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