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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A a white performer singing and dancing to “black” rhythms.
B the first rock singer to sell more records than Frank Sinatra.
C the first teen idol to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show.
D a southern performer who achieved national popularity.
Question #2
A supported widely held assumptions about the sexual behavior of most Americans.
B showed that women tended to be much less interested in sex than men were.
C demonstrated that Americans’ sexual practices were more diverse than previously assumed.
D found that the overwhelming majority of Americans waited till after marriage to have sex.
Question #3
A a path to salvation.
B help raising their children.
C entertainment.
D a sense of community.
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 the movement for racial equality should be a movement of African Americans alone.
D equitable distribution of economic resources was more important than integration.
Question #5
A black students had access to the same educational resources as whites.
B white and black students went to the same integrated schools.
C funding for schools attended by only white students would decrease.
D black teachers were paid the same amount as their white counterparts.
Question #6
A women working outside the home.
B the lengthy separations imposed by the war.
C economic uncertainty and food shortages.
D the rise of juvenile delinquency.
Question #7
A appealing primarily to children.
B fair depictions of African Americans.
C moral absolutes and happy endings.
D realistic depictions of family life.
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 passionate anti-Soviet and anti-Communist viewpoints.
D ability to connect religious practice to secular fulfillment.
Question #9
A violence and terror.
B economic pressure.
C Christian rhetoric.
D electoral politics.
Question #10
A physical attractiveness.
B record as a senator.
C support of Martin Luther King Jr.
D Roman Catholicism.
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 tried to control defense spending.
B continued Truman’s containment policy.
C accepted and built upon the New Deal.
D paid attention to the Middle East.
Question #13
A communism.
B taxation.
C welfare.
D integration.
Question #14
A forestall another economic depression.
B contain the spread of communism.
C keep women from seeking paid labor.
D increase the market for private homes.
Question #15
A suburban growth.
B housing segregation.
C home ownership.
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 opposition to civil rights.
B anti-union policies.
C aggressive foreign policy.
D anti-Communist fervor.
Question #18
A wealth and consumerism.
B hypocrisy and complacency.
C mental health institutions.
D women’s morals and sexuality.
