Defend or refute the following statement: "During the 1950s, Americans were confident to the verge of complacency about the perfectibility of American society, and anxious to the point of paranoia about the threat of communism."
What will be an ideal response?
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A. suburban home. B. automobile. C. expensive wristwatch. D. television.
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A. their relative independence from church or state power B. their affiliation with radical reform denominations C. their opposition to colonialism D. their work with Islamic sources