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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A a southern performer who achieved national popularity.
B a white performer singing and dancing to “black” rhythms.
C the first teen idol to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show.
D the first rock singer to sell more records than Frank Sinatra.
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 a path to salvation.
B a sense of community.
C help raising their children.
D entertainment.
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 black teachers were paid the same amount as their white counterparts.
B white and black students went to the same integrated schools.
C funding for schools attended by only white students would decrease.
D black students had access to the same educational resources as whites.
Question #6
A the rise of juvenile delinquency.
B economic uncertainty and food shortages.
C the lengthy separations imposed by the war.
D women working outside the home.
Question #7
A moral absolutes and happy endings.
B appealing primarily to children.
C realistic depictions of family life.
D fair depictions of African Americans.
Question #8
A passionate anti-Soviet and anti-Communist viewpoints.
B proposed solutions to the arms race with the Soviet Union.
C advocacy for adding “under God” to the pledge of allegiance.
D ability to connect religious practice to secular fulfillment.
Question #9
A economic pressure.
B Christian rhetoric.
C electoral politics.
D violence and terror.
Question #10
A physical attractiveness.
B support of Martin Luther King Jr.
C Roman Catholicism.
D record as a senator.
Question #11
A alienating southern Democrats who were white supremacists.
B preventing black citizens from becoming Communists or sympathizers.
C maintaining America’s image as a bastion of freedom and equality.
D keeping Henry Wallace from running against Truman in 1948.
Question #12
A accepted and built upon the New Deal.
B continued Truman’s containment policy.
C paid attention to the Middle East.
D tried to control defense spending.
Question #13
A taxation.
B integration.
C communism.
D welfare.
Question #14
A increase the market for private homes.
B contain the spread of communism.
C keep women from seeking paid labor.
D forestall another economic depression.
Question #15
A housing segregation.
B home ownership.
C long-term mortgages.
D suburban growth.
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 anti-union policies.
B anti-Communist fervor.
C opposition to civil rights.
D aggressive foreign policy.
Question #18
A hypocrisy and complacency.
B mental health institutions.
C women’s morals and sexuality.
D wealth and consumerism.
