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Question 41

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In 1954,the American scientist Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for the prevention of

A) polio.
B) tuberculosis.
C) influenza.
D) yellow fever.
E) typhoid.

F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

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Following World War II,American scientists made a critical contribution to the development of penicillin by

A) demonstrating the value of antiseptic solutions to prevent infection.
B) first using the antibacterial agent known as sulfanilamide.
C) developing methods for its mass production and commercial distribution.
D) discovering the antibacterial properties for which the drug was named.
E) discovering it could be used to treat streptococcal blood infections.

F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

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In the early 1960s,the basis of the American atomic weapons arsenal was the ________ missile.

While radio made an enormous contribution to the popularity of rock music in the 1950s,television tended to limit its appeal.

The first significant computer of the 1950s was the ________.

What were the various strategies used by supporters and opponents of desegregation?

Between 1945 and 1950,10 percent of all the new businesses in the United States began in Los Angeles.

The 1955 "beat" poem "Howl" was written by ________.

President Eisenhower's secretary of defense,Charles Wilson,stated his belief that "what was good for ________ was good for the country."

Since World War II,the developments in antibiotics have made bacterial infections one of the most successfully treated of all human illnesses.

The Eisenhower administration responded to Fidel Castro's coming to power in Cuba by

In the 1950s,African American record producer Berry Gordy founded ________ in Detroit.

Michael Harrington's 1962 book,The Other America,dealt with the problem of ________ in America.

The Supreme Court decision in Brown v.Board of Education (1954)

The Eisenhower administration used the CIA to put friendly governments in place in Iran and Egypt.

Given mounting American dependence on foreign oil,the Truman administration was reluctant to recognize the new state of Israel.

In the 1950s,Disney was able to effectively market entertainment as a tool to sell consumer goods.

The most significant and largest public works project of the federal government under President Dwight Eisenhower involved

The work of Jonas Salk and ________ helped to virtually eliminate polio from much of the world by the early 1960s.

Examine earlier periods of medical advancement covered in the text.Explain why the development of antibiotics was of such profound importance to medical science.