unit 3/4 history 102

An indication of America's economic troubles during the 1970s was a. All of the possible answers are correct. b. a decline in manufacturing. c. the coming of a merchandise trade deficit. d. the advent of an urban fiscal crisis.

a

During World War II, African-Americans called the desire for victory both at home against segregation and overseas against the Germans and the Japanese a. the "double-V." b. antilynching. c. a new Emancipation Proclamation. d. the Fair Employment Practices Commission.

a

In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, a new department in the federal government created to coordinate efforts to improve security at home was called the Department of a. Homeland Security. b. Strategic Services. c. State. d. Defense.

a

In the context of postwar civil rights, what baseball player joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, challenging the longstanding exclusion of black players from Major League Baseball? a. Jackie Robinson b. Paul Robeson c. Jim Thorpe d. James Farmer

a

On September 11, 2001, planes controlled by terrorists crashed into all of the following EXCEPT a. a bridge in Washington, D.C. b. the Twin Towers in New York. c. a wing of the Pentagon. d. a field southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

a

Pat Buchanan delivered a speech at the 1992 Republican national convention that declared cultural war against all the following EXCEPT a. the Christian Right. b. gays. c. feminists. d. supporters of abortion rights.

a

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's goals included a. replacing the culture of segregation with a "beloved community" of racial justice. b. coordinating the achievement of better schooling "by any means necessary"—including violence—contrary to its name. c. replacing the culture of militarism with a foreign policy of isolationism and disarmament. d. recontextualizing the Cold War and unilateral disarmament on the part of the United States.

a

The collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and eastern Europe occurred during what years? a. 1989-1991 b. 1963-1974 c. 2002-2003 d. 2000-2002

a

The first woman Speaker of the United States House of Representatives was a. Nancy Pelosi. b. Hillary Clinton. c. Sarah Palin. d. Sonia Sotomayor.

a

The name for the small group of poets and writers, including Allen Ginsberg, who railed against mainstream culture, was a. Beats. b. hippies. c. Beatles. d. yippies.

a

What was the 1947 law that sought to reverse gains made by organized labor in the preceding decade, and authorized the president to suspend strikes by ordering an eighty-day cooling-off period, banned sympathy strikes and secondary boycotts, outlawed the closed shop, and authorized states to pass "right to work" laws? a. Taft-Hartley Act b. Fair Labor Standards Act c. White Act d. Wagner Act

a

What was the 1967 United States Supreme Court decision that declared unconstitutional the laws in sixteen states that prohibited interracial marriage? a. Loving v. Virginia b. Griswold v. Connecticut c. New York Times v. Sullivan d. Lawrence & Garner v. State of Texas

a

What was the 2003 Supreme Court decision declaring unconstitutional a Texas law making homosexual acts a crime? a. Lawrence v. Texas b. Roe v. Wade c. Loving v. Virginia d. Gideon v. Wainwright

a

Which of the following was NOT a focus of political debate during the first term of the Bush administration? a. the importance of improving airport security b. the relevance of the United Nations to global conflict resolution c. the proper balance between traditional American liberties and current security needs d. the appropriate level of federal taxation

a

Which of the following was NOT a key element of the Republican "Contract with America"? a. sharper restrictions on the sale of handguns b. less government regulation c. abolition of affirmative action d. lower taxes

a

Which of the following was NOT a key provision of the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act? a. Unions cannot discriminate on the basis of race. b. Workers cannot go on strike to support striking workers at other establishments. c. Union membership cannot be made a condition of employment. d. Avowed Communists cannot serve as union officials.

a

Which of the following was NOT a major theme of global alienation over Bush foreign policy? a. When it came to challenging brutal dictators, Bush was all talk and no action. b. Bush flouted world opinion and international law with his invasion of Iraq. c. Under Bush, the United States abdicated its responsibility to help the world address the threat of global warming. d. Bush's policy of preemptive war left the world more vulnerable than ever to the terrorist threat.

