Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Residential segregation for blacks is relatively low.
2. The gap between blacks and whites with high school diplomas has been closing over the last thirty years.
3. Poor blacks were worse off in the 1990s than they were in the 1950s.
4. Increases in income for blacks have enabled them to close the gap with white incomes.
5. Poverty in the African American population has been declining since the mid-1960s.
1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
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a. principles that have not been achieved in practice. b. contrary to the ideals of Marx and Rousseau. c. reality for most citizens. d. not in keeping with the constitutions of most of these countries.
Which of the following is true of the Afonso Arinos law?
a. The law was unanimously adopted. b. The law prohibited physical abuse in public. c. The law was useful in overturning even the subtle forms of discrimination. d. The law came into existence after a push from South Africa.
A comparison of the attitudes of men and women with regards to premarital sex reveals that:
a. there is not a statistically significant difference between the sexes on this issue. b. a majority of men believe that premarital sex is not wrong while a majority of women believe that premarital sex is always wrong. c. men are more likely than women to believe that premarital sex is not wrong. d. both b and c above
By 2030, according to projections, people over age sixty-five will represent what percentage of the U.S. population?
A. 2 percent B. 20 percent C. 30 percent D. 50 percent