The essential idea of the "melting pot" was:
a. all ethnic groups would eventually adopt the culture of the dominant Anglo groups.
b. each immigrant group would hold on to its basic culture, creating a more diverse American society.
c. the cultures of different ethnic groups would eventually fuse into a single American culture.
d. different ethnic groups would blend into a common American culture, but would remain structurally separated.
c
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A loosely organized, nonbureaucratic religious organization with nonprofessional leadership that actively rejects the social environment in which it exists:
A) denomination B) sect C) ecclesia D) church
Positivism is a belief that individuals must act in ways that benefit the greatest number of people in society.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which of the following defines affirmative action?
A. allowing minority group members or women to receive jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities in larger numbers B. positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities C. hiring larger numbers of minorities for executive positions based on their work experience and educational histories D. admitting larger numbers of minorities to colleges based solely on their academic qualifications
Single-parent families have been maligned for causing juvenile delinquency, poverty, and a host of other social problems. The problem with such a generalization is:
A. there are different kinds of single-parent families with different kinds of circumstances. B. there are different paths to becoming a single parent with similar consequences. C. the cause-and-effect relationship is clear. D. fathers are now more likely to be single parents than are mothers, and most of their children do not have these problems.