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WorksheetsThe Eisenhower Years 1952-1960: Chapter 27 AMSCO
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 6mins
Questions 1-2 refer to the excerpt below. "Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race even though the physical facilities and other 'tangible' factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal education opportunities? We believe thatit does. "[l]n finding that a segregated law school for Negroes could not provide them equal educational opportunities, this court relied in large part on 'those qualities which are incapable of objective measurement but which make for greatness in a law school.' "Such considerations apply with added force to children in grade and high schools. To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone .... "We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs ... [are] deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment." -Supreme Court, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, May 17, 1954
The Brown decision was controversial for a variety of reasons, but which of the following is most evident in this selection?
Most of the all-black schools were not physically equal.
The decision was based on tangible, or physical, factors.
The Court condemned segregated schools only in the South.
The Court used psychological evidence to support their case.
Which of the following best describes the initial reaction to the Brown decision?
Southern leaders supported the decision, but the voters did not.
President Eisenhower provided active support for the decision.
Resistance was widespread and initially few schools were integrated.
It was implemented with little opposition in larger cities.
Questions 3-5 ref er to the excerpt below.
"Why is it that in the twelve years that have passed since the end of World War II, the United States which was so far in the lead has been losing its lead to the Russians .... "Our people have been led to believe in the enormous fallacy that the highest purpose of the American social order is to multiply the enjoyment of consumer goods. As a result, our public institutions, particularly those having to do with education and research, have been ... scandalously starved. "With prosperity acting as a narcotic ... our public life has been increasingly doped and without purpose. With the President in a kind of partial retirement ... we drift, with no one to state our purposes and to make policy." -Walter Lippmann, journalist, essay written six days after Sputnik, October 1957
Which of the following would most likely support the recommendations of this excerpt?
Building more suburban shopping centers.
Increasing the sales of televisions.
Creating the National Aeronautic and Space Administration.
Expanding tax breaks for American corporations.
. Which of the following took the most criticism after the shocking success of Russia's Sputnik?
American educational system.
United States Air Force.
Television programming.
United States Congress.
Recent historians would argue that Lippmann was
Not concerned enough about the strength of the Soviet Union.
Unaware of how engaged Eisenhower actually was.
Right to be critical of American culture in the 1950s.
Expressing a view commonly held by Republicans.
Questions 6-8 ref er to the excerpt below.
"Eisenhower was the first American president to have atomic weapons and not use them .... He refused when his advisers begged him to use those weapons and when they urged him to develop plans for fighting smaller nuclear wars in remote areas of the world. We can only wonder how humanity's course might have been different if Eisenhower acceded to those who believed America would have been best served by use of the weapons under his control. "But, he was not always right. He was enamored of covert action, and he did not fully apprehend the moral imperatives of civil rights .... If Earl Warren and the Supreme Court sometimes baffled or annoyed him ... when the South threatened to defy the court, Ike restored order and supremacy by force, as only he could."
-Jim Newton, historian, Eisenhower: The White House Years, 2011
Which of the following would best support the sentiments found in this excerpt?
Poor advisers in the White House resulted in poor policies.
Small tactical nuclear weapons could be used as battlefield weapons.
Eisenhower was baffled by many of the problems that faced him.
Eisenhower was a decisive president who avoided nuclear war.
"Eisenhower was the first American president to have atomic weapons and not use them .... He refused when his advisers begged him to use those weapons and when they urged him to develop plans for fighting smaller nuclear wars in remote areas of the world. We can only wonder how humanity's course might have been different if Eisenhower acceded to those who believed America would have been best served by use of the weapons under his control. "But, he was not always right. He was enamored of covert action, and he did not fully apprehend the moral imperatives of civil rights .... If Earl Warren and the Supreme Court sometimes baffled or annoyed him ... when the South threatened to defy the court, Ike restored order and supremacy by force, as only he could."
Which of the following would most likely support the author's perspective that Eisenhower "was not always right"?
Eisenhower's leadership style emphasized the delegation of authority.
Eisenhower supported the overthrow of the elected government of Iran.
Eisenhower failed to balance five out of the eight federal budgets.
Eisenhower ignored the environmental impact of the Interstate Highway Act.
"Eisenhower was the first American president to have atomic weapons and not use them .... He refused when his advisers begged him to use those weapons and when they urged him to develop plans for fighting smaller nuclear wars in remote areas of the world. We can only wonder how humanity's course might have been different if Eisenhower acceded to those who believed America would have been best served by use of the weapons under his control. "But, he was not always right. He was enamored of covert action, and he did not fully apprehend the moral imperatives of civil rights .... If Earl Warren and the Supreme Court sometimes baffled or annoyed him ... when the South threatened to defy the court, Ike restored order and supremacy by force, as only he could."
Which of the following best supports the observation that "Ike restored order and supremacy by force"?
Using "modern Republicanism" to defeat the Democrats.
Sending U.S. troops into Indochina.
Ordering federal troops to Little Rock Central High School.
Supporting the "brinkmanship" policies of John Foster Dulles.
