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.
