In 1996, Congress voted to

a. expand assistance to the poor to include working families below the poverty line.
b. gradually reduce Social Security, because of the increasing numbers of elderly.
c. end welfare as we know it.
d. eliminate the GI Bill, replacing it instead with additional college loans and grants.


C

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A. conflict/critical theory B. structural/functional theory C. symbolic interactionist theory D. rational choice theory

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A variation on primitive communism in which land is owned and cultivated collectively by kinship groups is known as

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What is the term for the general and abstract standards that define cultural ideals?

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Which of the following is a measure of segregation in any given area such as a community or a black with in a neighborhood?

a. racial separation index b. segregation index c. racial and ethnic index d. socioeconomic index

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