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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Figure 59, what percent of Americans spent their evenings watching TV?
(a) 79 percent.
(b) 47 percent.
(c) 81 percent.
(d) 62 percent.

2. In 1940, what was one of the poorest cities in the poorest state in the United States?
(a) Tupelo, Mississippi.
(b) Bessemer, Alabama.
(c) Anniston, Alabama.
(d) Calhoun City, Mississippi.

3. Researchers at what university discovered that people with more diverse social ties got fewer colds?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) Carnegie Mellon University.

4. How many Korean business owners used debt financing to start their enterprises?
(a) 40 percent.
(b) 70 percent.
(c) 60 percent.
(d) 50 percent.

5. Who wrote "The Death and Life of Great American Cities"?
(a) Jane Jacobs.
(b) Caroline Phillips.
(c) Rebecca Davis.
(d) Mary Whitcomb.

6. In 1959, how many American homes had television?
(a) 80 percent.
(b) 75 percent.
(c) 85 percent.
(d) 90 percent.

7. How many men born in the 1920s served in the military?
(a) 75 percent.
(b) 70 percent.
(c) 80 percent.
(d) 85 percent.

8. During what time period was the Gilded Age?
(a) 1900-1910.
(b) 1850-1860.
(c) 1860-1870.
(d) 1870-1900.

9. In 1998, what percent of adults had children at home?
(a) 41.
(b) 58.
(c) 38.
(d) 23.

10. When was the Progressive Era?
(a) 1915-1920.
(b) 1905-1910.
(c) 1900-1915.
(d) 1900-1930.

11. When did the government put in place slum clearance policies?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1950s and 1960s.
(d) 1960s and 1970s.

12. When did Bill Clinton become president?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1984.

13. In 1870, how many miles were there in the nationwide rail network?
(a) 53,000.
(b) 71,000.
(c) 46,000.
(d) 62,000.

14. What type of a culture was found in the South?
(a) Individualistic.
(b) Moralistic.
(c) Conventionalistic.
(d) Traditionalistic.

15. Where was it first written that "To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heaven"?
(a) A rock song.
(b) Ecclesiastes.
(c) Psalms.
(d) A country western song.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first American Nobel Laureate for literature?

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

3. What is the nickname for the state of North Carolina?

4. After 1870, how many more patents were generated than in previous years?

5. How many Americans in any given year suffered from major depression?

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