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20 Cards in this Set
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The Western nation with the largest gap between the rich and the poor is ________. |
the United States. |
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Statistics show that since 1970 the gap between the rich and the poor in terms of the division of a nation's income ________. |
has increased. |
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Which of the following was not a part of the culture of Middletown as described by Helen and Robert Lynd? |
Shared wealth and power |
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In the Middletown of today, when compared to the first studies of it ________. |
class structure is much less cohesive and clear-cut. |
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Which of the following statements about the upper class in the United States is correct? |
Over the past several years the wealth of the upper class have enjoyed dramatic increases. |
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The idea that competing centers of wealth and power within the upper class prevent it from becoming a cohesive ruling class is known as the ________. |
pluralist theory. |
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People whose income is derived from small businesses may be classified as members of the ________. |
petit bourgeoisie. |
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Measuring a person's social class standing is best done by ________. |
assessing their wealth. |
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People suffering from economic insecurity have a tendency to join ________. |
conservative social movements |
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The so-called Savings and Loan Bailout by the Reagan administration in the 1980s had the effect of quickly stabilizing the economy and ultimately cost the taxpayers almost nothing. |
False |
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Increased economic stress for middle and low income workers in the U. S. has led to sharp increases in union membership over the past few decades. |
False |
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Most U. S. studies believe the percentage of the population that can be called "upper class" is approximately ________. |
4% |
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Support for Joseph McCarthy's "Big Red Witch Hunt" for Communists in the 1950s was strongest among ________. |
Small business owners |
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Subjective social class is measured by asking people what they feel is their own social class standing. |
True |
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If we adjust for inflation, a middle-class male head-of-household wage earner around the end of World War II made more income compared to the cost of living at the time than a middle class family today does when compared to today's cost of living, even when both parents work. |
True |
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Most of the poor in the U. S. are actually working. |
True |
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Advertising today tends to emphasize the need for Americans to return to the tenets of what Max Weber called "The Protestant Ethic." |
False |
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In the 1980 public opinion poll shown in the chapter, the U. S. population as a whole most commonly favors the idea that income inequality should remain "at about the present level." |
TRUE |
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In the chart seen in the chapter, more than half of U. S. respondents still believe a person has at least a good chance of "getting ahead" if they are willing to work hard. |
TRUE |
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Politicians seem to have a strong tendency to artificially inflate the number suffering poverty in the United States. |
False |