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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A the first teen idol to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show.
B a white performer singing and dancing to “black” rhythms.
C a southern performer who achieved national popularity.
D the first rock singer to sell more records than Frank Sinatra.
Question #2
A demonstrated that Americans’ sexual practices were more diverse than previously assumed.
B found that the overwhelming majority of Americans waited till after marriage to have sex.
C showed that women tended to be much less interested in sex than men were.
D supported widely held assumptions about the sexual behavior of most Americans.
Question #3
A help raising their children.
B entertainment.
C a sense of community.
D a path to salvation.
Question #4
A the movement for racial equality should be a movement of African Americans alone.
B racial integration was necessary to achieve true democracy in America.
C equitable distribution of economic resources was more important than integration.
D desegregation of public spaces, whether schools or lunch counters, was the main goal.
Question #5
A black teachers were paid the same amount as their white counterparts.
B white and black students went to the same integrated schools.
C black students had access to the same educational resources as whites.
D funding for schools attended by only white students would decrease.
Question #6
A women working outside the home.
B the lengthy separations imposed by the war.
C economic uncertainty and food shortages.
D the rise of juvenile delinquency.
Question #7
A moral absolutes and happy endings.
B fair depictions of African Americans.
C appealing primarily to children.
D realistic depictions of family life.
Question #8
A ability to connect religious practice to secular fulfillment.
B advocacy for adding “under God” to the pledge of allegiance.
C passionate anti-Soviet and anti-Communist viewpoints.
D proposed solutions to the arms race with the Soviet Union.
Question #9
A electoral politics.
B violence and terror.
C Christian rhetoric.
D economic pressure.
Question #10
A support of Martin Luther King Jr.
B record as a senator.
C Roman Catholicism.
D physical attractiveness.
Question #11
A alienating southern Democrats who were white supremacists.
B preventing black citizens from becoming Communists or sympathizers.
C keeping Henry Wallace from running against Truman in 1948.
D maintaining America’s image as a bastion of freedom and equality.
Question #12
A accepted and built upon the New Deal.
B continued Truman’s containment policy.
C tried to control defense spending.
D paid attention to the Middle East.
Question #13
A taxation.
B communism.
C welfare.
D integration.
Question #14
A forestall another economic depression.
B contain the spread of communism.
C increase the market for private homes.
D keep women from seeking paid labor.
Question #15
A housing segregation.
B home ownership.
C suburban growth.
D long-term mortgages.
Question #16
A rebelliousness and nonconformity.
B the achievement of financial success.
C the fulfillment of nuclear family life.
D toughness and street smarts.
Question #17
A aggressive foreign policy.
B anti-union policies.
C opposition to civil rights.
D anti-Communist fervor.
Question #18
A mental health institutions.
B wealth and consumerism.
C women’s morals and sexuality.
D hypocrisy and complacency.
