Which of these is not a reason discussed in the text for increasing heterogamy in the U.S.?
a. The U.S. has become more racially and ethnically integrated.
b. Younger people are more accepting of interracial marriages.
c. Extremely segregated housing and public schools.
d. People of different racial/ethnic backgrounds are attending college together.
e. Taboos against interracial and inter-ethnic marriage are weakening.
B
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Which of the following statements regarding contraception and abortion is accurate?
a. The ban on abortion in the 1800s prevented all women from obtaining the operation. b. Physicians began to crusade against abortion in the 1800s because most procedures were done by people who lacked medical training. c. The limited availability of contraceptives in the late 1800s prevented wealthy women from using birth control. d. In Griswold v. Connecticut, the Court ruled that laws prohibiting the use of contraception by married couples did not violate the constitutional right to privacy.
A statement in the chapter asserts that no other religious movement in American history (Mormonism) has given rise to so much
a) devoutness. b) controversy. c) discussion. d) belongingness.
Sexual orientation is divided into three key categories. Which of the following is not one of those categories?
a. metrosexual b. homosexual c. bisexual d. heterosexual
What do environmental sociologists suggest is the reason that so much environmental pollution occurs?
A. economic and status rewards B. a natural social process C. a natural environmental process D. human egocentrism