Which of the following is partially responsible for the comparatively high levels of inequality found in the United States today?
a.) The top-down nature of federal power makes a providing a comprehensive safety net impossible.
b.) Political institutions in the United States have been able to protect the weak.
c.) There have been efforts to prevent blacks from political participation.
d.) A culture of state paternalism developed.
Answer: c.) There have been efforts to prevent blacks from political participation.
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a. Liberals b. Moderates c. Conservatives d. Fundamentalists
Because there is more social isolation in rural areas of the United States than in urban areas, we would expect suicide rates to be
a. higher in urban areas. b. higher in rural areas. c. high in both urban and rural areas. d. low in both urban and rural areas.
Which of the following is an example of an established sect?
A. Catholicism B. Conservative Judaism C. the Hutterites D. both Catholicism and Conservative Judaism
A(n) __________ is a person who asserts that no supreme being (god) exists; a(n) __________ is a person who believes that a god might or might not exist
a. agnostic; atheist b. atheist; agnostic c. polytheist; monotheist d. monotheist; polytheist