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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 white performer singing and dancing to “black” rhythms.
C a southern performer who achieved national popularity.
D the first rock singer to sell more records than Frank Sinatra.
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 showed that women tended to be much less interested in sex than men were.
D demonstrated that Americans’ sexual practices were more diverse than previously assumed.
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 racial integration was necessary to achieve true democracy in America.
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 women working outside the home.
C economic uncertainty and food shortages.
D the lengthy separations imposed by the war.
Question #7
A realistic depictions of family life.
B fair depictions of African Americans.
C appealing primarily to children.
D moral absolutes and happy endings.
Question #8
A ability to connect religious practice to secular fulfillment.
B passionate anti-Soviet and anti-Communist viewpoints.
C proposed solutions to the arms race with the Soviet Union.
D advocacy for adding “under God” to the pledge of allegiance.
Question #9
A economic pressure.
B Christian rhetoric.
C electoral politics.
D violence and terror.
Question #10
A physical attractiveness.
B Roman Catholicism.
C support of Martin Luther King Jr.
D record as a senator.
Question #11
A preventing black citizens from becoming Communists or sympathizers.
B maintaining America’s image as a bastion of freedom and equality.
C keeping Henry Wallace from running against Truman in 1948.
D alienating southern Democrats who were white supremacists.
Question #12
A accepted and built upon the New Deal.
B tried to control defense spending.
C paid attention to the Middle East.
D continued Truman’s containment policy.
Question #13
A welfare.
B taxation.
C integration.
D communism.
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 home ownership.
B housing segregation.
C suburban growth.
D long-term mortgages.
Question #16
A toughness and street smarts.
B rebelliousness and nonconformity.
C the fulfillment of nuclear family life.
D the achievement of financial success.
Question #17
A opposition to civil rights.
B anti-union policies.
C aggressive foreign policy.
D anti-Communist fervor.
Question #18
A women’s morals and sexuality.
B mental health institutions.
C wealth and consumerism.
D hypocrisy and complacency.
