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1950s & 1960s: Eisenhower - Carter
Question | Answer |
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What is the dramatic increase in the number of babies born from 1945 - 1964 called? | baby boom |
Did the Founding Fathers believe government's role was to protect or provide for her citizens? | The Founding Fathers believed in a limited government to protect the citizens. |
What movement supported school desegregation and non-violent social change? | Civil Rights Movement |
Who developed the polio vaccine in 1955? | Dr. Jonas Salk |
During which presidential administration was the diplomatic personnel in Iran taken hostage? | President Carter |
Who was the first sitting president to visit China? | Richard Nixon |
Which president stated his foreign policy goal as "peace through strength"? | President Eisenhower |
Which president signed the bill including "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance? | President Eisenhower |
Which president's welfare programs went by the name, "New Frontier"? | John F Kennedy |
Who became president upon the assassination of JFK? | Lyndon B. Johnson |
What was the name of Johnson's welfare program? | The Great Society |
Which president signed a treaty giving the Panama Canal to the country of Panama, effective Dec 31, 1999? | Jimmy Carter |
Which president established NASA? | Eisenhower |