a

Which of the following was NOT a policy adopted by the federal government during the Clinton years? a. universal health care b. repeal of the federal welfare entitlement c. federal deficit reduction d. international free trade agreements

a

Which of the following was NOT a step toward racial equality in postwar America? a. defeat of Operation Dixie b. release of the Commission on Civil Rights report, To Secure These Rights c. desegregation of the armed forces d. signing of Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers

a

Which was NOT one of the Four Freedoms, President Roosevelt's shorthand for American purposes in World War II? a. freedom of liberty b. freedom from want c. freedom from fear d. freedom of speech

a

Who was the African-American chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who, in the early 1990s, argued that the United States should not commit its troops abroad without clear objectives and a timetable for withdrawal? a. Colin Powell b. Henry Hugh Shelton c. John Shalikashvili d. Peter Pace

a

Who was the leader of Al Qaeda in 2001? a. Osama bin Laden b. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed c. Saddam Hussein d. Ayman al-Zawahiri

a

Who was the oldest man ever to run for U.S. president? a. John McCain b. Ronald Reagan c. Franklin Delano Roosevelt d. John Kerry

a

Who won the popular vote in the presidential election of 2000? a. Al Gore b. George W. Bush c. Bill Clinton d. George H. W. Bush

a

Anticommunism was used by U.S. leaders to a. limit organized labor. b. All of the possible answers are correct. c. impose social and sexual morality. d. quash political dissidence.

b

During what years did the Berlin Wall, the most prominent symbol of the Cold War, divide East and West Berlin? a. 1948-1992 b. 1961-1989 c. 1947-2000 d. 1945-1975

b

In 2000, the largest employer in America was a. Microsoft. b. Wal-Mart. c. General Motors. d. Enron.

b

In June 1948, when the United States, Britain, and France introduced a separate currency in their zones of control in the city of Berlin, the Soviet Union responded by a. building the Berlin Wall. b. imposing the Berlin blockade. c. creating NATO. d. developing the Warsaw Pact.

b

June 6, 1944, the day on which nearly 200,000 American, British, and Canadian soldiers landed in Normandy in northwestern France is known as a. V-E Day. b. D-Day. c. "a day that will live in infamy." d. V-J Day.

b

The 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibited all of the following EXCEPT a. racial discrimination in privately owned public accommodations. b. racial discrimination in housing rental or sale. c. racial discrimination in employment. d. discrimination on the grounds of sex.

b

The Christian Coalition was founded by the evangelical minister a. Jim Bakker. b. Pat Robertson. c. Robert G. Grant. d. Jerry Falwell.

b

The document approved by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 that called for a range of rights to be enjoyed by people everywhere, including freedom of speech and religion, as well as social and economic entitlements, including the right to an adequate standard of living, access to adequate housing, education, and medical care was called the a. Freedom House Manifesto. b. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. c. Economic Bill of Rights. d. Fair Deal.

b

What is the name of the terrorist organization responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001, that killed nearly 3,000 Americans? a. the Taliban b. Al Qaeda c. Salafist Jihadist Unity d. the Arab Alliance

b

What third-party candidate received 19 percent of the popular vote in the 1992 presidential election, the best result for a third-party candidate since Theodore Roosevelt in 1912? a. Pat Buchanan b. Ross Perot c. Ralph Nader d. Al Gore

b

What was the 1979 organization created by the Virginia minister Jerry Falwell, devoted to waging a "war against sin" and electing "pro-life, pro-family, pro-America" candidates? a. Save Our Children b. Moral Majority c. Family First d. America First

b

What was the name for the plan by which, beginning in 1969, President Nixon gradually drew down the number of American troops in Vietnam, saying they would be replaced by South Vietnamese soldiers? a. Kissingerian Peace b. Vietnamization c. Cut and Run d. Operation Infinite Glory

b

What was the organization founded in 1968 that demanded greater Indian tribal self-government and the restoration of economic resources guaranteed in treaties? a. Wounded Knee Solidaritists b. American Indian Movement c. American Indian Assimilationists d. Indian Militancy Group

b

Which United States president first spoke of the coming of a "new world order"? a. Jimmy Carter b. George H. W. Bush c. John F. Kennedy d. Lyndon Baines Johnson

