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“Question: When is a dollar more than a dollar?
“Answer: When it’s used in Levittown, the most perfectly planned community in America!
“Anybody can build a house and charge a lot of money for it. But it’s news—big news—when you can find a house
. . . to buy for only $8,990. It’s a beauty with 3 and a half delightful rooms.
“PLUS professionally landscaped grounds. . . .
“PLUS a complete bath with a tub, toilet, shower, basin . . .
“PLUS . . . all-steel kitchen cabinets, a stainless steel sink . . .
“PLUS free use of Levittown’s championship swimming pools,
“PLUS free use of all playgrounds, baseball fields, play areas. . . .
“So if you don’t want to be disappointed, come out as soon as you can—today if possible.”
Advertisement for Levitt and Sons housing development in Levittown, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Inquirer, 1951
1. The advertisement best provides evidence for which of the following developments in the 1950s?
A The increase in homogeneity in postwar society
B The efforts by civil rights activists to oppose segregation
C The rejection by some artists and intellectuals of mass culture
D The spread of fear of communist infiltration of the federal government
2. The ideas in the advertisement most likely had limited appeal for which of the following groups?
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A Marketers and salespeople
B Married homemakers and parents
C Managers and professionals employed by corporations
D Rebellious young people uncomfortable with conformity
3.
According to the graph above, the largest decrease in the percent of Americans living below the poverty line
accompanied which of the following federal policy initiatives?
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A The New Deal
B The Fair Deal
C The Great Society
D Supply-side economics
E Welfare to Work
Question refers to the excerpt below.
“How many times have you heard the story that we cleaned up Pittsburgh years ago? Do you know that Pittsburgh
air is far more dangerous to breathe now[?]... The danger is the gas you do not see—the sulfur dioxide that our
environmental scientists tell us is increasing.”
Public service announcement script, Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1970
“Mothers are all alike. They spend most of the day washing clothes, washing dishes, washing diapers, dusting and
cleaning and scrubbing. A clean house means a clean family. But what about the air? Is someone else out there
scrubbing and cleaning the air? Don’t hold your breath! FIGHT FOR IT. Attend the public meeting.”
Public service announcement script, Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1970
4. Throughout United States history, which of the following groups most typically opposed the perspectives
expressed in the public service announcements?
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A Urban political leaders
B Advocates for greater economic equality
C Members of organized labor unions
D Business executives concerned about economic growth
5. The perspectives expressed in the public service announcements suggest that popular interest in
environmental issues such as smog control emerged most directly from
A growing concerns about population pressures in major industrial cities
B a greater awareness of the impacts of abuses of natural resources
C the heightened atmosphere of crisis caused by price inflation and a stagnant economy
D the expansion of suburbs, which was allowing middle-class residents to move out of cities
“Current sit-ins and other demonstrations are concerned with something much bigger than a hamburger....
Whatever may be the difference in approach to their goal... students, North and South, are seeking to rid America
of the scourge of... discrimination—not only at lunch counters, but in every aspect of life.”
Ella Baker, “Bigger Than a Hamburger,” Raleigh, NC, 1960
6. The excerpt best serves as evidence of which of the following developments during the 1960s?
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A New demands for economic rights by Latino Americans
B Efforts to combat racism in the labor movement
C Increased conflict over the role of women in society
D Growing pressure to eliminate racial inequalities in society
7. The tactics described in the excerpt best represent which of the following?
A Filing legal challenges
B Using nonviolence
C Learning self-defense
D Petitioning government officials
8. The events described in the excerpt contributed most directly to the
A desegregation of the armed services
B ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
C passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
D Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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“One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there has been no national organization which
could speak to the growing militancy of young black people in the urban ghetto. There has been only a civil rights
movement whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites. It served as a sort of buffer zone
between them and angry young blacks. . . .
“An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community—as does the Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee—must speak in the tone of that community, not as somebody else's buffer zone. . . .
“The need for psychological equality is the reason why SNCC today believes that blacks must organize in the black
community. Only black people can convey the revolutionary idea that black people are able to do things
themselves. Only they can help create in the community an aroused and continuing black consciousness that will
provide the basis for political strength.”
Stokely Carmichael, “What We Want,” 1966
9. The ideas expressed in the excerpt arose most directly in reaction to which of the following?
A A Supreme Court decision that ordered the desegregation of public schools
B Persecution of African American labor union organizers during the Red Scare
C Discrimination and disenfranchisement that continued despite legislative gains
D An increase in conservative political activism by Black evangelical churches
United States Census Bureau
