True or False Chapter 26 Self-Quiz 1

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. In 1952, Nixon appealed to a television audience to defend his reputation and offered his dog Checkers as a gift to his political opponent Dwight D. Eisenhower.

. The Egyptian government sought to nationalize the Suez Canal in 1956 because its private management firm had proven excessively corrupt.

. President Dwight D. Eisenhower disliked Joseph McCarthy and ruined his career by publicly stating that the senator had "no decency."

. Suburban pioneers such as William Levitt were widely despised in postwar America for their cheap and wasteful housing developments on natural lands.

. With the continued growth of large corporations in postwar America came the expansion of the white-collar workforce.

. Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Interstate Highway Act of 1956 because the auto industry had pressured him.

. The appeal of Western and American TV remained limited in the 1950s and only the 1970s would see a growing international audience for American TV shows.

. The League of Women Voters went beyond domestic activities and took on a role in international affairs as well.

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In Brown vs. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court decided narrowly with a 5-4 vote.

. Operation Wetback deported Mexican immigrants, but no American citizens of Mexican descent.

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