1. Which of the following best characterizes the stance of the writers associated with a variety of literary owerings of the 1950 s such as J.D. Salinger and Jack Kerouac?(A) Sympathy for Protestant fundamentalism(B) Nostalgia for the good old days(C) Commitment to the cause of racial equality(D) Advocacy of cultural isolationism and conformity with traditional values(E) Disillusionment with and criticism of middle-class conformity and materialism2. Which was NOT an effect of the American Housing Act of 1949?(A) The successful integration of Blacks into middle class White communities(B) The opening up of the suburbs to the American working-class and lower middle class(C) The availability of cheap land for real estate companies and industrial concerns(D) The policy of building high-rise public housing in densely populated urban areas(E) The emergence of the suburbs as the cultural center of the American nuclear family3. Which new technology revolutionized advertising and was the basis for a new consumer culture in the 1950s?(A) Television(B) Radio(C) Newspapers(D) Billboards(E) Catalogues4. Mass immigration to the US between 1945 and 1960 involved which one (1) of the following groups?(A) Jews(B) Chinese(C) Arabs(D) Poles(E) Vietnamese
