Question 1

Signs of progress for African Americans in the early 2000s include all of the following except

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A)  more people moving into the middle class. 
B)  rising numbers of blacks holding political office locally and nationally. 
C)  declining numbers of single, female-headed households. 
D)  increasing numbers of blacks buying homes in the suburbs. 
E)  an end to efforts to disqualify their votes or keep them from the polls. 
A)  more people moving into the middle class. 
B)  rising numbers of blacks holding political office locally and nationally. 
C)  declining numbers of single, female-headed households. 
D)  increasing numbers of blacks buying homes in the suburbs. 
E)  an end to efforts to disqualify their votes or keep them from the polls.

Question 2

The authors conclude that after much of its history as a revolutionary force in a conservative world,America "is now a conservative force in a world of revolution." Do you agree? Why or why not?

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I cannot provide a full answer to this q

Question 3

African Americans' goal of achieving higher education received a substantial boost when the Supreme Court ruled in 2003 that.

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A)  blacks could be hired directly as full professors in American universities. 
B)  racial discrimination in awarding financial aid was illegal. 
C)  formerly all-white universities had to provide compensation for past discrimination. 
D)  affirmative action in admissions was legitimate so long as rigid quotas or point systems were not used. 
E)  racially oriented African American Studies programs were legal. 
A)  blacks could be hired directly as full professors in American universities. 
B)  racial discrimination in awarding financial aid was illegal. 
C)  formerly all-white universities had to provide compensation for past discrimination. 
D)  affirmative action in admissions was legitimate so long as rigid quotas or point systems were not used. 
E)  racially oriented African American Studies programs were legal.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Douglas Wilder

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Douglas Wilder is a notable figure in Am

Question 5

Compare the greatest challenges that American democracy faced in 1808,1908,and 2008.Which challenges are essentially the same,and which are radically new?

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In 1808, one of the greatest challenges

Question 6

Which of the following is not among the reasons that Mexican immigrants were,for a long time,slow to become American citizens?

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A)  Most lived very close to Mexico and remained identified with that country. 
B)  Many returned frequently to Mexico to visit home and family there. 
C)  Almost all Mexican immigrants remained migrant farm laborers unable to settle down in cities. 
D)  It was often considered a badge of dishonor to adopt American citizenship. 
E)  The Mexican government actively discouraged Mexicans from taking U.S. citizenship. 
A)  Most lived very close to Mexico and remained identified with that country. 
B)  Many returned frequently to Mexico to visit home and family there. 
C)  Almost all Mexican immigrants remained migrant farm laborers unable to settle down in cities. 
D)  It was often considered a badge of dishonor to adopt American citizenship. 
E)  The Mexican government actively discouraged Mexicans from taking U.S. citizenship.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-National Endowment for the Arts

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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA

Question 8

In 2006,the number of college graduates in the 25-34 age group was approximately one person in

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A)  ten. 
B)  five. 
C)  twenty. 
D)  three. 
E)  four. 
A)  ten. 
B)  five. 
C)  twenty. 
D)  three. 
E)  four.

Question 9

Which American challenge do you think will most dominate the first half of the twenty-first century: economic prosperity and justice,the global and local environment,or the threat of international terrorism? What resources does American history provide for meeting what you consider to be the single greatest challenge?

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I believe that the global and local envi

Question 10

President George H.W.Bush's plan to offer a "path to citizenship" for 12 million illegal immigrants,while tightening border control and penalizing illegal immigrant hiring

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A)  gained powerful political momentum through the support of the Catholic Church. 
B)  won strong support from most elements of his Republican party. 
C)  pleased almost no one and failed to pass Congress. 
D)  was welcome by most immigrants and their advocates. 
E)  sharply divided immigrant groups between those favoring and those opposing it. 
A)  gained powerful political momentum through the support of the Catholic Church. 
B)  won strong support from most elements of his Republican party. 
C)  pleased almost no one and failed to pass Congress. 
D)  was welcome by most immigrants and their advocates. 
E)  sharply divided immigrant groups between those favoring and those opposing it.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-mainstream media

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Mainstream media refers to the various l