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10. Which of the following factors was most likely responsible for the change in Chicago’s population from
1950 to 1990 ?
A Migration to the suburbs and surrounding regions
B Federal policies discouraging immigration
C Decreasing birth rates among city dwellers
D Continued racial discrimination in urban public housing
“We must have tax reform. The method of raising revenue ought not to impede the transaction of business; it ought
to encourage it. I am opposed to extremely high rates, because they produce little or no revenue, because they are
bad for the country, and, finally, because they are wrong. We cannot finance the country, we cannot improve social
conditions, through any system of injustice, even if we attempt to inflict it upon the rich. Those who suffer the most
harm will be the poor. . . . The wise and correct course to follow in taxation and all other economic legislation is
not to destroy those who have already secured success but to create conditions under which everyone will have a
better chance to be successful.”
President Calvin Coolidge, inaugural address, 1925
11. The ideas expressed in the excerpt by Coolidge were most similar to the ideas of which of the following?
A Anti-imperialists in the 1890s
B New Dealers in the 1930s
C Great Society supporters in the 1960s
D New conservatives in the 1980s
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“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or
unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and
will persist.
“We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take
nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge
industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may
prosper together.”
President Dwight Eisenhower, farewell address, 1961
12. Which of the following most directly contributed to the developments Eisenhower warned “we must guard
against”?
A The internment of Japanese Americans
B The increased employment of women in defense manufacturing
C The growth of the nuclear arsenal
D The desire to protect oil supplies in the Middle East
13. Which of the following best characterizes the military-industrial complex in the decade following
Eisenhower’s speech?
A Popular protest forced greater separation between the military and industry.
B Private industry lost significant influence with the federal government.
C The military lost significant influence in the federal government.
D The concerns about the military and industry largely persisted.
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“The Republican electoral triumph in 2004 was the culmination of a half-century of struggle by the Right to
achieve political power in the United States. In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, a small band of
intellectuals launched a movement to stop what they saw as the advance of the collectivist state embodied in
modern liberalism and the New Deal political order. They were joined by anti-Communist activists across
grassroots America. . . . In their struggle against the dominant liberal state, conservatives gained control of the
Republican party by defeating its liberal eastern wing.”
Donald T. Critchlow, historian, The Conservative Ascendancy: How the GOP Right Made Political History, 2007
14. The new conservative movement most consistently criticized modern liberalism by claiming that it
A threatened traditional visions of morality
B engaged in imperialist expansionism abroad
C ignored racial discrimination and poverty at home
D devoted too few resources to alleviating poverty
“[After the Second World War, Americans] wanted...a secure country. Security would enable them to take
advantage of the fruits of prosperity and peace.... And so they adhered to an overarching principle that would guide
them in their personal and political lives: containment.... Domestic containment was bolstered by a powerful
political culture that rewarded its adherents and marginalized its detractors.... [C]ontainment aptly describes the
way in which public policy, personal behavior, and even political values were focused on the home.... Vast
numbers of American women and men during the early years of the cold war...got married, moved to the suburbs,
and had babies.... [Few] were willing to give up the rewards of conforming for the risks of resisting the domestic
path.”
Elaine Tyler May, historian, Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era, 1988
15. A desire for greater national security in the United States emerged immediately after the Second World War
because of fear of which of the following?
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A The spread of international communism
B Decolonization in Africa and Asia
C The emergence of détente
D Oil crises in the Middle East
16. The rise of what the excerpt describes as “domestic containment” most directly contributed to which of the
following characteristics of United States society during the period?
A White Southern resistance to school integration
B Greater cultural homogeneity
C Evangelical Protestant churches’ increased political engagement
D The popularity of liberal politics
“Resolved, That the Senator from Wisconsin, Mr. [Joseph] McCarthy . . . repeatedly abused the subcommittee and
its members who were trying to carry out assigned duties, thereby obstructing the constitutional processes of the
Senate, and that this conduct of the Senator from Wisconsin, Mr. McCarthy, is contrary to senatorial traditions and
is hereby condemned.
“Sec 2. The Senator from Wisconsin, Mr. McCarthy . . . in stating to the public press on November 13, 1954, that
the chairman of the Select Committee (Mr. Watkins) was guilty of ‘the most unusual, most cowardly things I've
ever heard of’ and . . . in characterizing the said committee as the ‘unwitting handmaiden,’ ‘involuntary agent’ and
‘attorneys-in-fact’ of the Communist Party and in charging that the said committee in writing its report ‘imitated
Communist methods’ . . . acted contrary to senatorial ethics and tended to bring the Senate into dishonor and
disrepute, to obstruct the constitutional processes of the Senate, and to impair its dignity; and such conduct is
hereby condemned.”
United States Senate Resolution 301, 1954
