The first of the major urban riots of the 1960s occurred in a region called Watts, which was a mostly black section of __________.
a. Detroit
b. Washington, D.C.
c. Los Angeles
d. Newark, New Jersey
The central social institutions of capitalism are __________.
a. markets
b. goods
c. services
d. taxes
When people refer to the American free-enterprise system, they are talking about an economic system known as __________.
a. Keynesianism
b. capitalism
c. marketism
d. modified socialism
The U.S. economy is undergoing rapid and dramatic changes that can be grouped into a few master trends. Which of the following is NOT one of these trends?
a. globalization of markets
b. decreased reliance on specialization
c. growth in service-sector jobs in the advanced economies
d. continued export of manufacturing jobs to regions with lower wage rates
In 1954, the United States Supreme Court handed down the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision. The Brown case involved __________.
a. compensation for those Americans deprived of property and interned on the West coast in World War II
b. opening voting rolls to minorities by ending the poll tax
c. making discrimination in housing illegal
d. declaring segregated educational facilities to be inherently unequal
Although Prohibition was repealed in 1933, the attitudes that gave rise to this approach are still in evidence. Which of the following is an example of these attitudes?
a. People are arrested for a single marijuana cigarette.
b. The number of teens who use drugs is declining.
c. Spouses or partners of alcoholics are often codependent.
d. Alcoholic Anonymous is a popular program.
In 2015, the Gallup Poll surveyed a representative sample of American adults and offered a list of seven personal economic problems that many people face. What did the Poll find?
a. Seventy-five percent of adults reported being very or moderately worried about five or more of the financial issues.
b. Almost 90 percent of adults reported being very or moderately worried about six or more of the financial issues.
c. Less than 10 percent of adults reported being very or moderately worried about any of the financial issues.
d. Fifty percent of adults reported being very or moderately worried about three or more of the financial issues.
In what states do minorities now outnumber whites?
a. Hawaii, New Mexico, California, Texas
b. California, New York, Alaska
c. Texas, California, Washington State, Florida
d. Texas, California, New York, Arizona
The problem of enforcement of drug laws at the national level is complicated by what foreign policy issue?
a. U.S. economic and military aid that supports the governments of countries that are major suppliers of illegal drugs
b. women's rights violations in the developing world
c. immigration reform initiatives that are controversial in countries that are affected by our drug laws
d. the controversy over the death penalty
The percentage of people who classify themselves as upper-middle or middle class has ______ since 2008, immediately before the recession.
a. declined somewhat
b. increased substantially
c. increased somewhat
d. remained the same
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