In American society, people are socially located in a class position on the basis of __________.
A. the family into which they are born
B. grades in high school and college
C. income, occupation, and education
D. innate physical superiority
Answer: C
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a) True b) False
Hunger and malnutrition are the result of not enough food being produced globally.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
In Plessy v. Ferguson, the U.S. Supreme Court
A. ruled that segregated facilities for blacks and whites were not in violation of the Constitution. B. outlawed Jim Crow practices. C. reaffirmed the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. D. took the right to vote away from blacks.