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