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David Riesman is the author of the book "The Lonely Crowd" which analyzes the shift from a society based on inner-directed individuals to one based on other-directed individuals.

Answer: B
 "Checkers speech" is a well-known speech by Richard Nixon in which he addressed allegations of financial impropriety during his campaign for Vice President in 1952.

Answer: C
 John Roberts is currently the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Answer: J
 William Levitt is known as the "builder of suburbia" for his work in developing large suburban housing communities after World War II.

Answer: E
 Thurgood Marshall was a lawyer for the NAACP and played a key role in several landmark cases, including Brown v. Board of Education.

Answer: A
 "The Affluent Society" is a book written by John Kenneth Galbraith that argues that despite widespread affluence, society still suffers from social and economic inequality.

Answer: D
 Ray Kroc is considered the founder of McDonald's, having purchased the original restaurant from the McDonald brothers and turning it into a global franchise.

Answer: I
 Ho Chi Minh was a Vietnamese revolutionary leader who played a key role in the fight for Vietnamese independence from French and later American forces.

Answer: K
 Allen Ginsberg was one of the leading writers of the Beat movement, known for his poetry and advocacy of countercultural values.

Answer: H
 Little Rock Central High School was the site of a major Civil Rights struggle in 1957, when nine black students were prevented from attending the previously all-white school following a Supreme Court ruling declaring segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional.

Answer: L
 Al Smith was a Catholic politician who ran for President in 1928 and was the first Catholic to be nominated for the presidency by a major political party.

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