Describe American religious life in the 1950s.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Organized religion flourished in the 1950s.
2. Observers condemned the bland, secular nature of suburban churches, which seemed to be part of the consumer society.
3. Rev. Norman Vincent Peale urged Americans to focus on faith, enthusiasm, and joy.
4. The emergence of neo-orthodoxy in Protestant seminaries and the spread of radical
fundamentalism suggested that Americans were still searching for a more personal religious faith.
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a. the transcontinental railroad b. the first railroad systems in the Pacific Northwest c. a railroad network that stretched from Mexico to Canada d. the largest railroad company in the world
Established in 1957, the organization which served as the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.'s chief civil rights instrument was:
a) the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People b) the Southern Christian Leadership Conference c) the Urban League d) Students for a Democratic Society
The image of the dismemberment of the British Empire represented the fears of the ________ about independence
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
During the first 50 years after independence, American foreign policy was concerned primarily with
A) trans-Atlantic commercial trade. B) imperialism. C) continental expansion. D) national armament.