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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 rock singer to sell more records than Frank Sinatra.
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 showed that women tended to be much less interested in sex than men were.
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 a path to salvation.
C entertainment.
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 equitable distribution of economic resources was more important than integration.
D racial integration was necessary to achieve true democracy in America.
Question #5
A funding for schools attended by only white students would decrease.
B white and black students went to the same integrated schools.
C black teachers were paid the same amount as their white counterparts.
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 the rise of juvenile delinquency.
D women working outside the home.
Question #7
A realistic depictions of family life.
B moral absolutes and happy endings.
C appealing primarily to children.
D fair depictions of African Americans.
Question #8
A advocacy for adding “under God” to the pledge of allegiance.
B proposed solutions to the arms race with the Soviet Union.
C ability to connect religious practice to secular fulfillment.
D passionate anti-Soviet and anti-Communist viewpoints.
Question #9
A electoral politics.
B economic pressure.
C Christian rhetoric.
D violence and terror.
Question #10
A physical attractiveness.
B record as a senator.
C Roman Catholicism.
D support of Martin Luther King Jr.
Question #11
A alienating southern Democrats who were white supremacists.
B keeping Henry Wallace from running against Truman in 1948.
C preventing black citizens from becoming Communists or sympathizers.
D maintaining America’s image as a bastion of freedom and equality.
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 taxation.
B welfare.
C communism.
D integration.
Question #14
A forestall another economic depression.
B keep women from seeking paid labor.
C increase the market for private homes.
D contain the spread of communism.
Question #15
A housing segregation.
B home ownership.
C suburban growth.
D long-term mortgages.
Question #16
A toughness and street smarts.
B rebelliousness and nonconformity.
C the achievement of financial success.
D the fulfillment of nuclear family life.
Question #17
A anti-Communist fervor.
B aggressive foreign policy.
C opposition to civil rights.
D anti-union policies.
Question #18
A wealth and consumerism.
B women’s morals and sexuality.
C mental health institutions.
D hypocrisy and complacency.
