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what did anti communist zealot senator joseph mccarthy do that led to his condemnation by the U.S. senate?
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McCarthy conducted televised hearings in which he charged that the U.S. army was full of Communists
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what was the Eisenhower administration's approach to social welfare progam?
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it allowed the welfare state to grow and the federal government to take on new projects
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what was presidents Eisenhower's most important and far reaching domestic initiative?
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the passage of the interstate highway and defense system act of 1956
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in the context of president Eisenhower's policy toward native americans, termination meant
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ending the federal government's special relationship with the Indians by transferring jurisdiction over tribal lands to state and local governments
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in what direction did Eisenhower,the first republican to serve as president after the new deal, take the federal government during his second term?
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he left the size and functions of the federal government intact
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the key to presidents Eisenhower's new look in foregin policy was
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a smaller conventional army bolstered by strength in airpower and unclear weapons
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between 1955 and 1961 the united states spent $800 million in south vietnam most of it to
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fund the south vietnamese army
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in the 1950s, the CIA intervned in the internal affairs of
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Iran, Guatemala and Cuba
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why did many cuban people support the uprising led by Fidel Castro aganist Fulgenico Batista in 1959?
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many cuban people had a strong desire for political and economic autonomy
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the purpose of the Esienhower Doctrine was to
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aid any middle eastern nation requesting aganist armed aggression from any country controlled by international communism
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the united states reacted to the soviet union's successful launch of Sputnik in 1957
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with a feeling of inferiority about U.S. scientific and technological development
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what impact did technological advances have on american industry in the 1950's?
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they chipped away at the number of jobs in the steel, copper, and aluminum industries
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in the 1950s most empolyed american women worked in
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clerical, service, and domestic jobs
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Levittown, New York was
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an example of the assembly line approach to producting affordable housing
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which of the following describes higher education in the United states between 1940 and 1960?
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it became increasingly available to veterans, in the middle class, and african americans
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on cause of the unparalleled material abudance of the united states in the 1950s was
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a population increase of almost 30 million
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some critics suggested that the reason for renewed interest in religion during the 1950s was
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americans need for conformity and for social outlets
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between 1950 and 1960 the percentage of american families with television sets grew from less than 10 percent to
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almost 90 percent
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in which of the following ways did television affect U.S. politics in the 1950's?
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it allowed candidates to appeal directly to voters in their homes which elevated the importance of policticans personal attractiveness
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what did federal communications commission chairman Newton Minow "our hero" call television ater he surveyed what it offered to americans in 1961?
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a vast wasteland
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what was sociologist David Riesman's criticisim of american society in his 1950 book The Lonely Crowd?
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Riesman lamented the growing conformity in American society
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how did rock and roll challenge american social and cultural norms in the 1950s?
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it was sexually suggestive
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the most important changes in civil rights in the united states in the 1950s were instituted by
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ordinary african americans
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the Supreme Court's decision in Brown vs Board of education 1954 overturned which of the following precdents?
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Separate but equal established in Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
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how did president Eisenhower ultimately respond to the Arkansas National Guard's attempts to block the enrollment of nine black students in little rocks centeral highschool in 1957?
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he sent army troops to Little Rock to oversee the intergration of the school
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the civil rights acts of 1957 and 1960 can be characterized as
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symbolic
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the Montgomery, Alabama, polic aressted Rosa Parks on December 1,1955 because she
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refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man
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the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956 persisted until
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the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Alabama's state and local laws requiring segregation on buses
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which new civil rights organization chose Martin Luther King Jr. as its leader in Janurary of 1957?
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the southern Christian Leadership Conference ( SCLC)
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