1. By the end of the 1950s, Latin American anger toward the U.S. had intensified because Washington had done all of the following except

a)     extend massive aid to Europe and little to Latin America

b)     continue to intervene in Latin American affairs

c)     support bloody dictators who claimed to be fighting communism

d)    allow Cuba to fall into the hands of the communists

e)     the CIA-directed coup in Guatemala 

1. All of the following were harbingers of the emerging new life-style of leisure and affluence except

a)     easy credit

b)     fast-food production

c)     new forms of recreation

d)    a franker treatment of sexuality

e)     the maturity of radio

1. In the 1950s, the key to economic growth rested in

a)     the chemical industry

b)     the aeronautics and space industry

c)     the automobile industry

d)    federal highway construction

e)     electronics

1. Between 1950 and 1980, the majority of newly created jobs in the clerical and service fields were held by

a)     men

b)     minorities

c)     people with some college education

d)    women

e)     immigrants

1. Sports reflected the population shift toward the West and the South

a)     because more professional athletes came from those areas

b)     when television viewership of sports in those regions became the highest in the nation

c)     when baseball’s Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants moved to the California

d)    when UCLA and Duke dominated college basketball

e)     none of the above

1. Arrange the following in chronological order: (A) fall of Dienbienphu, (B) marines sent to Lebanon, (C) Suez crisis

a)     A, C, B

b)     A, B, C

c)     B, C, A

d)    C, A, B

e)     B, A, C

1. The rapid upsurge in the employment of women after 1945 can be attributed mainly to

a)     an increase in the divorce rate

b)     smaller families

c)     the expansion of the service sector

d)    the reluctance of men to work in the service sector

e)     the acceptance of women in management positions