Which of the following would be considered a part of the power elite?
a. top military officials
b. owners of small, family businesses
c. all taxpayers
d. all registered voters
(Answer: a)
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The poverty line refers to
A) The line of people outside of places that provide aid to the poor, such as churches, food pantries, or used-clothing give-aways. B) The percent of poor people in the world. C) The percent of poor people in a country. D) The amount of income below which you would be considered poor.
Which of the following is not an assumption about traits?
a. Behaviors represented by traits must be distinctive. b. Traits are stable characteristics. c. Absolute quantitative standards are used to define traits. d. Traits are based on relative comparisons across people.
C. Wright Mills urged American sociologists to concentrate on social reform, developing the concept of the power elite to illustrate how top leaders of business, politics, and the military were an imminent threat to American freedom
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
According to the text, the problem of the color line described by W. E. B. DuBois
A. extends to the twenty-first century. B. ended with desegregation. C. ended at the turn of the twentieth century. D. never existed.