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17. The excerpt could best be used as evidence by historians studying which of the following?
A The expansion of suburbs
B The decline of the Red Scare
C The emergence of the Soviet Union
D The development of a counterculture movement
“A shadow has fallen upon the scenes so lately lighted by the Allied victory. Nobody knows what Soviet Russia
and its Communist international organization intends to do in the immediate future, or what are the limits, if any, to
their expansive and proselytizing tendencies. . . . It is my duty . . . to place before you certain facts about the
present position in Europe.
“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind
that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna,
Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest, and Sofia, all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I
must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very
high and, in many cases, increasing measure of control from Moscow. Athens alone—Greece with its immortal
glories —is free to decide its future at an election under British, American, and French observation. . . . The
Communist parties, which were very small in all these Eastern States of Europe, have been raised to preeminence
and power far beyond their numbers and are seeking everywhere to obtain totalitarian control.”
Former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, speaking at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri,
“Sinews of Peace,” (better known as the “Iron Curtain Speech”), 1946
18. An important way in which the situation described in the excerpt was significant was that it
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A highlighted a view of communism as an authoritarian threat
B celebrated the Allies’ victory over the Axis powers in the Second World War
C suggested concerns about communist subversion in the United States
D encouraged direct military confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union
19. Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech helped mark the beginning of which of the following
developments?
A The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union
B United States efforts to counteract Soviet influence by sending troops into Eastern Europe
C United States campaigns to support democratic movements in Latin America
D Soviet Union efforts to extend its influence into the countries of Western Europe
“Europe’s requirements for the next three or four years of foreign food and other essential products—principally
from America—are so much greater than her present ability to pay that she must have substantial additional help or
face economic, social, and political deterioration of a very grave character.... It is logical that the United States
should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world, without which
there can be no political stability and no assured peace. Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine
but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy in the
world so as to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist.”
Speech by Secretary of State George Marshall initiating the aid program known as the Marshall Plan, 1947
20. The Marshall Plan most directly resulted from which of the following?
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A A foreign policy based on the collective security of noncommunist nations
B A strategy focused on promoting the development of a suburban society
C Conservatives’ fears of domestic unrest and challenges to the traditional social order
D The effort to create alliances with newly decolonized countries around the world
21. The policies advocated by Marshall had most in common with which of the following developments in other
periods in United States history?
A The expansion of a market economy in the early 1800s, which shaped a distinctive middle class
The attempts by the federal government to foster economic opportunities for former slaves after the Civil
B
War
The emergence of political machines in the late 1800s, which provided economic and social services to
C
urban residents
The forcing of American Indians onto reservations by the United States government following the extension
D
of White settlement
“The reason why we find ourselves in a position of impotency is not because our only powerful potential enemy
has sent men to invade our shores...but rather because of the traitorous actions of those who have been treated so
well by this Nation. It has not been the less fortunate, or members of minority groups who have been traitorous to
this Nation, but rather those who have had the benefits that the wealthiest Nation on earth has had to offer...the
finest homes, the finest college education, and the finest jobs in government we can give. This is glaringly true in
the State Department. There the bright young men who are born with silver spoons in their mouths are the ones
who have been most traitorous.”
Senator Joseph McCarthy, speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, 1950
22. The political climate during McCarthy’s era had the most in common with which of the following?
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A The efforts to limit immigrants’ political and economic power in the 1840s and 1850s
B The attacks on radicals and immigrants following the First World War
C The isolationism in United States foreign policy during the 1930s
D The decline in public confidence and trust in government in the 1970s
23.
Which of the following statements would best describe the point being made in the cartoon above about
Richard Nixon’s administration?
A In order for integration policies to work, Nixon needed to pick up the support of the silent majority.
B The Nixon administration was arguing that integration was no longer a relevant policy.
C Nixon was reversing progress toward integration made in the 1960s.
D Nixon needed to attract more Black votes in order to move forward in civil rights.
E Nixon supported busing as a means to integration.
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“[W]e must, by means of a rapid and sustained build-up of the political, economic, and military strength of the free
