Question 1

Thinking back to the chapter on the 1920s, compare and contrast the consumerism of that decade with the 1950s. How did the economic prosperity of each decade affect Americans' understanding of freedom?

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Question 2

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Martin Luther King Jr.

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Question 3

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-New conservatives

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Question 4

In the 1960 presidential election, John F. Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon by a landslide.

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The 1960 presidential election was one of the closest in American history, with John F. Kennedy winning by a narrow margin in the popular vote.

Question 5

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Role for women

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Question 6

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) won an important victory in the fight against segregated schools with the 1946 Supreme Court ruling in Mendez v. Westminster.

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The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) did win an important victory in the fight against segregated schools with the 1946 Supreme Court ruling in Mendez v. Westminster, which declared that segregation of Mexican-American students was unconstitutional.

Question 7

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Third World and Colonialism

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Question 8

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Automobile

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Question 9

Discuss the changes in the American economy during the postwar period. Be sure to discuss the agricultural, industrial, and consumer sectors of the economy.

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Question 10

House Beautiful magazine stated that the country's most powerful weapon in the Cold War was "the freedom offered by washing machines and dishwashers, vacuum cleaners, automobiles, and refrigerators." Analyze this statement, explaining how consumerism was used in the 1950s to combat the Cold War. Is consumerism used today as a tool of American foreign policy?

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Question 11

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Consumer culture

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Question 12

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-suburbs

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Question 13

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Southern Manifesto

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Question 14

The Nixon-Khrushchev debates held in the setting of a suburban kitchen illustrated how freedom in America had come to mean economic abundance and consumer choices during the 1950s. How is this new conception of freedom a departure from Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms"?

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Question 15

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Rosa Parks

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Question 16

Describe the impact of suburbanization on American women. How did expectations surrounding "the American way of life" affect the lives of women? How were their varied experiences similar? How were they different? Explain.

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Question 17

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Brown v. Board of Education

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Question 18

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Beat generation

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Question 19

Thurgood Marshall argued before the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education that segregation did lifelong damage to black children, undermining their self-esteem.

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Thurgood Marshall did argue before the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education that segregation did lifelong damage to black children, undermining their self-esteem.

Question 20

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Kitchen debates

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Quiz 24: An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

Thinking back to the chapter on the 1920s, compare and contrast the consumerism of that decade with the 1950s. How did the economic prosperity of each decade affect Americans' understanding of freedom?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Martin Luther King Jr.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -New conservatives

In the 1960 presidential election, John F. Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon by a landslide.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Role for women

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) won an important victory in the fight against segregated schools with the 1946 Supreme Court ruling in Mendez v. Westminster.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Third World and Colonialism

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Automobile

Discuss the changes in the American economy during the postwar period. Be sure to discuss the agricultural, industrial, and consumer sectors of the economy.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Consumer culture

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -suburbs

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Southern Manifesto

The Nixon-Khrushchev debates held in the setting of a suburban kitchen illustrated how freedom in America had come to mean economic abundance and consumer choices during the 1950s. How is this new conception of freedom a departure from Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms"?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Rosa Parks

Describe the impact of suburbanization on American women. How did expectations surrounding "the American way of life" affect the lives of women? How were their varied experiences similar? How were they different? Explain.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Brown v. Board of Education

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Beat generation

Thurgood Marshall argued before the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education that segregation did lifelong damage to black children, undermining their self-esteem.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Kitchen debates