The idea that professional sports are a way for people from the lowest classes to achieve upward mobility is clearly __________, according to the chapter.
A. a social good
B. a vehicle of patriotism
C. a myth
D. important for keeping kids in school
Answer: C
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
As automobile and steel plants shifted to mass production, workers perceived that their needs were not being met. In 1935, the __________ was established to represent both skilled and unskilled workers in entire industries such as automobile manufacturing
a. Knights of Labor b. Congress of Industrial Organization c. Teamsters d. American Federation of Workers
In the United States, a. federal funding of scientific projects has been shrinking
b. a larger proportion of the wealth is spent on science than in any other nation. c. publication in science and engineering journals exceeds that of western European and Asian scientists combined. d. the number of patents granted to U.S. companies as a percentage of all patents has increased over the last several decades.
A five-year-old boy lives in a household where he is allowed to dress up like a princess and also play with trucks. Based on sociologist Emily Kane's typology the parents are clearly not
a. naturalizes. b. refiners. c. innovators. d. resisters.