world, and by means of an affirmative program intended to wrest the initiative from the Soviet Union, confront it
with convincing evidence of the determination and ability of the free world to frustrate the Kremlin design of a
world dominated by its will. Such evidence is the only means short of war which eventually may force the Kremlin
to abandon its present course of action and to negotiate acceptable agreements on issues of major importance.
“The whole success of the proposed program hangs ultimately on recognition by this Government, the American
people, and all free peoples, that the cold war is in fact a real war in which the survival of the free world is at
stake.... The prosecution of the program will require of us all the ingenuity, sacrifice, and unity demanded by the
vital importance of the issue and the tenacity to persevere until our national objectives have been attained.”
NSC-68: United States Objectives and Programs for National Security, 1950
24. The policies expressed in the excerpt contributed most directly to debates in the United States about the
A response to decolonization
B role of the president in setting foreign policy
C best means to combat communism
D mass mobilization of civilian resources
25. Which of the following United States actions most directly resulted from the goals expressed in the excerpt?
A Passage of new immigration laws
B Intervention in the conflict in Korea
C Application of federal power to try to end poverty
D Investigations to find communist subversives in government jobs
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26. The Civil Rights movement of the late 1960s was characterized by which of the following?
A The establishment of the Back to Africa movement
A growing split between those who advocated nonviolence and those who favored more aggressive tactics to
B
achieve civil rights
C Widespread support by southern Whites who had initially resisted the movement
A sharp drop in participation and interestin voter registration drives and other equal-access efforts in the
D
rural South
E Strong support for the women’s rights movement
“[T]his administration is motivated by a political philosophy that sees the greatness of America in you, her people,
and in your families, churches, neighborhoods, communities—the institutions that foster and nourish values like
concern for others and respect for the rule of law under God.
“Now, I don’t have to tell you that this puts us in opposition to . . . a prevailing attitude of many who have turned to
a modern-day secularism, discarding the tried and time-tested values upon which our very civilization is based. . . .
And while they proclaim that they’re freeing us from superstitions of the past, they’ve taken upon themselves the
job of superintending us by government rule.”
President Ronald Reagan, speech to the National Association of Evangelicals, 1983
27. Reagan's presidency resulted in
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A a decrease in federal government spending
B deregulation of industry and reductions in taxes
C extensive federal legislation promoting moral ideals
D more vigorous protection of the environment
28. The excerpt most directly reflects which of the following trends of the 1980s?
A The continued growth of the influence of liberal political ideas
B The religious diversity of the Republican Party’s supporters
C The increasing public belief in the federal government’s positive influence on society
D The expanding political participation of Christian groups
Women’s libbers do not speak for the majority of American women. American women do not want to be liberated
from husbands and children. We do not want to trade our birthright of the special privileges of American
women—for the mess of pottage called the Equal Rights Amendment.
“Modern technology and opportunity have not discovered any nobler or more satisfying or more creative career for
a woman than marriage and motherhood. The wonderful advantage that American women have is that we can have
all the rewards of that number-one career, and still moonlight with a second one to suit our intellectual, cultural, or
financial tastes or needs.”
Phyllis Schlafly, “What’s Wrong with ‘Equal Rights’ for Women?,” 1972
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29. The ideas in the excerpt about women’s roles in society have the most in common with ideas associated
with which of the following?
A Activism on behalf of women’s rights during the middle of the nineteenth century
B The greater separation of home and workplace during the first decades of the nineteenth century
C Political and social reform efforts led by women’s clubs during the late nineteenth century
D The increased participation of women in the workforce during the Second World War
30. Schlafly’s argument in the excerpt responded most directly to the
A rise of the conservation movement
B achievement of woman suffrage
C change in the structure of families
D influence of computers and the Internet
31. The ideas expressed in the excerpt are most closely aligned with which of the following broader historical
developments?
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A The emergence of the sexual revolution
B The growth of the modern conservative movement
C The increased use of federal power to address social inequalities
D The critique of post–Second World War liberalism from groups on the left
32. Which of the following best describes an interpretation of the overall trend in the graph of United States
crude oil consumption between 1950 and 1980 ?
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A The United States domestic production of crude oil increased in this period.
B The United States became more dependent on imports of crude oil in this period.
C United States usage of crude oil became more efficient in this period.
D The United States had a consistently increasing supply of crude oil imports in this period.
Question refers to the 1967 image below.
33. Which of the following was a key difference between the Korean War and the Vietnam War?
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The chances of a direct military clash between the United States and the Soviet Union was greater in the
A
Vietnam War.
B United States leaders could more easily argue that communist aggression led to the Vietnam War.
