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28 & 29 Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The marked increase in the U.S. birthrate during 1946-1964 was called the Population Boom . True or false? | False |
| counterinsurgency was a new military strategy under the Kennedy administration to suppress nationalist independence movements and rebel groups in the developing world . True or false | True |
| flexible Retaliation was a military strategy that allows for the possibility of responding to threats in a variety of ways , including counterinsurgency , conventional war , and nuclear strikes . True or false | False |
| counterinsurgency | a new military strategy under the Kennedy administration to suppress nationalist independence movements and rebel groups in the developing world |
| After World War II , the United States hoped to accomplish which of the following goals by establishing a presence in West Germany ? | preventing the spread of Communism |
| Which of the following was the first man - made satellite , launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 ? | Sputnik |
| Which of the following best characterized the Cold War ? | no direct military conflict |
| Which chief counsel for the NAACP argued the landmark case Brown vs. the Board of Education , and went on to become the first African American Supreme Court Justice ? | Thurgood Marshall |
| The Domino Theory was the theory that if Communism made inroads in one nation, surrounding nations would also succumb one by one , like a chain of dominos toppling one another . True or false. | True |
| The term coined by Winston Churchill to refer to portions of Eastern Europe that the Soviet Union had incorporated into its sphere of influence and that no longer were free to manage their own affairs was the Steel Curtain . True or false. | False |
| Which best reflects the thesis of Martin Luther King , Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail ? | The time for African American's wait for rights was over . |
| Which of the following was an example of Kennedy's " soft power , " which was used to combat communism around the globe ? | Kennedy founded the Peace Corps in which young people were recruited to undertake projects in the third world in hopes of |
| Which of the following best characterizes the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ( SNCC ) ? | SNCC was founded as a way to encourage grassroots campaigns for active citizens to push forward with the fight for civil rights instead of deferring to the leadership of educated elites and experts . |
| blacklist | a list of people suspected of having Communist sympathies who were denied work as a result |
| Domino theory | The theory that if communism made inroads in one nation, surrounding nations would also succumb one by one, like a chain of dominoes toppling one another |
| Little Rock Nine | the nickname for the nine African American high school students who first integrated Little Rock's Central High School |
| rock and roll | a musical form popular among the baby boomers that encompassed styles ranging from county to blues , and embraced themes such as youthful rebellion and love |
| Sputnik | the first manmade orbital satellite , launched by the Soviet Union in October 1957 |
| Black Power | A political ideology, encouraging African Americans to create their own institutions and develop their own economic resources independent of whites. |
| flexible response | a military strategy that allows for the possibility of responding to threats in a variety of ways , including counterinsurgency |
| Which of the following was one of the ways that the G.I. Bill helped the American economy after the war ? | The G.I. Bill gave returning veterans unemployment compensation which prevented surplus of men from entering into the job market all at once |
| Which of the following best characterizes the Truman Doctrine ? | The Truman Doctrine spelled out that America would financially support people who were fighting communism even if that meant supporting authoritarian regimes |
| Which of the following is true regarding 1950s television shows such as Leave it to Beaver and Father Knows Best ? | Family comedies such as these presented an idealized image of white suburban family life |
| President Truman referred to his program of economic and social reform as which of the following ? | Fair Deal |
| Which of the following was President Truman's primary task at the end of World War II ? | demobilizing and reintegrating the military |
| Which of the following was the post World War II policy of trying to limit the expansion of Soviet influences abroad ? | containment |
| The Truman administration tried to help Europe recover from the devastation of World War II with which of the following ? | the Marshall Plan |
| Which of the following was agreed to at the armistice talks between North and South Korea ? | the border between the two countries |
| The United States and which other country emerged as the world's two dominant superpowers after World War II ? | the Soviet Union |
| Which African American rock musician of the 1950s captured the hearts of whites ? | Chuck Berry |
| Which of the following cases ended segregation in public schools ? | Brown vs. the Board of Education |
| Which U.S. Senator led a hunt for Communists within the U.S. government and other sectors in the early 1950s ? | Joseph McCarthy |
| Which of the following describes Eisenhower's position on the military - industrial complex ? | He warned of problems posed by its potential growth . |
