The 1849 Constitution limited the right to vote to
a. white men and women.
b. all adults except for African Americans.
c. white men.
d. all adults except for the Chinese.
Q. 2The gender pay gap in the United Kingdom is
a. expected to narrow as the country recovers from the 2008 global economic crisis.
b. narrowing due to the policies promoted by the Coalition Government.
c. expected to widen as public sector cuts increase the number of women in the private sector.
d. widest for part time workers than for full time workers.
e. very low due to the extremely high educational levels of women.
Q. 3Spain and Mexico maintained control of California until
a. population reached 500,000 in the late 1700s.
b. the Mexican government ended rule in 1800s.
c. California became a state in 1850.
d. it became a U.S. territory in 1848.
Q. 4Members of ethnic minority groups in the United Kingdom
a. are well integrated.
b. are overwhelmingly under the age of twenty-five.
c. are increasingly foreign-born.
d. used to experience considerable racially motivated criminal attacks, but such attacks have decreased since the 1990s.
e. make up a higher proportion in the managerial and professional ranks than white men.
Q. 5Statehood ended a phase called
a. the Gold Rush.
b. unification.
c. the Big Four.
d. the transcontinental railroad.
Q. 6New Labour's approach to society
a. emphasizes entitlements.
b. re-emphasizes the collectivist consensus, which supported broad and deep state intervention in the economy to promote an egalitarian society.
c. emphasizes that government intervention to foster societal equality was unnecessary and undesirable.
d. supports comprehensive solutions to society's ills and the reduction of the tendency for government to neglect marginalized individuals.
e. led to a significant narrowing of inequality in the United Kingdom.
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