C Public opposition was more significant for the Vietnam War than for the Korean War.
D The press was more adversarial toward United States policy during the Korean War.
34. Which of the following developments is the most direct effect of the situation portrayed in the image?
A Increased public opposition to the use of nuclear weapons
B Expanded use of military force to achieve foreign policy goals in Eastern Europe
C Reduced congressional oversight of United States military interventions
D Reduced public trust in the federal government and the president
“I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a
radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin...the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented
society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than
people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.”
Martin Luther King, Jr., “Beyond Vietnam,” April 4, 1967
35. The reference to “the world revolution” in the excerpt most directly refers to which of the following
developments in international affairs following the Second World War?
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A Decolonization and the emergence of nationalist movements in Asia and Africa
B The beginning of the Cold War in Europe
C United States support for anticommunist regimes in Latin America
D United States efforts to create a national energy policy
“We are the people of this generation, bred in at least modest comfort, housed now in universities, looking
uncomfortably to the world we inherit.
“When we were kids, the United States was the wealthiest and strongest country in the world; the only one with the
atom bomb, the least scarred by modern war, an initiator of the United Nations....
“As we grew, however, our comfort was penetrated by events too troubling to dismiss....
“The conventional moral terms of the age, the politician moralities—‘free world,’ ‘people’s democracies’ reflect
realities poorly, if at all, and seem to function more as ruling myths than as descriptive principles....
“The bridge to political power, though, will be built through genuine cooperation, locally, nationally, and
internationally, between a new left of young people, and an awakening community of allies.”
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Port Huron Statement, 1962
36. What did SDS have most in common with the youth counterculture of the 1960s?
A A rejection of many of the values of their parents’ generation
B A commitment to reforming society through direct political action
C A desire to remove themselves from mainstream society and experiment with drugs
D A determination to establish gender equality throughout the United States
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37. Which of the following post-1945 developments contributed most strongly to the discomfort that members
of SDS felt?
A The efforts of Congress to adopt legislation to deal with domestic social problems
B The disillusionment with United States domestic values and Cold War events
C The Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision on school desegregation
D The support for collective security through international organizations
"We are people of this generation, bred in at least modest comfort, housed now in universities.... Freedom and
equality for each individual, government of, by, and for the people—these American values we found good.... As
we grew,however,our comfort was penetrated by events too troubling to dismiss.... The declaration ‘all men are
created equal’ rang hollow before the facts of Negro life.... The proclaimed peaceful intentions of the United States
contradicted its economic and military investments in the Cold War status quo.... America rests in national
stalemate,...its democratic system apathetic and manipulated rather than ‘of, by, and for the people.’”
Students for a Democratic Society, “The Port Huron Statement,” 1962
38. Based on the excerpt, Students for a Democratic Society would most likely support
A greater global economic integration under United States leadership
B expanded attempts to repress communists in the United States
C a decrease in United States intervention in Asia
D reduced spending for government social programs
39. Which of the following most directly contributed to the sentiments expressed in the excerpt?
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A Concerns about the declining role of the United States in Western Europe
B The increasing use of federal power to combat racial discrimination
C Social inequalities exposed during the Civil Rights movement
D Support for the equality of gays and lesbians
“PURPOSE AND POLICY
“SECTION 2. (a) It is the purpose of this joint resolution to fulfill the intent of the framers of the Constitution of
the United States and insure that the collective judgment of both the Congress and the President will apply to the
introduction of United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in
hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, and to the continued use of such forces in hostilities or in such
situations. . . .”
“CONSULTATION
“SECTION 3. The President in every possible instance shall consult with Congress before introducing United
States Armed Forces into hostilities or into situation where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated
by the circumstances, and after every such introduction shall consult regularly with the Congress until United
States Armed Forces are no longer engaged in hostilities or have been removed from such situations.”
War Powers Act, passed by Congress in 1973
40. Which of the following developments best explains the passage of the excerpted law?
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A Presidents deepened United States military engagement in Vietnam without a declaration of war.
B Congress objected to the measures used by presidents to enforce the desegregation of schools.
C Counterculture leaders argued for expansion of presidential powers to uncover communist infiltrators.
D African American leaders criticized the violence inflicted on peaceful civil rights protesters in the South.
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History Scoring Guide

