A) William H.Whyte Jr.
B) Alfred Kinsey
C) Vance Packard
D) Allen Ginsberg
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A) An example of mass-produced affordable housing in the suburbs
B) An example of one of the worst slums in an American city in the Northeast
C) A successful attempt at the racial integration of an American housing development
D) A failed suburban housing development that contributed to the rebirth of cities across the nation
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A) 25 percent.
B) almost 50 percent.
C) 77 percent.
D) almost 90 percent.
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A) The notion of "separate but equal" is wrongheaded in all arenas.
B) The notion of "separate but equal" is fundamentally incorrect in the case of school segregation.
C) The notion of "separate but equal" is logical in theory but rarely implemented in practice.
D) The notion of "separate but equal" is logical and fairly implemented,and thus should be maintained in the case of public schools.
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A) A militant pan-Indian movement emerged two decades later.
B) Almost all Native Americans permanently moved from reservations to cities.
C) Native Americans migrated to the locations that had been World War II internment camps for Japanese Americans.
D) Native Americans experienced unprecedented financial prosperity.
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A) The establishment of the Department of Health,Education,and Welfare
B) The passage of the Interstate Highway and Defense System Act of 1956
C) Funding for a huge increase in Social Security benefits
D) The most progressive civil rights bill since Reconstruction
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A) It advocated for racial discrimination.
B) It was sexually suggestive.
C) It celebrated crime and drugs.
D) It encouraged political radicalism.
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A) a force that had to be stopped because the French,an important U.S.ally,wanted it stopped.
B) something his administration had to stamp out no matter what the costs.
C) a force that had to be stopped before it spread to Japan,Taiwan,and the Philippines.
D) a low-priority issue because Vietnam was in Southeast Asia and not in Eastern Europe.
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A) talking with Soviet officials to make sure the Soviet Union and the United States understood each other.
B) going to the brink of war to halt the Soviets' efforts to extend their territory any farther.
C) rotating diplomatic personnel between the Soviet Union and the United States so the two nations could better understand each other's foreign policy.
D) an all-out nuclear assault on the Soviets if they even looked as though they were about to encroach on the free world.
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A) It cut funding for education and diverted it to the military.
B) It passed legislation providing support for students in math,foreign languages,science,and technology.
C) It initiated covert plans for the CIA to infiltrate the Soviet missile agency and steal its technology.
D) It initiated a plan for a satellite defense system to protect the United States and Western Europe from new Soviet weapons.
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A) His domestic agenda and leadership style were guided by moderation.
B) He promised to share more of his duties with his liberal vice president.
C) He asked Congress to allocate half the U.S.budget to domestic concerns and the other half to fighting the Cold War.
D) He sought a middle ground between Democrats and Republicans by setting out to dismantle New Deal policy.
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A) The growing expense of heating fuels,which made the warm climate more economical
B) Eisenhower's policy of termination,which freed up millions of acres of former Indian reservation land
C) The advent of air-conditioning,which made it possible to live and work in the region more comfortably
D) The move toward an automobile-based society,which made it easier for most people to move south and west
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A) They were charmed by Castro's charisma and swayed by his eloquence.
B) They had a strong desire for political and economic autonomy.
C) They believed that Batista had stolen the election from Castro in 1958.
D) They had a strong belief in capitalism as the best economic system.
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A) Ethiopia
B) Afghanistan
C) Guatemala
D) Hungary
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A) stopping all forms of discrimination against American Indians.
B) stripping Native Americans of their U.S.citizenship.
C) ending the federal government's special relationship with the Indians by transferring jurisdiction over tribal lands to state and local governments.
D) removing the funding limits Congress had placed on federal aid to Native Americans and increasing spending to provide hospitals and schools on reservations.
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A) Gamal Abdel Nasser
B) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
C) Mohammed Mossadegh
D) Jacobo Arbenz
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A) Sprawling urban and suburban settlements without efficient public transportation
B) Massive industrial growth combined with limited population
C) A huge electric power project that required diversion of the city's waterways and the cutting of its trees
D) The inefficiency of the diesel-powered buses and trains that made up the city's extensive public transportation system
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A) That the Warren Court had no jurisdiction over states' educational systems
B) That the decision would sour relations between northern and southern blacks
C) That the judges acted on their own beliefs rather than their judicial duties
D) That African Americans in the South strongly opposed integration
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A) dropped by 50 percent as African Americans migrated to the suburbs.
B) doubled as African Americans sought economic opportunities.
C) remained about the same because the growth of black suburbs cancelled out African Americans' urban migration.
D) dropped by nearly 50 percent as African Americans migrated south for agricultural work.
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A) It became increasingly available to veterans,the middle class,and African Americans.
B) It was less expensive than before World War II but still available only to the privileged.
C) It was available for women of traditional college age but was not available to married women.
D) Because of major demographic changes,it became more available to women than to men.
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