The first major occupational safety laws and workers' compensation laws were
a. passed by state legislatures in the mid-19th century.
b. vigorously opposed by many business leaders.
c. highly effective in assuring safety in the workplace.
d. strictly enforced.
What is the simplest reason that compels women to become prostitutes?
A) Money
B) Sex
C) Love
D) To hurt their families
In an effort to express their opposition to abortion, the members of a group burned and bombed abortion clinics around their state. These members are __________.
A) moderates
B) radicals
C) alternatives
D) crazy
The worker safety and health record in the United States is
a. better than that of most European nations.
b. the worst among all the industrialized nations.
c. about the same as that in England and Germany.
d. about the same as that in Japan.
Rosita works as a counselor at a Crisis Pregnancy Center. It is Rosita's job to __________.
A) urge pregnant women to have abortions
B) provide pregnant women with abortion services
C) encourage pregnant women to give birth
D) be a political activist for her cause
Which prostitutes frequent truck stops, moving from one truck to another in search of clients?
A) Bar girls
B) Street walkers
C) Parking lot lizards
D) Stag party workers
What is the primary reason that young girls (ages 10 to 15) become prostitutes?
A) Money
B) To receive drugs
C) They had fallen in love with a pimp
D) To seek revenge on their family
Over the last several years, which has not been a common corporate strategy to stay competitive and enlarge profits?
a. increasing the number of full-time employees
b. cutting wages
c. cutting benefits
d. outsourcing
The development of alternative strategies occurs during which stage in the natural history of social problems?
A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth
The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act states that __________.
A) individual states have no obligation to finance abortion
B) a woman under the age of 18 must have parental consent for an abortion
C) picketers and other demonstrators must remain 300 feet away from the entrances to abortion clinics.
D) clinics must stay open at least 6 days per week
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