“Question: When is a dollar more than a dollar?

“PLUS professionally landscaped grounds. . . .

“PLUS a complete bath with a tub, toilet, shower, basin . . .

“PLUS . . . all-steel kitchen cabinets, a stainless steel sink . . .

“PLUS free use of Levittown’s championship swimming pools,

“PLUS free use of all playgrounds, baseball fields, play areas. . . .

A The increase in homogeneity in postwar society

B The efforts by civil rights activists to oppose segregation

C The rejection by some artists and intellectuals of mass culture

D The spread of fear of communist infiltration of the federal government

A Marketers and salespeople

B Married homemakers and parents

C Managers and professionals employed by corporations

D Rebellious young people uncomfortable with conformity

A The New Deal

B The Fair Deal

C The Great Society

Question refers to the excerpt below.

A Urban political leaders

B Advocates for greater economic equality

C Members of organized labor unions

D Business executives concerned about economic growth

A growing concerns about population pressures in major industrial cities

B a greater awareness of the impacts of abuses of natural resources

Ella Baker, “Bigger Than a Hamburger,” Raleigh, NC, 1960

A New demands for economic rights by Latino Americans

B Efforts to combat racism in the labor movement

C Increased conflict over the role of women in society

D Growing pressure to eliminate racial inequalities in society

A Filing legal challenges

D Petitioning government officials

8. The events described in the excerpt contributed most directly to the

A desegregation of the armed services

B ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

C passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

D Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

Stokely Carmichael, “What We Want,” 1966

A A Supreme Court decision that ordered the desegregation of public schools

C Discrimination and disenfranchisement that continued despite legislative gains

D An increase in conservative political activism by Black evangelical churches

United States Census Bureau

A Migration to the suburbs and surrounding regions

B Federal policies discouraging immigration

C Decreasing birth rates among city dwellers

D Continued racial discrimination in urban public housing

President Calvin Coolidge, inaugural address, 1925

A Anti-imperialists in the 1890s

B New Dealers in the 1930s

C Great Society supporters in the 1960s

D New conservatives in the 1980s

President Dwight Eisenhower, farewell address, 1961

A The internment of Japanese Americans

B The increased employment of women in defense manufacturing

C The growth of the nuclear arsenal

D The desire to protect oil supplies in the Middle East

B Private industry lost significant influence with the federal government.

C The military lost significant influence in the federal government.