Ch. 36/37 Test

Which of these is NOT a true statement about the GI Bill?

• It included provisions to help veterans gain an education.

• Benefits included $16 million in loans for veterans to buy farms, homes or businesses.

• The GI Bill nurtured the nation’s economic expansion in the postwar era.

• Benefits were only available in the first three months after leaving the military.

• Millions of veterans took advantage of the GI Bill programs.

Since 1945, population in the United States has grown most rapidly in the

• Northeast.

• Midwest.

• Sunbelt.

• Frostbelt.

• Pacific Northwest.

The huge postwar baby boom reached its peak in the

• late 1940s.

• early 1950s.

• late 1950s.

• mid-1960s.

• early 1970s.

Soviet specialist George F. Kennan framed a coherent approach for America in the Cold War by advising a policy of

• détente.

• appeasement.

• containment.

• limited war.

• negotiation.

The fundamental idea of the containment doctrine, embraced by President Truman, was

• the Soviet Union should be gradually forced to give up its sphere of influence in Eastern

  Europe.

• the Soviet Union should be prevented from trading with nations in Africa and Asia.

• the West and the Soviet Union should seek to contain the spread of nuclear weapons.

• Soviet expansion should be blocked by firm but not aggressive military and diplomatic

  strength.

• military competition between the West and the Soviets should be replaced by economic

  competition.

The 1963 best-seller The Feminine Mystique

• is often credited with inspiring the modern women's movement.

• spoke to working women struggling against being labeled as "unfeminine."

• appealed to educated women who felt bored by the limitations of the housewife role.

• None of these

• All of these

The fundamental criticism directed against the new popular mass media culture in the 1950s, by such social critics as David Riesman and William H. Whyte ,Jr., was that

• affluence tended to erode Americans' moral character.

• Americans had become affluent conformists unable to think for themselves.

• the wealth produced by the new mass economy was unevenly distributed.

• the open sexual displays of figures like Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe were morally dangerous.

• Americans were becoming too soft to be able to fight the Cold War effectively.

Richard Nixon was selected as Dwight Eisenhower's vice-presidential running mate in 1952 as a concession to the

• isolationists.

• liberal Republicans.

• hard-line anticommunists.

• moderate Republicans.

• southern Republicans.

In terms of politics, television did all of the following except

• threaten the traditional role of political parties.

• apply the standards of show business and commercialism to political messages

• enable political parties to continue their role of educating and mobilizing the electorate.

• allow politicians to address voters directly.

• encourage reliance on short slogans and sound bites.

Among anticommunists, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy was the

• most effective.

• first Republican.

• only true World War II hero.

• one who most damaged free speech and fair play.

• one who organized a national movement.