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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 the first teen idol to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show.
C a white performer singing and dancing to “black” rhythms.
D a southern performer who achieved national popularity.
Question #2
A showed that women tended to be much less interested in sex than men were.
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 found that the overwhelming majority of Americans waited till after marriage to have sex.
Question #3
A help raising their children.
B entertainment.
C a path to salvation.
D a sense of community.
Question #4
A the movement for racial equality should be a movement of African Americans alone.
B desegregation of public spaces, whether schools or lunch counters, was the main goal.
C racial integration was necessary to achieve true democracy in America.
D equitable distribution of economic resources was more important than integration.
Question #5
A white and black students went to the same integrated schools.
B black students had access to the same educational resources as whites.
C black teachers were paid the same amount as their white counterparts.
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 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 advocacy for adding “under God” to the pledge of allegiance.
B ability to connect religious practice to secular fulfillment.
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 electoral politics.
C violence and terror.
D Christian rhetoric.
Question #10
A physical attractiveness.
B Roman Catholicism.
C record as a senator.
D support of Martin Luther King Jr.
Question #11
A preventing black citizens from becoming Communists or sympathizers.
B keeping Henry Wallace from running against Truman in 1948.
C maintaining America’s image as a bastion of freedom and equality.
D alienating southern Democrats who were white supremacists.
Question #12
A tried to control defense spending.
B paid attention to the Middle East.
C accepted and built upon the New Deal.
D continued Truman’s containment policy.
Question #13
A communism.
B integration.
C taxation.
D welfare.
Question #14
A keep women from seeking paid labor.
B forestall another economic depression.
C increase the market for private homes.
D contain the spread of communism.
Question #15
A home ownership.
B housing segregation.
C long-term mortgages.
D suburban growth.
Question #16
A the achievement of financial success.
B toughness and street smarts.
C the fulfillment of nuclear family life.
D rebelliousness and nonconformity.
Question #17
A opposition to civil rights.
B anti-union policies.
C anti-Communist fervor.
D aggressive foreign policy.
Question #18
A mental health institutions.
B women’s morals and sexuality.
C hypocrisy and complacency.
D wealth and consumerism.
