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Influential critics of the 1950's, such as David Riesman were most concerned with

following the second world war

Alienation and conformity in modern society

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Accounts of North Vietnamese torpedo boat attacks on US destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin during the summer of 1964 were used to justify

Education of the American war effort (US action) in Vietnam.

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was an achievement of the John F Kennedy administration.

Passage of the alliance for progress to provide economic aid for Latin America

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4

The advertisement best provides evidence for the development of

The increase in homogeneity in post war society in the 1950s

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The ideas in the advertisement had limited appeal to the

Rebellious young people uncomfortable with conformity group

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The ideas expressed in the advertisement overlooked __ that allowed for the expansion of new suburban housing developments in the 1950s

the reliance on new roads and highways

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According to the graph above the largest decrease in the percent of americans living below the poverty line accompanied ___ federal policy initiatives

the great society

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8

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a supreme court decision that

declared racially segregated public schools inherently unequal

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9

contributed the most directly to the conditions described in the excerpt

The growth of suburban housing on previously undeveloped land

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10

The policy of containment, justified by george kennan's 1947 analysis of the international situation, called for

blocking the expansion of the soviet unions influence

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11

All of the following were crisis during Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency except

the Soviet Union blockading river, road, and rail traffic into west berlin

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The decade after the second ww was characterized by all of the following except

widespread student opposition to the development of nuclear weaponry

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13

A significant demographic development in the two decades following the second world war was a

rapid growth of suburbs

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14

Kennedy called for an increase in spending on national defense, while Eisenhower

cautioned against the effect of defense spending on democratic go

Kennedy called for an increase in spending on national defense, while Eisenhower

cautioned against the effect of defense spending on democratic go

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is the correct statement about college-level education in the twentieth-century United States.

The GI Bill financed the education of male students during the post-Second World

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16

The major objective of the anti-poverty program of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great SOciety was to

break the cycle of poverty among poor people through education and job training

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17

The cartoon above refers to the political figure

Joseph McCarthy

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18

was a major effect of the passage of

the Immigration Act of 1965.

Immigration from Asia increasing significantly

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19

An important way in which the situation described in the excerpt was significant was that

it

highlighted a view of communism as an authoritarian threat

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was most responsible in bringing an end to Senator Joseph McCarthy's anticommunist campaign

Television audiences witnessed his manner of leveling unsubstantiated charges

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he initial response of the US to the outbreak of war in korea was to

seek collective action against North Korea through the United Nations

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22

The main goal of the Marshall Plan was to

finance the economic reconstruction of Western Europe

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The New Look military, brinkmanship, and massive retaliation were all instance of

shifts to a more confrontational stance towards the soviet union during the early years of the cold war

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The central point in the 1960s cartoon above was that

the cost of the Vietnam War

limited the President's ability to carry out domestic programs

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The 1950s picture above shows what some social critics believed to be

a representation of the conformity of postwar culture

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was the result from the goals expressed in the

excerpt

Intervention in the conflict in Korea

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From the map above one conclusion that can be drawn about school segregation in 1954 is

School segregation was a national problem, not one confined to a single region

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Senator Joseph McCarthy's actions, as described in the excerpt, were most likely interpreted at the time as a reaction to

Perceptions of expanding foreign influence.

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contributed most directly to a crisis in Soviet-American relations over Cuba

the discovery of Soviet missile sites in Cuba

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When the Soviet Union successfully launched the 1st artificial Sputnik in 1957, Congress responded by

passing the National Defense Education Act

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The chart above illustrates the effect of President Richard Nixon's policy of

Vietnamization

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Public opposition was more significant for the Vietnam War than for the Korean war

was a key difference between the Korean War and the Vietnam War

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In 1950 a major factor in President Harry Truman's commitment of American troops to combat North Korean aggression was a desire t

overcome the stigma that the democratic party ahd lost china to communism

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The Vietnam War differed from the Korean War in that the Vietnam War

ended with the collapse of the government that the United States had supported

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Someone who favored George Washington's approach to foreign policy would be most likely to object the US policy of

membership in the North Atlantic Treaty organization

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was true of womens in the five years following the second world war

Large number left their industrial jobs to make room for returning soldiers

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A major consequence of 1973 yom kippur war in the Middle East was that it led immediatly to an

energy crisis sparked by OPEC's embargo of oil to the western world

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Joseph McCarthy's investigative tactics found support among many americans because

there was widespread fear of communist infiltration of the united states

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One significant result of the economic trend described in the the excerpt was the

rise of the sun belt as a political and economic force

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In his farewell address, president Dwight D eisenhower warned Americans about the dangers of the

military industrial complex

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Major developments in the US during President Eisenhower's two terms included all of the following except the

dismantling of New Deal welfare programs

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The supreme court decision on Brown v Board of Education of Topeca essentially reversed the

Plessy v Ferguson

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the announced purpose of the Marshall Plan Was to

aid the economic recovery of the war-torn Europe

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African AMerican pressure prompted President Harry Truman to advance civil rights by

issuing Executive Order 9981 desegregating the armed forces

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The unanimous supreme court decision in Brown vs Board of education of topeka stated that

segregated schools were unconstitutional because

separation of students based on society on race constitute inherently unequal treatment

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A similarity between Eisnehower's and Kennedy's arguments in the excerpts was that they

both asserted that communism was a threat to the United STates national Security

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The excerpts best support the argument of fear of the postwar policy

soviet expansion led to great United

States international involvement

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In the mid-1950s, President Eisenhower's arguments for federal funding of highway

construction emphasized

national defense

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The most characteristic of president Eisenhower's cold war strategy was that it

relied on the

principle of massive retaliation.

