What were the goals of urban renewal following World War II? Who would consider urban renewal a success? Who would consider it a failure? Why?
What is an Ideal response?
• After World War II, the federal government responded to the disrepair of downtown neighborhoods resulting from migration to the suburbs by passing the Urban Housing Act of 1949.
• Urban renewal allowed local city governments to seize a decaying neighborhood, force out the residents in exchange for nominal compensation, and sell the properties to developers.
• Developers pursued profits by building high-income housing and commercial properties, leaving little left for the poor who had been evicted.
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A giant metropolitan complex that functions, in many ways, as a single urban community:
A) metropolitan community B) metropolis C) metroplex D) megalopolis
Why is it often difficult to know how a social movement causes social change?
a. changing social contexts create and erase opportunities for social movements b. many things drive social change, often simultaneously with social movement action c. social movements actions can have consequences different from what was intended d. All of the above make it difficult to know how social movements drive social change
In which of the following ways is crime “gendered”?
a. The crime of rape is only committed by men. b. Women disproportionately commit property crimes such as burglary. c. The majority of arrests show equal crime rates between men and women. d. Women are overwhelmingly the victims of sexual assault.
Political connection is a resource to a movement.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)