A) the military-industrial complex.
B) the rise of organized crime.
C) the increase in juvenile delinquency.
D) environmental hazards.
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A) the federal government bypassed the South as a location for new military bases and shipyards.
B) the Cold War stimulated western manufacturing in defense industries such as guided missiles.
C) more efficient machinery and fertilization techniques helped the shift toward larger farms with fewer people working on them, particularly in the West.
D) B and C
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A) were absorbed within the notion of a common Judeo-Christian heritage.
B) were heightened by the growth of the suburbs.
C) were not a factor, as church and synagogue membership declined.
D) were intensified through the institution of school prayer.
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A) employers required the National Association of Manufacturers to accept the right of workers to organize unions.
B) unions left decisions regarding capital investment in management's hands.
C) unions left decisions regarding plant location in management's hands.
D) employers granted wage increases.
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A) sought to reduce foreign corporations' control over his country's economy.
B) was ousted by the KGB and replaced with a Soviet-friendly dictator.
C) was a friend and close ally of Soviet premier Josef Stalin before his death.
D) appealed to President Eisenhower for military support to defeat a growing communist insurgency in Guatemala.
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A) Filmmakers in Hollywood released hundreds of movies in the new "road picture" genre, featuring sleek cars racing down Los Angeles highways.
B) The city's centralized design enabled people to carpool to suburban transit centers and then take public transportation.
C) People drove to and from work on a web of highways and shopped at malls only accessible by driving.
D) Bucking the western trend, Los Angeles actually maintained its extensive system of trains, trolleys, and buses well into the 1970s.
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A) urging Ngo Dinh Diem not to hold elections.
B) hosting the 1954 Geneva Accords.
C) the United States paying four-fifths of the cost of the war between the French and Ho Chi Minh's nationalist forces.
D) A and C
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A) homogeneous mass culture.
B) liberalization of racial policies.
C) the embrace of immigrants.
D) the shift away from consumer spending.
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A) was part of the effort to rely more on conventional forces.
B) eased tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.
C) declared that any Soviet attack would be countered by a nuclear attack.
D) applied only to communist China.
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A) quite similar to that of the United States in the nineteenth century.
B) a direct result of territorial expansion after World War I.
C) focused mostly on the obligations of the Roosevelt Corollary.
D) more globally engaged militarily and economically.
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A) the great migration.
B) westward migration.
C) suburbanization.
D) immigration.
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A) get an education.
B) buy a home.
C) buy a gray flannel suit.
D) buy a car.
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A) federal tax subsidies.
B) mortgage guarantees for home purchases.
C) trains and streetcars.
D) federal highway construction.
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A) The American GNP more than doubled.
B) The United States maintained a trade surplus.
C) Prices remained stable.
D) Most monetary gains reached ordinary citizens through rising wages.
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A) The "best and brightest," young intellectuals in their fields.
B) Former government men who had lots of combined political experience.
C) Wealthy businessmen to run the government like an efficient business.
D) A balanced mixture of Republicans and Democrats, since his party did not control Congress.
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A) rejected massive resistance.
B) argued that southern states should not fly the Confederate flag over state capitol buildings.
C) repudiated the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
D) argued that the Brown v. Board of Education decision reinforced southern customs and traditions.
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A) The doctrine provided Eisenhower with the necessary flexibility to fight communism in Central America and Southeast Asia.
B) The doctrine prevented not only large but small military conflicts as well.
C) The constant threat of mutually assured destruction under the doctrine made for more cautious diplomacy.
D) The doctrine reduced national anxiety over the threat of nuclear annihilation.
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A) African-Americans preferred to live in the inner cities.
B) Neighborhoods formed around churches, and as long as churches were segregated, suburbs would remain so as well.
C) All states had laws in place mandating the segregation of residential districts.
D) Residents, brokers, and realtors dealt in contracts and mortgages that barred the sale to non-white residents.
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A) The concept of black nationalism.
B) The principles of Zen pacifism.
C) The notion of subversive obedience.
D) The idea of peaceful civil disobedience.
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