Practice Quiz: Truman/Eisenhower Domestic & Kennedy Johnson

 An African American women who was asked to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama was

• Harriet B. Stowe
• Rosa Parks
• Michelle Obama
• Coretta King

This U.S. president was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis and supported the Civil Rights Movement. He was also assassinated for his support. 

• John F. Kennedy
• Robert F. Kennedy
• MLK
• FDR

Which organization is the following: Student-led civil rights organization known for sit-ins, marches, voter registration drives, and Freedom Riders

• SCVC

• SCCC

• SCNC

• SNCC

The Brown decision reversed which of the following earlier decisions?

• Marbury v. Madison, which established the principle of judicial review

• Worcester v. Georgia, which established that the federal government rather than individual states had authority in American Indian affairs

• Dred Scott v. Sandford, which proclaimed that slaves could not be citizens

• Plessy v. Ferguson, which endorsed racial segregation laws

"It is clear that the main element of any United States policy towards the Soviet Union must be that of a long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies .... It is clear that the United States cannot expect in the foreseeable future to enjoy political intimacy with the Soviet regime. It must continue to regard the Soviet Union as a rival, not a partner, in the political arena. It must continue to expect that Soviet policies will reflect no abstract love of peace and stability, no real faith in the possibility of a permanent happy coexistence of the Socialist and capitalist worlds, but rather a cautious, persistent pressure towards the disruption and weakening of all rival influence and rival power."

-Mr. X (George F. Kennan), State Department professional, "The Sources of Soviet Conduct," Foreign Affairs, July 1947

Which one of the following best reflected the policies advocated in the above excerpt?

• The proposal to militarily roll back Communism in Eastern Europe.

• General MacArthur's criticism of the concept of limited wars.

• The Truman Doctrine of aid to Greece and Turkey.

• George Marshall's negotiations to end the Chinese civil war.

Which of the following actions would best implement the goals and strategy of George Kennan?

• Offering economic aid to Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.

• Using the U.S. Army to invade East Germany and liberate West Berlin.

• Reorganizing all military services under the Department of Defense.

• Using economic aid to block the appeal of Communism in Western Europe.

"It is clear that the main element of any United States policy towards the Soviet Union must be that of a long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies .... It is clear that the United States cannot expect in the foreseeable future to enjoy political intimacy with the Soviet regime. It must continue to regard the Soviet Union as a rival, not a partner, in the political arena. It must continue to expect that Soviet policies will reflect no abstract love of peace and stability, no real faith in the possibility of a permanent happy coexistence of the Socialist and capitalist worlds, but rather a cautious, persistent pressure towards the disruption and weakening of all rival influence and rival power."

-Mr. X (George F. Kennan)

To implement the policies based on this excerpt, the United States for the first time had to

• Create permanent peacetime alliances with other nations.

• Turn over the command of U.S. troops to foreign nations.

• Employ spies to gather information on foreign governments.

• Get involved in civil wars and nation building.

Levittown is most closely associated with which of the following?

• The baby boom that occurred after World War II.

• The mass production of affordable suburban housing.

• The impact of the G.I. Bill of Rights on economic development.

• The focus of women after World War II on full time homemaking.

Which of the following best explains the dramatic increase in personal ownership of homes after World War II?

• Americans were marrying younger and having larger families.

• Second incomes of married women helped to finance home purchases.

• Mortgages were at low rates, government-insured, and tax deductible.

• Population was shifting to the Southern and Western states.

"Truman found saving the free world easier than governing America .... "By the time war broke out in Korea, the Fair Deal was over, Truman had tried to accomplish too much with too little, ending up with practically nothing. Without a liberal majority in Congress there could not be much in the way of liberal legislation. "Through the Truman years domestic politics was a thing of rags and patches, a time when problems were ignored, programs shelved, and partisanship allowed to run rampant. Yet a recent history of the period 1945-1950 is called The Best Years because that is how they were remembered."

-William L. O'Neill, historian, American High, 1986

Which of the following actions is an example of a Fair Deal reform that would best support the passage that "problems were ignored, programs shelved "?

• Establishing a committee on civil rights.

• Passing national health care insurance.

• Outlawing the practice of closed shop.

• Limiting individuals to two terms as president.