Chapter 28:
America in the 1950s
1.
The first artificial satellite successfully launched into space was named __________.
a.
Vanguard
b.
Explorer
c.
Mercury
d.
Sputnik
2.
Secretary of State Dulles believed that the United States had to use threats to push the Soviets to the edge of war before they would agree to anything. Critics called this stance __________.
a.
brinkmanship
b.
a staring contest
c.
containment
d.
massive retaliation
3.
Non-nuclear weapons are called __________ weapons.
a.
sub-atomic
b.
conventional
c.
normal
d.
molecular
4.
The nation’s first program to put an astronaut in space was called __________.
a.
the Apollo Mission
b.
Project Gemini
c.
Project Mercury
d.
Voyager
5.
I Love Lucy, American Bandstand,
and
The Mickey Mouse Club
were all popular __________ in the 1950s.
a.
radio programs
b.
movies
c.
television programs
d.
books
6.
The king of rock ’n’ roll, __________, burst on the national scene in 1956.
a.
Chuck Berry
b.
Bobby Darin
c.
Little Richard
d.
Elvis Presley
7.
Poverty in Appalachia was a result of the decline in __________.
a.
farm prices
b.
the coal industry
c.
tourism
d.
the overall economy
8.
Automation means __________.
a.
producing goods using mechanical and electronic devices
b.
using automobiles to transport goods from one place to another
c.
using automatic processes for producing television images
d.
creating robotic life
9.
An important author of the Beat generation was __________.
a.
Jack Kerouac
b.
Betty Friedan
c.
John Kenneth Galbraith
d.
William H. Whyte, Jr.
10.
The Supreme Court case that declared school segregation to be unconstitutional was __________.
a.
Brown
v.
Board of Education of Topeka
b.
Plessy
v.
Ferguson
c.
Owings
v.
Alexandria School District
d.
Minor
v.
San Diego School Board
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