Final Exam Practice

41. In the 1950’s, Senator Joseph McCarthy was MOST closely associated with issues related to

• farm problems
• rights of unions
• foreign aid in Europe
• communists in the U.S.

44. The counterculture movement of the mid-to-late 20th Century began as a

• protest to the popularity of rock and roll music.
• reaction to the restrictive policies of Richard Nixon.
• reaction to the conservative social norms of the 1950s.
• protest to the United States' involvement in World War II.

45. Songs like "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Give Peace a Chance" by John Lennon, and "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" by Country Joe and the Fish were just three popular songs (out of hundreds) that dealt with

• gender rights.
• the death penalty.
• political corruption.
• the anti-Vietnam War protests.

48. "Urban sprawl" was accidentally created in post-World War II America thanks MAINLY to which of these?

• greater shopping opportunities
• more fuel-efficient automobiles
• expansion of the highway system
• the advent of improved airplane travel

21. What effect did the Cold War have on the American space program?

• High levels of military spending deterred scientific research.
• The need for nuclear weapons led to less sophisticated rocket technology.
• American and Soviet scientific cooperation lessened political tension.
• Competition with the Soviet Union spurred American space missions.

20. The Bay of Pigs invasion was an attempt to overthrow

• Fidel Castro.
• the Batista regime.
• Nikita Kruschev
• the Kennedy administration.

12. Which of the following made the scale of suburban growth possible?

• travel and tourism
• high-interest loans
• interstate highways
• multinational corporations

11. The rise of the car culture led to the

• decline of shopping malls.
• revitalization of older city neighborhoods.
• increasing dependence on mass transportation.
• spread of fast-food restaurants and drive-in movie theaters.

10. The flight of the urban middle class to the suburbs

• opened more affordable housing units to the urban poor.
• generated new job and business opportunities in inner cities.
• hurt cities economically because the middle class paid a large share of the taxes.
• spurred urban renewal projects that led to greater economic development in downtown districts.

9. These post–World War II events are most closely associated with the fear of • Alger Hiss conviction • Rosenberg trial• McCarthy hearings

• an increase in immigration from the Soviet Union
• labor conflicts in United States cities
• an expansion of communism into Cuba
• a communist threat inside the United States