Question

1.) Which factor contributed to the growth of the middle-class in the United States during the 1950s?
a. high birth rate
b. growth of suburbs
c. increase in immigration
d. decline in defense spending

2.) Which policy was central to the foreign policy of every president from Truman through Johnson?
a. detente
b. containment
c. massive retaliation
d. democratic enlargement

Answer 1

Also:
In which way did the Second Red Scare resemble the First Red Scare?
a. It led to a rise in isolationist sentiment.
b. It began as a result of high unemployment.
c. It resulted in the passage of laws restricting civil liberties.
d. It contributed to the growth of the American Communist Party.

Answer 2

a
d
c

Answer 3

WWII was over. So defense spending was down.
Detente is Nixon and after. Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson favored containment.