Although equality of opportunity is a central value of U.S. society, equality of outcome is not. This means __________
a. most Americans are Democrats and have grown more liberal over time
b. most Americans believe everyone should have the same opportunity to achieve material well-being, but they do not object to inequality in the actual situation of different groups in society
c. most Americans oppose racism, but they do not believe that everyone should have the same opportunity to achieve material well-being
d. most Americans believe that poverty should be eliminated and object to inequality in the actual situation of different groups in society
b
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Approximately __________ million Americans trace at least some of their family to Germany
A) 5 million B) 7.3 million C) 29 million D) 47.4 million
Over the five-year period from 2007 to 2012, the number of people who consider themselves religiously unaffiliated in the United States_______________
a. declined to less than 10 percent b. rose from 1 percent to nearly 12 percent c. rose to about 20 percent d. stayed the same
Social mobility refers to upward but not downward movement within a system of stratification.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Research presented in the text (McMillan, Stice, & Rohde, 2011) had high school students and college women write essays against the "thin is beautiful" idea. By writing about the emotional and physical costs of pursuing this unhealthy body image, the women showed.