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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter 16, Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the 1950s and 1960s, what percent of workers belonged to professional associations and other economic organizations (other than unions)?
(a) 5-7 percent.
(b) 3-4 percent.
(c) 8-10 percent.
(d) 11-15 percent.

2. When was the Roanoke, Virginia Chapter of the NAACP established?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1923.

3. How many of the small groups that Americans participated in were Sunday school classes, prayer fellowships, Bible study groups, and other church-related groups?
(a) 1/10.
(b) Roughly half.
(c) Approximately one-third.
(d) 1/4.

4. By the end of the twentieth century, how many Americans were in the labor force?
(a) 67 percent.
(b) 49 percent.
(c) 58 percent.
(d) 73 percent.

5. At one time, whom did they want to rename the LAX airport after?
(a) James Cagney.
(b) Jimmy Stewart.
(c) Bing Crosby.
(d) Clint Eastwood.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1990s, how many women worked outside the home?

2. Where were groups of working-class housewives most likely to play cards frequently?

3. How long did it take the telephone to reach 75 percent of American households?

4. In 1959, how many American homes had television?

5. What ages of women in the 1980s and 1990s felt the most harried?

(see the answer key)

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