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APUSH PERIOD 8 REVIEWAccounts of North Vietnamese torpedo-boat attacks on United States destroyers in the Gulf of
Tonkin during the summer of 1964 were used to justify which of the following United States
actions in Vietnam?
A
Delivery of a formal diplomatic protest to Hanoi
B
Discontinuation of American naval involvement
C
Escalation of the American war effort
D
Withdrawal of all American military advisers
E
Introduction of the Vietnamization program - ANS Escalation of the American war effort
"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
The ideas in the advertisement most likely had limited appeal for which of the following gro -
ANS Rebellious young people uncomfortable with conformity
"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
The advertisement best provides evidence for which of the following developments in the 1950 -
ANS The increase in homogeneity in postwar society
"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
Which of the following best explains a limitation of the incentives expressed in the adverti - ANS
Many new suburban housing developments of the 1950s practiced racial segregation.
"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
The ideas expressed in the advertisement overlook which of the following contexts that allow -
ANS The reliance on new roads and highways
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?
A
The New Deal
B
The Fair Deal
C
The Great Society
D
, Supply-side economics
E
Welfare to Work - ANS The Great Society
"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
The excerpt best serves as evidence of which of the following developments during the 1960s?
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 - ANS Growing pressure to eliminate
racial inequalities in society
"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
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 - ANS Using nonviolence
"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
The events described in the excerpt contributed most directly to the
A
desegregation of the armed services
B
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