Question 1

The writings of Beat author Jack Kerouac .

Accepted Answer

A)  were condemned as communist during the McCarthy hearings 
B)  supported the passage of additional social reform programs 
C)  advocated against conformity and consumerism 
D)  combined psychology and religion to promote positive thinking 
A)  were condemned as communist during the McCarthy hearings 
B)  supported the passage of additional social reform programs 
C)  advocated against conformity and consumerism 
D)  combined psychology and religion to promote positive thinking

Question 2

-In what way does artist Mark Rothko's painting No. 10 represent the break that Abstract Expressionism made from the art that prevailed between the 1930s and 1950s?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was clearly made by an artist with no training. 
B)  It deliberately conveyed no specific message. 
C)  It portrayed the world realistically. 
D)  It was largely closed to interpretation by viewers. 
A)  It was clearly made by an artist with no training. 
B)  It deliberately conveyed no specific message. 
C)  It portrayed the world realistically. 
D)  It was largely closed to interpretation by viewers.

Question 3

-What does this photograph of children visiting town demonstrate about racial customs in the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  Black children enjoyed town, but white children did not. 
B)  White children were taught to be unsmiling and quiet. 
C)  White children generally preferred to be at home. 
D)  Whites and blacks kept apart even from a young age. 
A)  Black children enjoyed town, but white children did not. 
B)  White children were taught to be unsmiling and quiet. 
C)  White children generally preferred to be at home. 
D)  Whites and blacks kept apart even from a young age.

Question 4

How were middle-class American women portrayed in most popular televised comedy sitcoms, such as I Love Lucy, Father Knows Best, and Leave It to Beaver, during the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

A)  as independent working women in white-collar jobs 
B)  as defiant housewives who stood up to domineering husbands 
C)  as spouses who were satisfied with their roles as caring mothers and devoted wives 
D)  as single mothers struggling to raise their children 
A)  as independent working women in white-collar jobs 
B)  as defiant housewives who stood up to domineering husbands 
C)  as spouses who were satisfied with their roles as caring mothers and devoted wives 
D)  as single mothers struggling to raise their children

Question 5

-This 1946 photograph of striking steel workers demonstrates that the .

Accepted Answer

A)  strikers were focused on shortening the work week 
B)  strikers did not support returning U.S. veterans 
C)  labor movement had become more integrated 
D)  labor movement had been infiltrated by communists 
A)  strikers were focused on shortening the work week 
B)  strikers did not support returning U.S. veterans 
C)  labor movement had become more integrated 
D)  labor movement had been infiltrated by communists

Question 6

Many social critics like C. Wright Mills believed that, like the suburbs, white-collar jobs

Accepted Answer

A)  would likely fade in importance 
B)  were harmful to the environment 
C)  stifled individuality 
D)  were a drain on the economy 
A)  would likely fade in importance 
B)  were harmful to the environment 
C)  stifled individuality 
D)  were a drain on the economy

Question 7

-These two 1955 photographs of a suburban middle-class family called "What They Have" vs. "What They Own" featured in Life magazine demonstrate that American families .

Accepted Answer

A)  moved to suburbs in great numbers 
B)  relied heavily on credit to maintain affluent lifestyles 
C)  were made up of a white-collar working father and a stay-at-home mother 
D)  benefitted greatly from New Deal and Fair Deal programs 
A)  moved to suburbs in great numbers 
B)  relied heavily on credit to maintain affluent lifestyles 
C)  were made up of a white-collar working father and a stay-at-home mother 
D)  benefitted greatly from New Deal and Fair Deal programs

Question 8

-Based on this photograph of this street scene in Levittown, New York, what was one distinguishing feature of the postwar suburbs?

Accepted Answer

A)  standardized homes lacking any distinguishing characteristics 
B)  narrow streets that made driving cars difficult 
C)  lack of yards for gardening or for children to play in 
D)  lack of safe paths for children to get to school or for walkers 
A)  standardized homes lacking any distinguishing characteristics 
B)  narrow streets that made driving cars difficult 
C)  lack of yards for gardening or for children to play in 
D)  lack of safe paths for children to get to school or for walkers

Question 9

What were Levittowns?

