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In his 1950 book,The Lonely Crowd,sociologist David Riesman argued that Americans were


A) increasingly interested in winning approval from their family.
B) increasingly more concerned with winning approval in the community or larger organization.
C) both increasingly more likely to judge themselves on the basis of their own values, and increasingly interested in winning approval from their family.
D) increasingly more likely to judge themselves on the basis of their own values.
E) All these answers are correct.

F) All of the above
G) B) and D)

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The rapid rise in the popularity of rock music was partly due to


A) jukeboxes.
B) innovations in television programming.
C) the success of American Bandstand.
D) innovations in radio programming.
E) All these answers are correct.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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What factors account for the broad-based and rapid progress of science and technology following World War II? Why did this progress not occur sooner?

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All the following statements regarding the use of DDT are true EXCEPT that


A) it was first used on a large scale in Italy in 1943-1944, during a typhus outbreak.
B) the pesticide likely saved the lives of thousands of soldiers during World War II.
C) after its introduction, it quickly gained a positive reputation for its effectiveness.
D) scientists during WWII knew the pesticide had a long-term toxic effect on humans and animals.
E) the pesticide was recognized to be extremely toxic to insects.

F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

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In 1946,Dr.Benjamin Spock's best-selling Baby and Child Care contended that


A) children should not be breast-fed or allowed to sleep with their parents.
B) fathers needed to spend as much time as mothers in the care and raising of their children.
C) families should not have more than three children.
D) mothers should stay at home with their children.
E) the ages of children in a family should not be spaced out over more than five years.

F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

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The Soviet Union's announcement in 1960 that it had shot down an American U-2 spy plane


A) occurred at the close of an important summit conference in Paris.
B) proved to be false.
C) resulted in a UN proclamation that criticized the United States.
D) led Soviet Premier Khrushchev to withdraw his invitation to Eisenhower to visit Moscow.
E) compelled President Dwight Eisenhower to apologize for invading Soviet airspace.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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During the 1950s,the American Federation of Labor in the United States


A) was intimidated by powerful and wealthy corporations.
B) merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
C) represented nearly half of all working Americans.
D) saw its president, David Beck, charged with the misappropriation of union funds.
E) made significant concessions in benefits in order to gain higher wages.

F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

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