| Containment was the Russian policy that sought to promote the expansion of Communism abroad . True or false | False |
| For which cause was Cesar Chavez a leading activist in the 1960s ? | the labor movement |
| In which way did the message of Black Power advocates differ from that of more mainstream civil rights activists such as Martin Luther King , Jr. ? | It mandated that African Americans create separate social and political institutions . |
| In which way did the invention of the birth control pills contribute to women's liberation ? | Women were able to limit , delay , or prevent their pregnancies . |
| On which primary cause of poverty did President Lyndon Johnson focus ? | education |
| Which of the following was the central intention of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society ? | ending poverty and discrimination |
| Kennedy's assassination in Dallas was a tragedy because he expanded programs to aid the poor , protected African Americans ' right to vote , and improved African Americans ' employment and education opportunities . | True |
| Lyndon Johnson's plan to end poverty in the Unites States through the extension of federal benefits , job training programs , and funding for community development was called the War on Misery . True or false | False |
| The Great Society was Lyndon Johnson's plan to eliminate poverty and racial injustice in the United States and to improve the lives of all Americans . True or false | True |
| Black Power was a cultural movement among African Americans to encourage pride in their African heritage and to substitute African and African American art forms , behaviors , and cultural products for those of White people . True or false | False |
| Title VII was the section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that prohibited discrimination in employment on the basis of age. True or false | False |
| Naval Quarantine was Kennedy's use of ships to prevent Soviet access to Haiti during the Haitian Missile Crisis . True or false | False |
| Black Power was a political ideology encouraging African Americans to create their own institutions and develop their own economic resources independent of White people . True or false | True |
| The political manifesto of Students for a Democratic Society that called for social reform , nonviolent protest , and greater participation in the democratic process by ordinary Americans was called the Newport Statement . True or false | False |
| Black separatism was an ideology that called upon African Americans to reject integration with the White community and , in some cases , to physically separate themselves from White people in order to create and preserve their self - determination . T/F | True |
| a marked increase in the U.S. birthrate during 1946-1964 | baby boom |
| The prolonged period of tension between the United States and the Soviet union, based on ideological conflicts and competition for military, economic, social, and technological superiority, and marked by surveillance and | Cold War |
| Containment | The US policy that sought to limit the expansion of communism abroad |
| Desegregation | The removal of laws and policies requiring the separation of different racial or ethnic groups |
| Fair deal | President, Harry Truman's program of economic and social reform |
| G.I. Bill | A program that gave substantial benefits to those who served in World War II |
| Iron curtain | A term coined by Winston Churchill to refer to portions of Eastern Europe that the Soviet union had incorporated into its sphere of influence, and that no longer were free to manage their own affairs |
| Levittowns | suburban housing developments consisting of acres of mass - produced homes |
| Marshall Plan | a program giving billions of dollars of U.S. aid to European countries to prevent them from turning to Communism |
| massive retaliation | a defense strategy , sometimes called " mutually assured destruction " or MAD , adopted by Eisenhower that called for launching a large - scale nuclear attack on the Soviet Union in response to a first Soviet strike at the United States |
| military | industrial complex the matrix of relationships between officials in the Defense Department and executives in the defense industry who all benefited from increases in defense spending |
| states ' rights | the political belief that states possess authority beyond federal law , which is usually seen as the supreme law of the land , and thus can act in opposition to federal law |
| Black Pride | A cultural movement among African-Americans, to encourage pride in their African heritage and to substitute African and African-American art forms, behaviors, and cultural products for those of whites |
| Black separatism | And ideology that called upon African-Americans to reject integration with the white community, and in some cases to physically separate themselves from whites, in order to create and preserve their self determination |
| Great Society | Lyndon Johnson's plan to eliminate poverty and racial injustice in the United States and to improve the lives of all Americans |
| naval quarantine | Kennedy's use of ships to prevent Soviet access to Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Port Huron Statement | the political manifesto of Students for a Democratic Society that called for social reform , nonviolent protest , and greater participation in the democratic process by ordinary Americans |
| Title VII | the section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that prohibited discrimination in employment on the basis of gender |
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