Accepted Answer

A)  gated communities 
B)  planned suburban communities 
C)  public housing funded by the Fair Deal 
D)  segregated Southern communities 
A)  gated communities 
B)  planned suburban communities 
C)  public housing funded by the Fair Deal 
D)  segregated Southern communities

Question 10

Who was a business executive in the postwar era describing when he stated that these people's jobs were to "see that Americans are never satisfied"?

Accepted Answer

A)  automobile manufacturers 
B)  advertisers 
C)  cigarette makers 
D)  credit card issuers 
A)  automobile manufacturers 
B)  advertisers 
C)  cigarette makers 
D)  credit card issuers

The writings of Beat author Jack Kerouac .

-In what way does artist Mark Rothko's painting No. 10 represent the break that Abstract Expressionism made from the art that prevailed between the 1930s and 1950s?

-What does this photograph of children visiting town demonstrate about racial customs in the South?

How were middle-class American women portrayed in most popular televised comedy sitcoms, such as I Love Lucy, Father Knows Best, and Leave It to Beaver, during the 1950s?

-This 1946 photograph of striking steel workers demonstrates that the .

Many social critics like C. Wright Mills believed that, like the suburbs, white-collar jobs

-These two 1955 photographs of a suburban middle-class family called "What They Have" vs. "What They Own" featured in Life magazine demonstrate that American families .

-Based on this photograph of this street scene in Levittown, New York, what was one distinguishing feature of the postwar suburbs?

What were Levittowns?

Who was a business executive in the postwar era describing when he stated that these people's jobs were to "see that Americans are never satisfied"?

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Exam 25: In a Land of Plenty: Contentment and Discord, 1945-1960

The writings of Beat author Jack Kerouac .

-In what way does artist Mark Rothko's painting No. 10 represent the break that Abstract Expressionism made from the art that prevailed between the 1930s and 1950s?

-What does this photograph of children visiting town demonstrate about racial customs in the South?

How were middle-class American women portrayed in most popular televised comedy sitcoms, such as I Love Lucy, Father Knows Best, and Leave It to Beaver, during the 1950s?

-This 1946 photograph of striking steel workers demonstrates that the .

Many social critics like C. Wright Mills believed that, like the suburbs, white-collar jobs

-These two 1955 photographs of a suburban middle-class family called "What They Have" vs. "What They Own" featured in Life magazine demonstrate that American families .

-Based on this photograph of this street scene in Levittown, New York, what was one distinguishing feature of the postwar suburbs?

What were Levittowns?

Who was a business executive in the postwar era describing when he stated that these people's jobs were to "see that Americans are never satisfied"?

People in Motion: The Atlantic World to 1590

Models of Settlement: English Colonial Societies, 1590-1710

Growth, Slavery, and Conflict: Colonial America, 1710-176

Revolutionary America: Change and Transformation, 1764-1783

A Virtuous Republic: Creating a Workable Government, 1783-1789

The New Republic: an Age of Political Passion, 1789-1800

Jeffersonian America: an Expanding Empire of Liberty, 1800-1824

Democrats and Whigs: Democracy and American Culture, 1820-1840

Workers, Farmers, and Slaves: The Transformation of the American Economy, 1815-1848

Revivalism, Reform and Artistic Renaissance, 1820-1850

To Overspread the Continent: Westward Expansion and Political Conflict, 1840-1848

Slavery and Sectionalism: the Political Crisis of 1848-1861

A Nation Torn Apart: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Now That We Are Free: Reconstruction and the New South, 1863-1890

Conflict and Conquest: the Transformation of the West, 1860-1900

Wonder and Woe: the Rise of Industrial America, 1865-1900

Becoming a Modern Society: America in the Gilded Age, 1877-1900

Creating a Democratic Paradise: The Progressive Era, 1895-1915

Imperial America: the United States in the World, 1890-1914

The Great War: World War I, 1914-1918

A Turbulent Decade: The Twenties

A New Deal for America: the Great Depression, 1929-1940

World War II: Fighting the Good War, 1939-1945

A Divided World: The Early Cold War, 1945-1963

A Nation Divided: The Vietnam War, 1945-1975

A Decade of Discord: The Challenge of the 1960s

Righting a Nation Adrift: America in the 1970s and 1980s

Building a New World Order: The United States, 1989-2015

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