Navigation » List of Schools » Texas Southmost College » History » History 1302- United States History II » Fall 2019 » Chapter 25 Quiz
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 southern performer who achieved national popularity.
C the first rock singer to sell more records than Frank Sinatra.
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 demonstrated that Americans’ sexual practices were more diverse than previously assumed.
C found that the overwhelming majority of Americans waited till after marriage to have sex.
D showed that women tended to be much less interested in sex than men were.
Question #3
A a sense of community.
B help raising their children.
C entertainment.
D a path to salvation.
Question #4
A desegregation of public spaces, whether schools or lunch counters, was the main goal.
B the movement for racial equality should be a movement of African Americans alone.
C equitable distribution of economic resources was more important than integration.
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 black students had access to the same educational resources as whites.
C white and black students went to the same integrated schools.
D black teachers were paid the same amount as their white counterparts.
Question #6
A women working outside the home.
B the rise of juvenile delinquency.
C the lengthy separations imposed by the war.
D economic uncertainty and food shortages.
Question #7
A fair depictions of African Americans.
B moral absolutes and happy endings.
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 proposed solutions to the arms race with the Soviet Union.
D passionate anti-Soviet and anti-Communist viewpoints.
Question #9
A economic pressure.
B violence and terror.
C electoral politics.
D Christian rhetoric.
Question #10
A physical attractiveness.
B Roman Catholicism.
C support of Martin Luther King Jr.
D record as a senator.
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 tried to control defense spending.
B continued Truman’s containment policy.
C accepted and built upon the New Deal.
D paid attention to the Middle East.
Question #13
A communism.
B integration.
C taxation.
D welfare.
Question #14
A keep women from seeking paid labor.
B increase the market for private homes.
C contain the spread of communism.
D forestall another economic depression.
Question #15
A suburban growth.
B housing segregation.
C home ownership.
D long-term mortgages.
Question #16
A the achievement of financial success.
B toughness and street smarts.
C rebelliousness and nonconformity.
D the fulfillment of nuclear family life.
Question #17
A opposition to civil rights.
B aggressive foreign policy.
C anti-union policies.
D anti-Communist fervor.
Question #18
A mental health institutions.
B hypocrisy and complacency.
C women’s morals and sexuality.
D wealth and consumerism.
