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Question	Answer	% Correct
Which of these was a successful TV show depicting the family "togetherness?"	All of the above	100%
What was seen on the first Sunday of October 1957 orbiting the earth?	Sputnik	100%
Michael Harrington published ______________ reminding Americans about the "underdeveloped nation" of 40-50 million poor people who had missed the last two decades of prosperity	The Other America	100%
Supreme court case of Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 declared that racially segregated schools violated the mandate that all citizens receive equal protection of the law.	True	100%
In 1952, Eisenhower defeated which Democratic candidate?	Adlai Stevenson	88%
What was the book that Betty Friedan recognized that thousands of middle-class housewives were seething behind their picture windows?	The Feminine Mystique	88%
Congress created new connections between religion and government when it added "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 and required currency to bear the phrase "In God We Trust" in 1955.	True	88%
Which movie depicted juvenile delinquency to the music of Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock?"	Blackboard Jungle	75%
Eisenhower's first secretary of defense ______________ had headed General Motors.	"Engine Charlie" Wilson	75%
The Eisenhower administration's doctrine of ________ ________ took advantage of America's superior technology while economizing on military spending	Massive Retaliation	75%
The Federal Highway Act of 1956 established what?	National system of interstate and defense highways	75%
Congress passed the ________ to expand college and postgraduate education.	National Defense Education Act	63%
Who was one of the nine African-American students in Central High who managed to last through a year of harassment and hostility?	Melba Pattillo	50%
Which supreme court case said that public schools could not start the school day with a group prayer?	Engel v. Vitale	38%
The Cold War consensus never prevented the United States from seeing the nations of the developing world on their own terms. By viewing every independence movement and social revolution as part of the competition with Communism, American leaders created unnecessary problems.	False	25%

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