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50

Lyndom B. Johnson Great Society included all of the following except

a universal health care program

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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

allowed the President to deploy combat troops in South VIetnam

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Michael Harrington's The Other America most directly inspired support for

Great Society Programs

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Many of the federal policies and initiative passed in the 1960s address the

Pockets of poverty persisted despite overall affluence

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One way in which immigration policy in the 1960s differed from immigration policy enacted in the 1920s was that legislation in the 1960s

loosened restrictions on immigration on the basis of national origin

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55

A key significance of Churchill's purpose in the excerpt was that it helped prompt the US to

provide financial support to democratic nations in Western Europe to help restore a

market economy

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56

Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech helped mark the beginning of

The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Unio

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best explains a limitation of incentives expressed in the advertisement

Many new suburban housing developments of the 1950s practiced racial segregation

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The political climate during the McCarthy's era had the most in common with

the attacks on radicals and immigrants following the First World War

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was the migration pattern that had the greatest impact on United STates society in the 1950s

Migration of Americans from urban centers to the suburbs

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The policies expressed in the excerpt contributed most directly to debates in the US about the

best means to combat communism

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The excerpt most directly reflects the United States efforts to

build and international security system

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In the decade following the Second World War the supreme court decision that had the most widespread consequences concerned

the rights of minority groups

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The reason for the patterns depicted on the map was that

many countries and states actively resided implementing the supreme courts ruling BvB of education of topeka

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A US respond to the successful orbiting of Sputnik in 1957 was to

expand federal aid into education

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The principle reason for the formation of the Dixiecrat party in 1948 was the opposition of dissident Democrats to President Truman's

proposal for civil rights legislation

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The situation depicted in the cartoon came into existence as a result of the pursuit of the policy goal for

containment of communism

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The purpose of the Truman Doctrine of 1947 was to

prevent communism from spreading further through military aggression

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best described the historical context that led to the program described in the exceprt

Anxieties over Soviet spying in the United States

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the excerpt could best be used as evidence for the following development in the US :

debates over the policies and methods designed to expose suspected communists

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The US involved in Vietnam increased dramatically in the 1950s with the withdrawal of the

french

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The image most directly illustrates a United States foreign policy that emphasized

stopping the spread of communism in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East

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Whyt's concern in the excerpt best provides evidence the following 1950s development

the emphasis on conformity in suburban communities

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Whyt's discussion about the issue of individualism best serves as evidence for the responded to

the rejection of mass culture by some artists and intellectuals

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led to the most significant escalation of US military involved in Vietnam

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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In an influential 1947 article, diplomat kennan advocated that the US should

focus its foreign policy on containing the spread of Soviet communism

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The rise of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy to national prominence →

he effectively plaued

on the fears of americans that communists had inflitrated the state department and other federal agencies

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In the 1950s, the activities of workers such as those depicted in this image would be most challenged by

a culture of conformity that emphasized domestic ideals for women

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during the 1950s was most similar to developments

in the 1920s

The increases culture of consumerism

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most directly contributed to the economic trend that patterson describes

A surge in the national birthrate

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The tactics described in the excerpt best represent

Using Nonviolence

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The excerpt best serves as evidence for

Growing Pressure to eliminate racial inequalities

in society

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82

The events described in the excerpt contributed most directly to the

passage of the Civil

Rights Act of 1964

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is one of the following factors most likely contributing to the

trend in chicago's population from 1890 to 1940

Job opportunities in industry

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One effect of the population changes that occurred nationwide from 1950 to 1990 was the

increased economic influence of the south and West

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as most likely responsible for teh

change in chicago's population from 1950 to 1990

Migration to the suburbs and surrounding regions

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The marshall plan directed results from

a foreign policy based on the collective securities of noncommunist nations

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The ideas expressed in the excerpt were most directly motivated by the

devastation left by the Second World War

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most directly contributed to the developments Eisenhower warned "we must guard against"

The growth of the nuclear arsenal

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Eisenhower's concerns expressed in the excerpt emerged most directly from the context of the

cold war

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Those who shared Powell's perspective most likely opposed

the creation of social welfare and regulatory agencies under the new deal and great society

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The ideas expressed in the memo were most consistent with

a global capitalist economy

led by the United States would help stabilize the international system

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Based on the excerpt, Powel would have been most likely to support th

significant tax cuts and the deregulation of many industries

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93

Both the Black Panthers and the Nation of Islam

emphasized developing a greater sense of Black nationalism and solidarity

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The ideas expressed in the excerpt could best be used to support

that integration should

be rejected as the primary goal of the African American rights movemen

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Resulted most directly from ideas expressed such as

growing opposition among civil Rights Activities to Democratic political leaders who supported the status quo

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The ideas expressed in the excerpt arose most directly in reaction to the

discrimination and disenfranchisement that continued despite legislative gains

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The sentiments expressed in the excerpt best reflect the

fustractions among civil rights activists that social and political change was not occuring fast enough

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best describes the historic situation in 1960 that prompted the emergency of social and political reform movement such as the black panther party

the US became increasingly divided as conflicts within and between liberal and conservative movements intensified

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The opinions expressed in the excerpt are most most similar to those of the American Indian Movement in that both groups

argued that the US had a responsibility to provide compensation for past injuries

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Public attitude toward the Civil Rights movement change as a result of sentiments

white approval declined as a result of the perception that aggressive policies like those of the black panthers

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