Question 1

Which of the following is NOT true of culture in the 1950s and 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social transformations in the postwar world gave families more money and leisure time which would lead to a transformation of culture: a cultural revolution. 
B)  The growing numbers of young people had little or no effect on the shaping of mass culture. 
C)  After victory in World War II, Western society settled once more into the traditional patterns of the past with men working outside the home and women staying home with children. 
D)  The mass culture of the 1950s and 1960s was not confined to music but expanded to include art, initially through abstract expressionism and later in pop art. 
E)  The spread of automobile ownership stoked feelings of freedom, mobility, and romance. 
A)  Social transformations in the postwar world gave families more money and leisure time which would lead to a transformation of culture: a cultural revolution. 
B)  The growing numbers of young people had little or no effect on the shaping of mass culture. 
C)  After victory in World War II, Western society settled once more into the traditional patterns of the past with men working outside the home and women staying home with children. 
D)  The mass culture of the 1950s and 1960s was not confined to music but expanded to include art, initially through abstract expressionism and later in pop art. 
E)  The spread of automobile ownership stoked feelings of freedom, mobility, and romance. B

Question 2

What factors contributed to the sexual revolution?

Accepted Answer

The first factor that contributed to the sexual revolution was the decreasing level of censorship as seen in film and fewer taboos regarding the discussion of sexuality in public.The scientific treatment of sex by social scientists such as Alfred Kinsey was important to lending legitimacy to the topic.The youth culture of the baby boomers in which they outnumbered the adults in their lives and enjoyed more education,freedom from work,and war also contributed to a more rebellious general attitude in society.The postwar experience was to regard the past with suspicion and to look to new ways of life and new directions in culture.Transformations in agriculture and in general family labor meant there was more time for leisure activities and the family became a focus for spending.Youth,freed from work,were able to enjoy new forms of mass culture such as film and music.In addition,more families spent leisure time within the home where many new and challenging ideas and opinions were imported via television.Magazines,advertising advice columns,and film all blurred the boundaries between buying consumer goods,seeking personal fulfillment,and sexual desire.Ultimately,it was a scientific breakthrough in 1959 that enabled a t sexual revolution: the approval of an oral contraceptive in that year gave women reliable birth control,and with this element of control they achieved freedom in their sexuality and sexual practices.

Question 3

The emergence of new black nations in Africa and the Caribbean greatly influenced triggered the African American insurgency in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Which of the following statements best characterizes the status of Eastern European economies of the 1970s in comparison to their counterparts in Western Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Eastern European economies faced their own difficulties and restrictions. 
B)  Eastern European economies were tied more tightly to a relationship with their largest market, the Soviet Union. 
C)  Eastern European economies were unaffected by the oil embargo, continuing to operate on an even course. 
D)  Eastern Europeans enjoyed a period of unprecedented industrial and commercial expansion. 
E)  Eastern European economies shifted away from export-driven production and toward production for domestic consumption. 
A)  Eastern European economies faced their own difficulties and restrictions. 
B)  Eastern European economies were tied more tightly to a relationship with their largest market, the Soviet Union. 
C)  Eastern European economies were unaffected by the oil embargo, continuing to operate on an even course. 
D)  Eastern Europeans enjoyed a period of unprecedented industrial and commercial expansion. 
E)  Eastern European economies shifted away from export-driven production and toward production for domestic consumption.

Question 5

One of the primary goals of the Peace Corps was to show Americans' benevolence and good intentions to foreign nations in light of the growing communist threat.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Not having changed during much of the first half of the 20th century,agricultural productivity in Europe in general during the second half took off producing abundance and the foundation of economic growth and prosperity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What event in the United States staged during 1968 was specially marked by popular demonstrations and political violence?