b

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence? a. Jimmy Carter's election victory over Gerald Ford; Richard Nixon's election victory over George McGovern; George Bush's election victory over Michael Dukakis; Ronald Reagan's election victory over Walter Mondale b. announcement of President Nixon's "Vietnamization" policy; U.S. invasion of Cambodia; publication of Pentagon Papers; War Powers Act c. U.S. invasion of Grenada; Proposition 13 in California; Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan; Iran-Contra scandal d. Three Mile Island accident; Helsinki Accords; Strategic Defense Initiative; Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

b

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence? a. publication of John Hersey's Hiroshima; Korematsu v. United States; announcement of Japanese-American internment policy; testing of atomic bomb in New Mexico b. German annexation of Austria; Hitler-Stalin nonaggression pact; Battle of Stalingrad; "Big Three" conference at Yalta c. publication of What the Negro Wants; Detroit "hate strike"; establishment of Fair Employment Practices Commission; A. Philip Randolph's call for March on Washington d. German invasion of Poland; Allied liberation of Paris; V-E Day; D-Day

b

Which of the following was NOT a feature of American involvement in World War II? a. It took the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to shock a reluctant nation into entering the war. b. FDR agreed to a wartime alliance with the Soviet Union only after Stalin promised to rid his country of communism after the war. c. Only with the Allied invasion of Normandy did American troops assume a major presence in European combat. d. Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan was based in part on a fear that hundreds of thousands of Americans might otherwise die in a land war.

b

Which of the following was NOT a key premise of American foreign policy during the Eisenhower years? a. The United States will intervene in the Middle East—militarily, if necessary—to ward off the threats of communism or Arab nationalism in the region. b. The United States will always respect the sovereignty of foreign democracies—even those whose policies we oppose. c. Any Soviet attack on one of our allies will result in a nuclear assault on the Soviet Union. d. We must be prepared to negotiate with the Soviet Union.

b

Which of the following was NOT a key trend in world affairs during the 1990s? a. a global expansion of the free market model b. an easing of ethnic and religious tensions c. the advent of international bodies to monitor human rights d. the end of the Cold War

b

Which of the following was NOT a major theme of global alienation over Bush foreign policy? a. Under Bush, the United States abdicated its responsibility to help the world address the threat of global warming. b. When it came to challenging brutal dictators, Bush was all talk and no action. c. Bush's policy of preemptive war left the world more vulnerable than ever to the terrorist threat. d. Bush flouted world opinion and international law with his invasion of Iraq.

b

Which of the following was NOT a major thrust of the Four Freedoms promoted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt? a. All people are entitled to express their views, whatever those views may be. b. The only thing Americans have to fear is fear itself. c. A decent standard of living is one of the bedrocks of freedom. d. Everyone—regardless of race or belief—has a right to freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

b

Which of the following was NOT a significant domestic development during the opening decade of the twenty-first century? a. a dramatic increase in the powers of government to detain and monitor individuals on American soil b. a steady rise in the level of federal taxes paid by wealthy Americans c. the loss of millions of jobs, especially in the manufacturing sector d. Supreme Court decisions rejecting the president's power to disregard legal rights of prisoners

b

Which was NOT one of the three countries identified by President George W. Bush as part of the "axis of evil"? a. Iraq b. Afghanistan c. Iran d. North Korea 1 points Save Answer

b

Who was the African-American chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who, in the early 1990s, argued that the United States should not commit its troops abroad without clear objectives and a timetable for withdrawal? a. Henry Hugh Shelton b. Colin Powell c. John Shalikashvili d. Peter Pace

b

"Stagflation" refers to a. men who burned the American flag in protest during the Vietnam War. b. low inflation and high economic growth. c. stagnant economic growth and high inflation. d. environmentalists' concerns with falling deer populations in national parks.

c

A leading voice of the Beats was a. William Levitt. b. Adlai Stevenson. c. Allen Ginsberg. d. Orval Faubus.

c

A major success for Germany and its allies during World War II was the a. Battle of Stalingrad. b. Battle of Midway. c. "blitzkrieg" campaign. d. Battle of the Bulge.

