Multiple Choice Chapter 26 Self-Quiz 1

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. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev held their widely publicized "kitchen debate"

in the White House. correct incorrect

at an international conference in Berlin. correct incorrect

in Moscow. correct incorrect

at the president's vacation resort on Martha's Vineyard. correct incorrect

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. What prompted Richard Nixon to address the nation via television in fall 1952?

His poll numbers were dropping in his presidential race. correct incorrect

He had been accused of campaign financing corruption. correct incorrect

His television persona had particular appeal for voters. correct incorrect

Eisenhower had asked his running mate to try out the new medium. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following developments changed the global political map most significantly after World War II?

the formation of the Soviet Union correct incorrect

the breakdown of European colonial empires correct incorrect

the defeat of Japan correct incorrect

the Cuban revolution correct incorrect

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. What role did Radio Free Europe play in the Hungarian uprising of 1956?

It had warned protesters not to go to the streets. correct incorrect

It had tried to incite anti-American sentiments with listeners. correct incorrect

As part of U.S. propaganda efforts, it had urged the uprising. correct incorrect

The station was born out of the failed revolution and would continue broadcasting until 1989. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following best describes the Vietnamese leader Bao Dai?

He was a Moscow-trained military genius. correct incorrect

He had fought the Japanese alongside American forces in World War II. correct incorrect

He was a French-educated playboy-emperor. correct incorrect

He was Ho-Chi-Minh's right-hand man and the commanding general at Dienbienphu. correct incorrect

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. Klaus Fuchs received a 14-year prison sentence in the 1950s for

having committed war crimes in Poland. correct incorrect

having run a concentration camp in Nazi Germany. correct incorrect

obeying his orders to ship out to Korea. correct incorrect

having spied for the Soviets in the Manhattan Project. correct incorrect

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. In 1954, Dr. Jonas Salk became an international hero for

inventing penicillin. correct incorrect

developing the first birth-control pill. correct incorrect

perfecting the polio vaccine. correct incorrect

building the first microchip. correct incorrect

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. How did white suburban residents restrict minorities from access to their community in the postwar years?

with neighborhood patrols correct incorrect

with homeowner associations correct incorrect

with lynch mobs correct incorrect

with law suits correct incorrect

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. What was new about postwar mass consumption in the United States?

It became more important for economic health than production. correct incorrect

It included Americans fairly from all classes, ethnicities, and regions. correct incorrect

It was built entirely on consumer credit and loans. correct incorrect

It depended more on televisions and home appliances than on cars. correct incorrect

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. General Electric was the largest corporation in America in the 1950s.

1st correct incorrect

2nd correct incorrect

3rd correct incorrect

4th correct incorrect

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. What scared American viewers of the 1954 movie Them!?

nuclear mutants correct incorrect

Mexican immigrants correct incorrect

Russian spies correct incorrect

Libyan terrorists correct incorrect

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. Phil Farnsworth invented television in

1928. correct incorrect

1938. correct incorrect

1948. correct incorrect

1958. correct incorrect

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. Where did Billy Graham begin his rise to national prominence in 1949?

Phoenix correct incorrect

Rochester, New York correct incorrect

Los Angeles correct incorrect

Miami correct incorrect

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. What did Betty Friedan refer to as the "feminine mystique"?

women's sexuality correct incorrect

women's intelligence correct incorrect

women's vacuous suburban life correct incorrect

women's beauty correct incorrect

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Who argued the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas in 1953 before the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the plaintiffs?

Clarence Darrow correct incorrect

Jackie Robinson correct incorrect

Thurgood Marshall correct incorrect

Earl Warren correct incorrect