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Chapter 24

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What about the Golden age of capitalism between 1946 and 1960 was most beneficial for Americans
Most monetary gains reached ordinary citizens through rising wages
The shopping mall was an inevitable result of what institution
The suburb
What made the army McCarthy hearings unusual for American television programming of the 1950s
It was deeply political and controversial
Why where American suburbs of the 1950s so heavily segregated
Residents brokers and realtors dealt in contracts and mortgages the barred the sale to nonwhite residence
How did American companies contribute to the influx of puerto rican Migrants by the hundreds of thousands beginning in the 1950s
Increasing control of land by US sugar companies on the island push small tobacco and coffee farmers off the island and into a search for jobs on the mainland
What gave conservatives of the 1950s or political unity
The common enemies of the Soviet Union and the federal government
How did President Dwight D Eisenhower surprise the new deal in government involvement in the economy
He presided over the construction of 41,000 miles of interstate highways
Why did Eisenhower administration embrace the doctor and of massive retaliation
The constant threat of mutually assured destruction under the doctrine made for more cautious diplomacy
Why did the Soviet union strongly support the national independence movements in the new Third World
They hoped to convince the new nations to ally themselves with the eastern bloc against european and american imperialists
Why did the editors of life magazine fear the American freedom might be in danger from not being used enough
Americans seemed to have largely withdrawn from open dissent in the public sphere
What made elvis such a popular celebrity
He brought rhythms and sexual provocative movements of black musicians to white audiences
Which of the following assessment of the civil rights movement is most accurate
The movement came as a great surprise it was predicted by only a few
Most likely why did the US Supreme Court not order the immediate implementation of its ruling in Brown versus Board of Education in 1954
Some justices on the court fear the outbreak of widespread violence was such a bold ruling
What inspiration did Martin Luther King Jr. gain from Mahatma Gandhi
The idea of peaceful civil disobedience
What event did President JFK blame on the failures of Eisenhower administration
The launch of the Soviets Satalite sputnik
Which statement about industry is faulse
The West did not benefit from the industries that spring up from the cold war
During the 1950s agriculture production
Rose by 50%
The housing act of 1949
Reinforce the concentration of poverty in nonwhite urban neighborhoods
During the Cold War religious differences
Were absorbed with the notion of a common Judeo Christian heritage
Call the following spured the growth of suburban middle class except
Trains and streetcars
Modern republicanism included
Did expansion of core new deal programs
Labor and employers agreed to a new social contract that included all the following provisions except
Employers require the national Association of Manufacturers to except the right of workers to organize unions
Which statement best describes the thesis of David Riesman's book the lonely crowd
Americans were conformists and lacked the inner resources to lead truly independent lives
The Southern manifesto
Repudiated the Supreme Court decision and brown versus board of education
In his 1961 farewell address President Eisenhower warned Americans about
The military-industrial complex
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