Which statement about the class system in the United States is true?
a. All people have an equal chance of going from rags to riches.
b. The U.S. allows for the least amount of social mobility.
c. Most people stay in the same social class for their entire lives.
d. U.S. society places a higher value on ascribed status than on achieved status.
e. In the U.S., we have more characteristics of a caste society than a class one.
c
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a. slaves b. serfs c. peons d. peasants
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A. the Cenozoic B. the Mesozoic C. the Paleozoic D. the Precambrian
Native Americans originally came from
a. Africa. b. Asia. c. Europe. d. Australia.