divided Vietnam.

Question 4

Which countries still conduct atmospheric nuclear testing?

A) France, China and North Korea
B) Britain, United States and Soviet Union
C) Soviet Union, France and Britain
D) Soviet Union, China and North Korea
E) Soviet Union, China and France

Question 5

Displaced Puerto Rican farmers migrated to the United States beginning in 1945. By 1960 they represented _____________ of New York City's population.

A) 1%
B) 5%
C) 10%
D) 15%
E) 25%

Question 6

Compared to the unions of the early twentieth century, the unions of the 1950s were

A) Bigger and less conservative.
B) Bigger and more conservative.
C) Smaller and less conservative.
D) Similar in size but more conservative
E) Similar in size but less conservative.

Question 7

Which countries agreed to the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty?

A) United States, Soviet Union and France
B) United States, France and Britain
C) United States, Soviet Union and Britain
D) United States, Soviet Union, France and Britain
E) Soviet Union, France and Britain

Question 8

The Vietcong were

A) U.S. backed guerilla warriors in South Vietnam.
B) U.S. backed guerilla warriors in North Vietnam.
C) Guerilla warriors in South Vietnam who supported the Communist army of North Vietnam.
D) Guerilla warriors in South Vietnam who supported the Communist army of South Vietnam.
E) None of the above

Question 9

_________ was the Soviet official who emerged as the leader of the Soviet Union shortly after Stalin's death.

A) Vladimir Lenin
B) Leonid Brezhnev
C) Vasili Kuznetsov
D) Mikhail Gorbachev
E) Nikita Khrushchev

Question 10

Which of these statements is not true of the Hungarian Revolution?

A) Hungarian students led the uprising.
B) It established a provisional government.
C) The United States sent aid and troops to assist the revolutionaries.
D) The Soviet Union sent troops and squashed the revolution.
E) The U.N. remained neutral.

Question 11

Why was Diem unpopular?

A) He was corrupt.
B) He conspired with the French.
C) He allowed a disparity of wealth among the very rich and poor.
D) He supported landowners and bureaucrats.
E) All of the above.

Question 12

The Mau Mau Revolution was a prolonged and violent anticolonial struggled waged by nationalists in _____________seeking independence from Britain during the 1950s.

A) Rhodesia
B) Ghana
C) Nigeria
D) Kenya
E) Zambia

Question 13

Harvard economist John Galbraith's book, ________, aimed to explain the perpetuation of poverty in a nation that enjoyed vast wealth.

A) Citizenship and Social Class
B) The Functions of Social Conflict
C) The New Class
D) The Affluent Society
E) Beyond the Welfare State

Question 14

The __________ was a national defense initiative that facilitated the movement of troops and equipment, but also led to the construction of the federal interstate system and its 40,000 miles of highway.

A) Interstate Commerce Act
B) Transportation Act
C) Federal Highway Act
D) Motor Carrier Act
E) Hart-Scott-RodinoAntitrust Improvement Acts

Question 15

The Eisenhower Doctrine was a foreign policy statement by President Eisenhower in response to the

A) Hungarian Revolution
B) Cuban Missle Crisis
C) nuclear arms buildup
D) Suez Canal crisis
E) Mau Mau Revolution

Question 16

The federation of independent unions that represents over 10 million workers is the __________.

A) IWA
B) IWW
C) PSI-UNI
D) AFL-CIO
E) CTW-IWA

Question 17

The first satellite launched into space was ________.

A) Efir
B) Zenit
C) Sputnik
D) Kosmos
E) Oko

Question 18

A nationalist committed to the independence of his native Vietnam, _______________a led forces against the French, Japanese, and United States.

A) Ngo Dinh Diem
B) Tran Duc Luong
C) Nguyen Van Xuan
D) Ho Chi Minh
E) Bao Dai

Question 19

The Cuban revolutionary leader who overthrew the Cuban government in 1958-59 and led Cuba until 2008.

A) Fulgencio Batista
B) Fidel Castro
C) Hugo Chavez
D) Jacobo Guzman
E) Chez Guevara

Question 20

COINTELPRO was a FBI program designed to combat

A) money laundering.
B) subversive groups.
C) racketeers.
D) illegal immigration.
E) irregularities in the government-military complex.

Question 21

Which of these statements is not true about the Cuban Missile Crisis?

A) The crisis lasted three days.
B) It was initiated when a U.S. spy play discovered the construction of Soviet missile silos throughout Cuba.
C) President Kennedy ordered a quarantine around Cuba.
D) The Soviets removed its missile sites from Cuba.
E) The U.S. ordered its missiles from Turkey.

Question 22

______ with his wife founded the Mississippi NAACP. He led numerous civil rights campaigns in Mississippi until his assassination in 1963.

A) Martin Luther King
B) Medgar Evers
C) Emmett Till
D) James Meredith
E) James Chaney

Question 23

The major part of President Kennedy's "New Frontier" supported

A) Increased federal aid for education
B) Plans to provide universal health care
C) An increase to the minimum wage to $1.25 an hour.
D) Space exploration.
E) Development of women's rights.

Question 24

Martin Luther King formed the ________ in 1957. It was an organization led by black ministers who supported the Civil Rights Movement.

A) Southern Christian Leadership Conference
B) African-American Civil Rights Group
C) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
D) Congress of Racial Equality
E) Organization of Afro-American Unity

Question 25

The McCarran-Walter Act

A) granted relatives of current citizens the ability to migrate to the United States.
B) prohibited Communists from coming to the United States.
C) permitted the deportation of any non-citizen engaging in anti-American activism
D) removed race as a barrier to citizenship.
E) All the above.

Question 26

"Flexible Response" refers to President Kennedy's approach to _________.

A) civil rights
B) immigration
C) social programs
D) military build up
E) international development

Question 27

Inspired by Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat on a bus, 50,000 African Americans boycotted city busses for 381 days in __________.

A) Tuscaloosa
B) Birmingham
C) Montgomery
D) Little Rock
E) Greensboro

Question 28

The Great Leap Forward was the name given to what country's attempt to transform itself from a nation of peasant farmers to an industrialized nation?

A) Vietnam
B) Soviet Union
C) Korea
D) China
E) Congo

Question 29

The 14-year-old black youth who was killed and mutilated in retaliation for allegedly whistling at a young white woman was

A) Medgar Evers.
B) Emmett Till.
C) James Meredith.
D) James Chaney.
E) Jackie Robinson.