History 1302- United States History II » Fall 2019 » Chapter 25 Quiz

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Question #1
The novelists Grace Metalious, Sloan Wilson, and J. D. Salinger all critiqued American
A.   mental health institutions.
B.   wealth and consumerism.
C.   women's morals and sexuality.
D.   hypocrisy and complacency.
Question #2
The Democratic Party's loss of its majority in Congress in 1946 can be attributed to President Truman's
A.   anti-Communist fervor.
B.   anti-union policies.
C.   opposition to civil rights.
D.   aggressive foreign policy.
Question #3
James Dean and Marlon Brando were popular with young people during the 1950s because they represented
A.   the fulfillment of nuclear family life.
B.   rebelliousness and nonconformity.
C.   the achievement of financial success.
D.   toughness and street smarts.
Question #4
Redlining and restrictive covenants were designed to enable
A.   home ownership.
B.   housing segregation.
C.   suburban growth.
D.   long-term mortgages.
Question #5
Early marriage and a high birthrate were encouraged because they would help the United States
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 #6
Vital center liberal voters in the 1948 elections were opposed to
A.   integration.
B.   taxation.
C.   welfare.
D.   communism.
Question #7
Eisenhower's style of Republicanism was called “modern” because his administration
A.   accepted and built upon the New Deal.
B.   continued Truman's containment policy.
C.   tried to control defense spending.
D.   paid attention to the Middle East.
Question #8
African American activists linked the civil rights struggle to the Cold War to capitalize on the Truman administration's interest in
A.   maintaining America's image as a bastion of freedom and equality.
B.   keeping Henry Wallace from running against Truman in 1948.
C.   preventing black citizens from becoming Communists or sympathizers.
D.   alienating southern Democrats who were white supremacists.
Question #9
A key factor leading to John F. Kennedy's victory in the 1960 presidential election was his
A.   record as a senator.
B.   support of Martin Luther King Jr.
C.   physical attractiveness.
D.   Roman Catholicism.
Question #10
In their campaign to uphold white supremacy, the White Citizens' Council relied on
A.   electoral politics.
B.   violence and terror.
C.   Christian rhetoric.
D.   economic pressure.
Question #11
The popularity of Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and the Reverend Norman Vincent Peale can be attributed to their
A.   proposed solutions to the arms race with the Soviet Union.
B.   ability to connect religious practice to secular fulfillment.
C.   passionate anti-Soviet and anti-Communist viewpoints.
D.   advocacy for adding “under God” to the pledge of allegiance.
Question #12
Popular television programs of the 1950s were known for
A.   moral absolutes and happy endings.
B.   fair depictions of African Americans.
C.   appealing primarily to children.
D.   realistic depictions of family life.
Question #13
Rising divorce rates following World War II were the result of
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 #14
The intent of Brown v. Board of Education was to guarantee that
A.   funding for schools attended by only white students would decrease.
B.   white and black students went to the same integrated schools.
C.   black students had access to the same educational resources as whites.
D.   black teachers were paid the same amount as their white counterparts.
Question #15
Unlike some civil rights activists, members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee believed that
A.   equitable distribution of economic resources was more important than integration.
B.   the movement for racial equality should be a movement of African Americans alone.
C.   desegregation of public spaces, whether schools or lunch counters, was the main goal.
D.   racial integration was necessary to achieve true democracy in America.
Question #16
Americans who joined churches and synagogues during the 1950s were looking for
A.   entertainment.
B.   a sense of community.
C.   help raising their children.
D.   a path to salvation.
Question #17
Alfred Kinsey's research was significant because it
A.   found that the overwhelming majority of Americans waited till after marriage to have sex.
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.   supported widely held assumptions about the sexual behavior of most Americans.
Question #18
Elvis Presley was a transformative figure because he was
A.   a white performer singing and dancing to “black” rhythms.
B.   the first teen idol to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show.
C.   a southern performer who achieved national popularity.
D.   the first rock singer to sell more records than Frank Sinatra.

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