Opposition from the American Medical Association (AMA) blocked __________. A) federal involvement in providing health care B) government health research C) increases in prices for drugs and medical treatment D) private medical insurance policies ANSWER Answer: A
Marlon Brando and James Dean were 1950s popular culture figures who gained their fame in __________. A) television B) rock ‘n’ roll music C) movies D) popular novels ANSWER Answer: C
Which of these did the Beats celebrate? A) jazz B) progress C) power D) belonging ANSWER Answer: A
A symbolic first, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in __________. A) the Olympics B) the University of Alabama Law School C) the Army Officer Corps D) major league baseball ANSWER Answer: D
In response to the recommendations of To Secure These Rights, Truman __________. A) sent a sweeping civil rights bill to Congress B) appointed the first black cabinet member C) endorsed the recommendations but took no legislative action D) ordered the Supreme Court to reconsider Plessy v. Ferguson ANSWER Answer: C
Mayan society was ruled by A) a strong chief. B) a council of elders. C) elected officials. D) powerful nobles and priests. ANSWER D
Before the arrival of the Europeans, North American native peoples developed all the following EXCEPT A) hunting on horseback. B) living in villages. C) the planting and harvesting of food crops. D) intertribal trade networks. ANSWER A
Contact with white traders, trappers, and settlers caused A) the retreat of Native Americans into Spanish missions for protection. B) the formation of military alliances among most western Native-American tribes. C) Native Americans to resign themselves to the inevitable western surge of white settlement. D) a dramatic decline in the Native-American population. ANSWER D
Which of the following was most responsible for the cultural disintegration of many Native-American tribes in North America? A) their attraction to evangelical Protestantism B) their infection by European-carried diseases C) their common intermarriage with Europeans D) their ready adoption of European cultural values ANSWER B
The Caroline incident involved a controversy over A) the United States-Canadian boundary from Lake Superior to the Lake of the Woods. B) the use of United States ships to enforce the ban on the Atlantic slave trade. C) American’s harboring Canadian rebels. D) Maine’s boundary with Canada. ANSWER C