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SJA APUSH PERIOD 8 EXAM LATESTUPDATED 2024-2025
Thurgood Marshall argued before the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board
of Education that segregation did lifelong damage to black children,
undermining their self-esteem. - ANSWER True
Which state became the most prominent symbol of the postwar
suburban boom?
a. Arizona
b. Michigan
c. Nevada
d. California
e. Washington - ANSWER d. California
The Hollywood Ten:
a. used their influence to escape punishment
b. included Ronald Reagan and Walt Disney
c. refused to name names
d. received little attention in the press
e. were all found to be communists - ANSWER c. refused to name
names
All of the following were new innovations of the early post-World War II
era that helped to transform Americans' daily lives EXCEPT:
a. air conditioning
b. jet air travel
c. radio
d. television
e. automatic dishwasher - ANSWER c. radio
President Eisenhower's inroads in the Democratic South in the 1952
election led to other Republican victories on the state and national level
throughout the 1950s. - ANSWER False
, The emergence of a popular culture geared toward the emerging youth
market suggested that significant generational tensions lay beneath the
bland surface of 1950s life. - ANSWER True
The kitchen debates were between:
a. Eisenhower and Khrushchev
b. Eisenhower and Nixon
c. Khrushchev and Nixon
d. Kennedy and Johnson
e. Nixon and Kennedy - ANSWER c. Khrushchev and Nixon
Which Supreme Court decision did Brown overturn?
a. Muller v. Oregon
b. Roe v. Wade
c. Lochner v. New York
d. Yick Wo v. Hopkins
e. Plessy v. Ferguson - ANSWER e. Plessy v. Ferguson
The standard consumer package of the 1950s included a car, house,
and television. - ANSWER True
During the 1950s, agricultural production:
a. become more labor intensive
b. declined significantly
c. became more automated
d. suffered from a lack of technology
e. remained centered in the South - ANSWER c. became more
automated
As a result of the Montgomery boycott in 1955-1956:
a. Rosa Parks was sent to jail for over a year
b. blacks won the right to attend the school of their choice
c. the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public transportation was
legal
d. African-American women became less involved in the civil rights
movement
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