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