HIST 1302 FINAL EXAM REVIEW
Final Test Review 2013 Fall
1. All of the following factors promoted the growth of suburbs
a. Low cost government loans.
b. Expanded road and highway construction.
c. Increased automobile production.
d. The baby boom.
2. The mood of the “Beat Generation’ is best reflected in which Jack Kerouac’s On the Road.
3. The decade of the 1950’s was characterized by women doing what?
4. All of the following were reasons why a consumer culture appeared in the 1950’s
a. The creation of credit cards and easy payment plans.
b. An increased ability of advertisers to create demand for new products.
c. The appearance of new and varied products.
d. “Keeping up with the Jones”.
5. The Soviet Union’s launching of Sputnik in 1957 immediately led to _____________.
The creation of NASA
6. In his farewell address in January 1961, President Eisenhower warned the American people against _________________. Military industrial complex and deficit spending
7. The largest public works project during Eisenhower’s presidency was ___________. Eisenhower Highway System
8. Containment is to Truman as _____________ is to Eisenhower. Brinkmanship
9. Which Supreme Court decision ruled that a state law school have to admit qualified African American applicants even if parallel black law schools existed? Sweat vs. Painter
10. Which Supreme Court decision ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional? Brown vs. Board of Education
11. Where was the “March for Freedom” in which state troopers and deputized citizens brutally attacked marchers in full view of television that helped lead to the Voting Rights Act of 1965? Selma, Alabama
12. In response to the arrest of Rosa Parks, African Americans did what? Boycotted riding the bus
13. Where was the location of a Woolworth’s lunch counter that sparked the “sit-in” movement for civil rights? Greensboro, NC/ A&T University
14. At first President Kennedy acted slowly on civil rights because? JFK didn’t want to lose
1. All of the following factors promoted the growth of suburbs
a. Low cost government loans.
b. Expanded road and highway construction.
c. Increased automobile production.
d. The baby boom.
2. The mood of the “Beat Generation’ is best reflected in which Jack Kerouac’s On the Road.
3. The decade of the 1950’s was characterized by women doing what?
4. All of the following were reasons why a consumer culture appeared in the 1950’s
a. The creation of credit cards and easy payment plans.
b. An increased ability of advertisers to create demand for new products.
c. The appearance of new and varied products.
d. “Keeping up with the Jones”.
5. The Soviet Union’s launching of Sputnik in 1957 immediately led to _____________.
The creation of NASA
6. In his farewell address in January 1961, President Eisenhower warned the American people against _________________. Military industrial complex and deficit spending
7. The largest public works project during Eisenhower’s presidency was ___________. Eisenhower Highway System
8. Containment is to Truman as _____________ is to Eisenhower. Brinkmanship
9. Which Supreme Court decision ruled that a state law school have to admit qualified African American applicants even if parallel black law schools existed? Sweat vs. Painter
10. Which Supreme Court decision ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional? Brown vs. Board of Education
11. Where was the “March for Freedom” in which state troopers and deputized citizens brutally attacked marchers in full view of television that helped lead to the Voting Rights Act of 1965? Selma, Alabama
12. In response to the arrest of Rosa Parks, African Americans did what? Boycotted riding the bus
13. Where was the location of a Woolworth’s lunch counter that sparked the “sit-in” movement for civil rights? Greensboro, NC/ A&T University
14. At first President Kennedy acted slowly on civil rights because? JFK didn’t want to lose