c

According to the censuses of 2000 and 2010, what percentage of all marriages ended in divorce? a. 10 percent b. 20 percent c. 50 percent d. 25 percent

c

George Kennan was a. a movie producer blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee. b. chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Subversive Activities. c. the originator of the containment policy. d. a Soviet spy working at the U.S. State Department.

c

In February 1991, the United States launched Operation Desert Storm as part of the Gulf War and quickly drove the Iraqi army from what country? a. Iran b. Iraq c. Kuwait d. Israel

c

In line with their 1994 platform, Republicans in the United States House of Representatives moved swiftly to approve deep cuts in all of the following EXCEPT a. Medicare. b. education. c. the military. d. environmental programs.

c

In what year did the Soviet Union cease to exist and, in its place, fifteen new independent nations arise? a. 1967 b. 1999 c. 1991 d. 2000

c

President Richard Nixon sought to replace the polarized and hostile relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union with a new era of "peaceful coexistence" called a. perestroika. b. glasnost. c. détente. d. realism.

c

The Christian Coalition became a major force in Republican Party politics in the 1990s and launched crusades against all of the following EXCEPT a. abortion. b. gay rights. c. creationism. d. secularism in public schools.

c

The Christian Coalition became a major force in Republican Party politics in the 1990s and launched crusades against all of the following EXCEPT a. secularism in public schools. b. gay rights. c. creationism. d. abortion.

c

The Christian Coalition was founded by the evangelical minister a. Jim Bakker. b. Robert G. Grant. c. Pat Robertson. d. Jerry Falwell.

c

The National Defense Education Act, which offered direct federal funding for higher education for the first time, was passed into law by Congress in 1957 in response to a. the French defeat by Vietnamese forces at Dien Bien Phu. b. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's visit to the United States. c. the Soviet launch of the first artificial earth satellite, Sputnik. d. inner-city riots and the rise of feminist activist endeavors across the Midwest.

c

The USA PATRIOT Act conferred all of the following powers on law enforcement agencies EXCEPT a. the power to open letters and read e-mail. b. the power to obtain personal records from third parties like libraries. c. the necessity of obtaining a judicial warrant prior to spying on citizens. d. the power to wiretap.

c

The founder of Italian fascism who sent troops to invade and conquer Ethiopia was a. Francisco Franco. b. Giovanni Berlusconi. c. Benito Mussolini. d. Charles de Gaulle.

c

The movement to reverse the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision was supported by all of the following EXCEPT a. social conservatives. b. Evangelical Protestants. c. feminists. d. the Roman Catholic Church.

c

Two outspoken critics of the domestic anticommunist crusade were a. Branch Rickey and Jackson Pollock. b. Thomas Dewey and Henry Luce. c. Paul Robeson and W. E. B. Du Bois. d. Strom Thurmond and Richard Nixon.

c

What was the name of the 1965 immigration law that abandoned the national-origins quota system and established racially neutral criteria for immigration? a. Dawes Act b. Johnson-Hays Act c. Hart-Cellar Act d. Turner-Whitfield Act

c

What was the organization created by the Kennedy administration to aid the economic and educational progress of developing countries? a. Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO) b. Alliance for Progress c. the Peace Corps d. Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)

c

Which of the following developments did NOT help undermine public faith in the effectiveness of the federal government? a. outcome of the Vietnam War b. economic downturn of the 1970s c. Camp David agreement d. Watergate scandal

c

Which of the following issues was NOT a focus of political conflict during the 1970s? a. nuclear energy b. abortion c. federal programs addressing acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) d. affirmative action

c

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence? a. Kosovo war; Operation Desert Storm; U.S. invasion of Panama; outbreak of Bosnian war b. Seattle protests at World Trade Organization meeting; reunification of Germany; dissolution of Soviet Union; removal of Berlin Wall c. Clinton electoral victory over George Bush; defeat of Clinton health plan; passage of welfare reform; release of Starr report d. Clinton election victory over Bob Dole; announcement of "Contract With America"; impeachment of Clinton; announcement of Clinton health plan