Accepted Answer

A)  The first summit held between the United States and Soviet leaders since the Eisenhower administration 
B)  The opening of the Pan-American games in Los Angeles 
C)  Woodstock 
D)  The Democratic National Convention in Chicago 
E)  The meeting of the World Bank in Seattle, Washington 
A)  The first summit held between the United States and Soviet leaders since the Eisenhower administration 
B)  The opening of the Pan-American games in Los Angeles 
C)  Woodstock 
D)  The Democratic National Convention in Chicago 
E)  The meeting of the World Bank in Seattle, Washington

Question 8

To what does the term safe areas refer?

Accepted Answer

A)  Territory astride the recently demolished Berlin Wall claimed as neutral ground by citizens in both the Eastern and Western zones of the city 
B)  The free fire zones in Kosovo which civilians were advised to avoid as only those armed combatants would be safe 
C)  Demilitarized zones along the border between Croatia and Serbia 
D)  Areas in Bosnia designated by the United Nations as free of violence for ethnic refugees during the civil war there 
E)  Areas in Western European states bordering communist states that served as reception points for refugees in 1989 
A)  Territory astride the recently demolished Berlin Wall claimed as neutral ground by citizens in both the Eastern and Western zones of the city 
B)  The free fire zones in Kosovo which civilians were advised to avoid as only those armed combatants would be safe 
C)  Demilitarized zones along the border between Croatia and Serbia 
D)  Areas in Bosnia designated by the United Nations as free of violence for ethnic refugees during the civil war there 
E)  Areas in Western European states bordering communist states that served as reception points for refugees in 1989

Question 9

In the years following the collapse of the Soviet Bloc,the most violent ethnic conflict occurred in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Romania. 
B)  Czechoslovakia. 
C)  Yugoslavia. 
D)  Albania. 
E)  Bulgaria. 
A)  Romania. 
B)  Czechoslovakia. 
C)  Yugoslavia. 
D)  Albania. 
E)  Bulgaria.

Question 10

Which of the following was NOT an issue addressed by the American Civil Rights Movement,in addition to racial equality?

Accepted Answer

A)  Greater toleration of minority religions, particularly Islam 
B)  Greater accountability of private and public corporations to the general public 
C)  Opposition to U.S. involvement in Vietnam 
D)  The elimination of poverty and other gross material inequalities 
E)  Urban economic development 
A)  Greater toleration of minority religions, particularly Islam 
B)  Greater accountability of private and public corporations to the general public 
C)  Opposition to U.S. involvement in Vietnam 
D)  The elimination of poverty and other gross material inequalities 
E)  Urban economic development

Question 11

While many Western countries condemned the war in Vietnam,student protests remained a peculiarly American method of challenging government decisions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Following World War II,the one segment of the work force that expanded most rapidly was:

Accepted Answer

A)  agricultural workers. 
B)  factory line workers. 
C)  top management. 
D)  white-collar workers. 
E)  middle management. 
A)  agricultural workers. 
B)  factory line workers. 
C)  top management. 
D)  white-collar workers. 
E)  middle management.

Question 13

Arguably the most repressive dictatorship in Eastern Europe was that o   f in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Transylvania. 
B)  Bulgaria. 
C)  Romania. 
D)  Moravia. 
E)  Yugoslavia. 
A)  Transylvania. 
B)  Bulgaria. 
C)  Romania. 
D)  Moravia. 
E)  Yugoslavia.

Question 14

The hopes raised by the changes in Eastern Europe in the late 1980s were,by 1989:

Accepted Answer

A)  fully realized throughout most of the region. 
B)  understood to be taking longer and would be harder than originally thought. 
C)  co-opted by the communist establishment and diverted. 
D)  deferred by the military action taken by the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. 
E)  dashed completely by the repressive measures taken by the Warsaw Pact military. 
A)  fully realized throughout most of the region. 
B)  understood to be taking longer and would be harder than originally thought. 
C)  co-opted by the communist establishment and diverted. 
D)  deferred by the military action taken by the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. 
E)  dashed completely by the repressive measures taken by the Warsaw Pact military.