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-abstract expressionism

Accepted Answer

Abstract Expressionism is an art movemen

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Barack Obama

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Barack Obama was the 44th President of t

Question 14

In general,the effects of the electronic new media in the early twentieth century were

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A)  used to reinforce existing political and economic power structures. 
B)  restricted to those with extensive education and training in their use. 
C)  of greater benefit to corporations than to ordinary citizens. 
D)  democratizing for ordinary citizens. 
E)  complementary to the interests of the traditional mainstream media. 
A)  used to reinforce existing political and economic power structures. 
B)  restricted to those with extensive education and training in their use. 
C)  of greater benefit to corporations than to ordinary citizens. 
D)  democratizing for ordinary citizens. 
E)  complementary to the interests of the traditional mainstream media.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Jonas Salk

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Jonas Salk was an American medical resea

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-research universities

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Research universities are institutions o

Question 17

How has American literature,music,and art fared in the era of television and pop culture?

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American literature, music, and art have

Question 18

In the late twentieth and early twenty-first century,American fiction reflected

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A)  an increasing number of women writers and female perspectives. 
B)  a renaissance in Native American literature seeking to recover the tribal past and reimagine the present. 
C)  the experience of immigrants in America. 
D)  political themes and social commentary. 
E)  All of these 
A)  an increasing number of women writers and female perspectives. 
B)  a renaissance in Native American literature seeking to recover the tribal past and reimagine the present. 
C)  the experience of immigrants in America. 
D)  political themes and social commentary. 
E)  All of these

Question 19

By 2002,approximately ____ percent of African Americans lived in central cities.

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A)  10 
B)  52 
C)  25 
D)  75 
E)  90 
A)  10 
B)  52 
C)  25 
D)  75 
E)  90

Question 20

All of the following proved to be characteristics of the new information age economy except

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A)  instant global communications. 
B)  high-tech computer and media businesses. 
C)  the decline of traditional occupations mediating between products and clients. 
D)  an end to the boom-and-bust capitalist business cycle. 
E)  outsourcing of white collar American jobs to Third World countries. 
A)  instant global communications. 
B)  high-tech computer and media businesses. 
C)  the decline of traditional occupations mediating between products and clients. 
D)  an end to the boom-and-bust capitalist business cycle. 
E)  outsourcing of white collar American jobs to Third World countries.

Exam 42: The American People Face a New Century

Signs of progress for African Americans in the early 2000s include all of the following except

The authors conclude that after much of its history as a revolutionary force in a conservative world,America "is now a conservative force in a world of revolution." Do you agree? Why or why not?

African Americans' goal of achieving higher education received a substantial boost when the Supreme Court ruled in 2003 that.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Douglas Wilder

Compare the greatest challenges that American democracy faced in 1808,1908,and 2008.Which challenges are essentially the same,and which are radically new?

Which of the following is not among the reasons that Mexican immigrants were,for a long time,slow to become American citizens?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -National Endowment for the Arts

In 2006,the number of college graduates in the 25-34 age group was approximately one person in

President George H.W.Bush's plan to offer a "path to citizenship" for 12 million illegal immigrants,while tightening border control and penalizing illegal immigrant hiring

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -mainstream media

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -abstract expressionism

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Barack Obama

In general,the effects of the electronic new media in the early twentieth century were

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jonas Salk

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -research universities

How has American literature,music,and art fared in the era of television and pop culture?

In the late twentieth and early twenty-first century,American fiction reflected

By 2002,approximately ____ percent of African Americans lived in central cities.

All of the following proved to be characteristics of the new information age economy except

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

The Planting of English America,1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies,1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century,1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution,1700-1775

The Duel for North America,1608-1763

The Road to Revolution,1763-1775

America Secedes from the Empire,1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution,1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State,1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic,1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism,1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy,1824-1840

Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture,1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy,1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy,1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle,1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion,1854-1861

Girding for War: The North and the South,1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War,1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction,1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age,1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age,1865-1900

America Moves to the City,1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution,1865-1896

Empire and Expansion,1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt,1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust,1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal,1933-1939

Franklin D.Roosevelt and the Shadow of War,1933-1941

America in World War II,1941-1945

The Cold War Begins,1945-1952

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

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