c

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence? a. Release of Bush administration's National Security Strategy; declaration of war on Iraq; renewal of UN weapons inspections in Iraq; collapse of Taliban government b. USA PATRIOT Act; September 11 attacks; second round of Bush tax cuts; Republican gains in 2002 congressional elections c. Al Qaeda bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa; Bush declaration of "war on terrorism"; Bush declaration of war on Afghanistan; Bush's "axis of evil" speech d. defection of Senator Jeffords from the Republican Party; September 11 attacks; first Bush tax cut; Bush rejection of Kyoto treaty on global warming

c

Which of the following was NOT a major theme raised by critics of Reagan's presidency? a. His dramatic tax cuts, coupled with his equally dramatic military buildup, have fostered an alarming increase in the federal deficit. b. His policies have increased the hardships of America's have-nots. c. He appears more interested in safeguarding the environment than in safeguarding the nation from communism. d. His commitment to supporting the Nicaraguan Contras exceeds his commitment to obeying the law.

c

Which was NOT a development of 1949? a. The Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb, and Mao Zedong emerged victorious in the long Chinese Civil War. b. NATO was established. c. The Soviets formalized their own eastern European alliance, the Warsaw Pact. d. Truman's Berlin airlift succeeded when Stalin lifted the blockade of West Berlin in May.

c

Which was NOT a terrorist attack on the United States undertaken by Al Qaeda? a. the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, in which nearly 3,000 people lost their lives b. a truck bomb that exploded at the World Trade Center in 1993, killing six people c. the killing of an American aboard an Italian cruise ship in October 1985 d. blasts in 1998 at American embassies in Africa, which killed more than 200 people

c

Which was NOT an event in the civil rights movement of 1963? a. Two hundred fifty thousand people, black and white, marched in Washington, D.C., in support of civil rights. b. A bomb at a black Baptist church in Birmingham killed four young girls. c. James Meredith, a black student, entered the University of Mississippi. d. A sniper killed Medgar Evers, field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi.

c

Who won the Cold War? a. No nation really won, as each one took something positive away from the experience. b. Soviet Union and its allies c. United States and its allies d. China and its allies

c

With the wave of decolonization that began in 1947 with the independence of India and creation of Pakistan, and by which, in the decades following World War II, Europe's centuries-old empires collapsed, the newly created Third World nations a. aligned with the United States. b. aligned with the Soviet Union. c. resisted alignment with either major power bloc. d. aligned with Great Britain.

c

A major initiative of the Carter administration was the a. Whip Inflation Now campaign. b. founding of the Environmental Protection Agency. c. Strategic Defense Initiative. d. Panama Canal treaty.

d

During World War II, the Axis powers were a. Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union. b. France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. c. Great Britain, the United States, and Italy. d. Germany, Italy, and Japan.

d

During what years did the Berlin Wall, the most prominent symbol of the Cold War, divide East and West Berlin? a. 1948-1992 b. 1947-2000 c. 1945-1975 d. 1961-1989

d

In 1994, the Republican Party won control of both houses of Congress for the first time since the 1950s; they proclaimed their triumph the Freedom Revolution, and Newt Gingrich, a conservative congressman from Georgia, masterminded their platform, which was called a. Morning in America. b. the New Freedom Revolution. c. the Majority. d. the Contract with America.

d

In August 1961, the Berlin Wall was erected a. to separate Berlin from East Germany—a decision mutually agreed upon by the United States and the Soviet Union. b. by the United States in an effort to keep illegal immigrants from entering West Berlin and subsequently claiming freedom in western Europe. c. by the United States so that East Germans could not enter West Berlin. d. by the Soviet Union so that people from Eastern Bloc countries could not flee to West Berlin.

d

In March 2003, with Great Britain as its sole significant ally, President Bush sent the U.S. military to attack Iraq, calling the maneuver a. "Operation Infinite Justice." b. "The Iraqi Attack." c. "Operation Enduring Freedom." d. "Operation Iraqi Freedom."

d

In the 1950s, Richard Nixon pioneered efforts to transform the Republican Party's image from a. defender of the military-industrial complex to champion of the small farmer. b. defender of the small farmer to champion of the military-industrial complex. c. defender of freedom-loving peoples and anticommunists to proponents of détente. d. defender of business to champion of the "forgotten man," for whom heavy taxation had become a burden.

