CPHT 32 history

the baby boom

peakes in 1957

In discussing the issue of juvenile delinquency, J. Edgar Hoover insisted that the root of the problem was a lack of:

religious training

the music alan freed labeled rock n roll was actually

rhythm and blues

The author of Catcher in the Rye was:

J. D. Salinger.

invisible man was written by

Ralph ellison

according to life magazine, the proper role for women in the 1950's was

being a good mother and wife

elvis presley's recordings

blended a variety of musical styles

which of the following statements about the orginal levitown is NOT true?

children were not allowed until after 1963

the inner-directed personality

had a core set of fixed principles

allen ginsberg wrote

howl

The dominant feature of post-World War II American society was:

its remarkable prosperity

A major proponent of the technique of "action painting"—the artist trying to "literally be in the painting"—was:

jackson pollock

The Crack in the Picture Window:

argued that suburbanites were living in a "homogeneous, postwar Hel

Between 1945 and 1960, the Gross National Product (GNP):

nearly doubled.

most blacks who moved into chicago were fleeing terrible poverty in

the mississippi delta

which of the following was NOT a major stimulant to the post 1945 economy?

the movement of women into the workforce

The average American real income in 1955, compared to that of just before the crash of 1929, was:

twice as much

the prevailing tone of the popular religous revival of the 1950's was

upbeat and soothing

Willy Loman:

was a character in Death of a Salesman.

the corporate charachter of american life

was an increasingly regimented conformity

The Beats:

were, like the abstract expressionists, motivated by a desire to liberate self-expression.