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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 southern performer who achieved national popularity.
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 found that the overwhelming majority of Americans waited till after marriage to have sex.
C demonstrated that Americans’ sexual practices were more diverse than previously assumed.
D showed that women tended to be much less interested in sex than men were.
Question #3
A a path to salvation.
B help raising their children.
C a sense of community.
D entertainment.
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 racial integration was necessary to achieve true democracy in America.
D the movement for racial equality should be a movement of African Americans alone.
Question #5
A black teachers were paid the same amount as their white counterparts.
B funding for schools attended by only white students would decrease.
C white and black students went to the same integrated schools.
D black students had access to the same educational resources as whites.
Question #6
A the lengthy separations imposed by the war.
B economic uncertainty and food shortages.
C women working outside the home.
D the rise of juvenile delinquency.
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 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 economic pressure.
B Christian rhetoric.
C electoral politics.
D violence and terror.
Question #10
A Roman Catholicism.
B physical attractiveness.
C record as a senator.
D support of Martin Luther King Jr.
Question #11
A keeping Henry Wallace from running against Truman in 1948.
B preventing black citizens from becoming Communists or sympathizers.
C alienating southern Democrats who were white supremacists.
D maintaining America’s image as a bastion of freedom and equality.
Question #12
A paid attention to the Middle East.
B tried to control defense spending.
C accepted and built upon the New Deal.
D continued Truman’s containment policy.
Question #13
A integration.
B welfare.
C communism.
D taxation.
Question #14
A keep women from seeking paid labor.
B contain the spread of communism.
C forestall another economic depression.
D increase the market for private homes.
Question #15
A housing segregation.
B long-term mortgages.
C suburban growth.
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 opposition to civil rights.
B anti-Communist fervor.
C anti-union policies.
D aggressive foreign policy.
Question #18
A mental health institutions.
B hypocrisy and complacency.
C women’s morals and sexuality.
D wealth and consumerism.