d

In the 1992 run for the presidency, which was NOT true of Bill Clinton? a. He promised to "end welfare as we know it." b. He supported abortion rights. c. He supported affirmative action for racial minorities. d. He pledged to fulfill the unfulfilled promise of Johnson's Great Society.

d

In the aftermath of Rosa Parks's arrest for refusing to give her bus seat to a white rider, a yearlong bus boycott took place in what city? a. Birmingham, Alabama b. Little Rock, Arkansas c. Memphis, Tennessee d. Montgomery, Alabama

d

The 1964 voter registration drive in Mississippi, in which hundreds of white college students from the North participated, was known as a. Freedom at Last. b. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. c. Mississippi Freedom. d. Freedom Summer.

d

The United States Supreme Court ruling that an individual in police custody must be informed of the right to remain silent was a. Missouri v. Seibert. b. Harris v. New York. c. Baker v. Carr. d. Miranda v. Arizona.

d

The longest uninterrupted period of economic expansion in the nation's history took place during what years? a. 2001-2008 b. 1878-1984 c. 1929-1991 d. 1991-2000

d

The self-confident woman, portrayed as fully capable of doing a man's job in posters and on magazine covers during World War II, was called a. "a svelte Miss Liberty." b. "Elsa the Alleviator." c. "Eleanor, First Lady." d. "Rosie the Riveter."

d

What did President Eisenhower call his domestic agenda, which embraced a "mixed economy," in which the government played a major role in planning economic activity, and by which Eisenhower consolidated and legitimized the New Deal? a. the Great Society b. the "New" New Deal c. the New Frontier d. Modern Republicanism

d

What occurred in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, in April 1989? a. Tens of thousands of students gathered, burning in effigy "The Goddess of Freedom" to show their contempt for American foreign policy. b. An upgraded version of Microsoft Windows was released, causing a flood of consumers to flood the square, seeking cheap pirated copies. c. An appearance by the rock group The Clash led hundreds of young people to flood the square, dancing and singing. d. Tens of thousands of students, joined by workers, teachers, and some government officials, occupied the square and demanded greater democracy in China.

d

Which United States president first spoke of the coming of a "new world order"? a. John F. Kennedy b. Lyndon Baines Johnson c. Jimmy Carter d. George H. W. Bush

d

Which of the following U.S. presidents signed a $700 billion bank bailout, citing that these financial institutions were "too big to fail"? a. Barack Obama b. Bill Clinton c. John McCain d. George W. Bush

d

Which of the following is one of the conservative legislative measures pressed by the Republicans after 2010? a. making it increasingly difficult for all citizens to exercise their enfranchisement by passing laws requiring voters to have a photo ID such as a driver's license b. making it illegal for someone to transport unauthorized immigrants even to aid in an emergency by providing access to a hospital c. measures that represented the strongest effort to limit the right to vote since the early twentieth century d. All of the above.

d

Which of the following was NOT a central theme of the Reagan revolution? a. Taxes are too high—in the name of American freedom, they must be cut back. b. Federal regulation of the economy must be curtailed. c. America must lead the crusade against the evil of communism, wherever it may arise. d. Military spending has grown far too lavish and must be reduced.

d

Which of the following was NOT a key trend in world affairs during the 1990s? a. the end of the Cold War b. the advent of international bodies to monitor human rights c. a global expansion of the free market model d. an easing of ethnic and religious tensions

d

Which was NOT a goal of the August 28, 1963, March on Washington? a. a public-works program to reduce unemployment b. passage of a civil rights bill c. legislation barring discrimination in employment d. an end to the use of the Grandfather Clause restricting suffrage

d

Which was NOT a reason that Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) rolls expanded rapidly during the 1960s? a. aggressive campaign by welfare rights groups to encourage people to apply for benefits b. increase in births to unmarried women c. sharp rise in the number of poor female-headed households d. quintupled AFDC payments by the federal government to individual recipients

d

Which was NOT one of the elements of the "power elite"—the interlocking directorate that dominated government and society in the 1950s—in the view of the sociologist C. Wright Mills? a. corporate leaders b. military men c. politicians d. labor leaders

d