With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, ___ became an American way of life.
Consumerism
The expression of nonconformity by ___ developed into the beat movement.
Artists and poets
Most ___ enjoyed the prosperity of the postwar period.
White Americans
All of the following were early effects of the conversion from a wartime to a peacetime economy except
the supply of goods exceeding demand.
What contributed to the economic recovery after the war?
Consumer demand, Cold War, and the Marshall Plan
The first politician to skillfully use the new medium of television was
Richard M. Nixon
One disadvantage of standardization in American business was that it
discouraged individuality.
The dramatic increase in car ownership in the 1950s contributed to...
noise pollution, the Interstate Highway Act, and the widening gap between the middle class and the poor.
Criticism of television in the 1950s was based on
Its portrayal of an idealized society.
In the 1950s, both the beat movement and rock 'n' roll were viewed as forms of
rebellion.
In the 1950's both the beat movement and rock n roll were viewed as forms of
rebellion
The main goal of the ------ was to stop the spread of communism
Truman Doctrine
The Soviet Union set up the -----in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany
Berlin blockage
#NAME?
HUAC
The United States responded to fear of Soviet military action in the Middle East by issuing the
Eisenhower Doctrine
To label someones activities as --- would be to suggest that he person is making unsupported accusations
McCarthyism
Billions of dollars in the economic aid was provided to many foreign nations as part of the Truman Doctrine
F
The policy of brinkmanship threatened retaliation to the edge of all out war against acts of aggression toward the United States
T
Francis Gary Powers was convicted of perjury after being accused of spying for the Soviet Union.
F
Satellite nations of the Soviet Union joined the military alliance known as the Warsaw Pact
T
President Truman fired General MacArthur because of MacArthurs insistence that the United States should blockage and bomb North Korear
F
In general, McCarthyism is the unfair tactic of accusing people of disloyalty without providing evidence
T
---was the United States' main goal in Vietnam
containing the spread of communism with North Vietnam
After World War II, the United States aided ----in its efforts to keep control of Vietnam
France
Which of the following statements best defines the domino theory
if one country falls to communism, others in the region will fall too
Which doctrine related to public education was overturned by the Supreme court decision in Brown v Board of Education
separate but equal