Question 15

Race music was the term given to the special efforts,especially within the factories,to blend the increasingly hostile ethnic groups of the Soviet Union together.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

One of the most divisive events in the United States during the 1960s,and one that aggravated other social and political tensions,was the:

Accepted Answer

A)  student campus protest. 
B)  Vietnam War. 
C)  Civil Rights Movement. 
D)  feminist movement. 
E)  1968 presidential election. 
A)  student campus protest. 
B)  Vietnam War. 
C)  Civil Rights Movement. 
D)  feminist movement. 
E)  1968 presidential election.

Question 17

The new culture of mass consumption in Western Europe was marked by all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  the institution of credit payments for purchases. 
B)  an expanded advertising industry. 
C)  the creation of marketing divisions by industry. 
D)  a shift in values. 
E)  extended work weeks. 
A)  the institution of credit payments for purchases. 
B)  an expanded advertising industry. 
C)  the creation of marketing divisions by industry. 
D)  a shift in values. 
E)  extended work weeks.

Question 18

In the changing atmosphere of the world after the Second World War,education alone automatically produced social mobility.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The political unrest in Eastern Europe that had surfaced in 1968 peaked again in 1980 with the rise of a politicized labor union in Poland; _________ organized strikes that threatened to bring the government down.

Accepted Answer

A)  Solidarity 
B)  Workers United 
C)  Poland Forever 
D)  Polonaise National 
E)  United Poland 
A)  Solidarity 
B)  Workers United 
C)  Poland Forever 
D)  Polonaise National 
E)  United Poland

Question 20

One manifestation of the upheavals of 1968 in Europe was the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Prague Spring. 
B)  Sarajevo Awakening. 
C)  Vienna Spring. 
D)  Berlin Summer. 
E)  Moscow Thaw. 
A)  Prague Spring. 
B)  Sarajevo Awakening. 
C)  Vienna Spring. 
D)  Berlin Summer. 
E)  Moscow Thaw.

Exam 28: Red Flags and Velvet Revolutions: The End of the Cold War 1960-1990

Which of the following is NOT true of culture in the 1950s and 1960s?

What factors contributed to the sexual revolution?

The emergence of new black nations in Africa and the Caribbean greatly influenced triggered the African American insurgency in the United States.

Which of the following statements best characterizes the status of Eastern European economies of the 1970s in comparison to their counterparts in Western Europe?

One of the primary goals of the Peace Corps was to show Americans' benevolence and good intentions to foreign nations in light of the growing communist threat.

Not having changed during much of the first half of the 20th century,agricultural productivity in Europe in general during the second half took off producing abundance and the foundation of economic growth and prosperity.

What event in the United States staged during 1968 was specially marked by popular demonstrations and political violence?

To what does the term safe areas refer?

In the years following the collapse of the Soviet Bloc,the most violent ethnic conflict occurred in:

Which of the following was NOT an issue addressed by the American Civil Rights Movement,in addition to racial equality?

While many Western countries condemned the war in Vietnam,student protests remained a peculiarly American method of challenging government decisions.

Following World War II,the one segment of the work force that expanded most rapidly was:

Arguably the most repressive dictatorship in Eastern Europe was that o f in:

The hopes raised by the changes in Eastern Europe in the late 1980s were,by 1989:

Race music was the term given to the special efforts,especially within the factories,to blend the increasingly hostile ethnic groups of the Soviet Union together.

One of the most divisive events in the United States during the 1960s,and one that aggravated other social and political tensions,was the:

The new culture of mass consumption in Western Europe was marked by all of the following EXCEPT:

In the changing atmosphere of the world after the Second World War,education alone automatically produced social mobility.

The political unrest in Eastern Europe that had surfaced in 1968 peaked again in 1980 with the rise of a politicized labor union in Poland; _________ organized strikes that threatened to bring the government down.

One manifestation of the upheavals of 1968 in Europe was the:

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