Author Question: What was the most significant cause of the increase in federal aid to higher education in the late ... (Read 82 times)

yoroshambo · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

What was the most significant cause of the increase in federal aid to higher education in the late 1950s?

A) influx of non-English-speaking Hispanics into the United States.
B) alarm over the popularity of the nonconformist Beats on college campuses.
C) war on poverty that was declared when it became apparent that high-school drop-outs were swelling the welfare rolls
D) discovery that there were more private schools in the suburbs than public schools in the cities.
E) launch of Sputnik, which gave Americans reason to fear that they were intellectually and technologically backward.

Question 2

Federal policies toward Native Americans during the 1950s

A) terminated treaties, promoted assimilation and self-sufficiency, and encouraged Indians to leave reservations.
B) recognized the importance of Native American culture.
C) helped maintain tribal life.
D) gave preferential treatment to Native Americans over other minority groups and elevated their relative economic status.
E) thwarted agricultural, lumber, and mining interests in their desire for Native American land by establishing the reservation system.