The pervasive phenomenon of women being blocked in career advancement by invisible barriers has been called the
A. glass ceiling.
B. old-boy network.
C. occupational advancement bias.
D. top-down barrier.
Answer: A
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What was the rationale behind Wilson's proposal of a "peace without victory"?
a. It was a simple acknowledgement of fact. b. Harsh treatment of Germany would most likely lead to another war. c. Wilson believed in the principle, "Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called the children of God." d. Such a statement would gain support among the many Americans who had opposed U.S. entry into the war. e. A true victory would require a continuation of the war into 1919.
Pursuing pleasure rationally, and not only in a physical or hedonistic sense, as the only true good, was a precept of
a. Epicureanism. b. Stoicism. c. Hellenism. d. Euphemism. e. Zoroastrianism.
Which of the following was the final outcome of the congressional campaigns and elections of 1866?
a. Conservative Republicans and Democrats united to form the National Union Party and won 105 seats in the House. b. Johnson's personal campaigning from Washington to St. Louis and Chicago won back supporters to the Republican Party. c. Johnson suffered a humiliating defeat as Republicans gained a three-to-one margin in Congress. d. Voters expressed their disapproval of the Freedmen's Bureau law and the Fourteenth Amendment.
Martin Luther King Jr. founded and was the thirteen-year leader of the
A. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. B. Congress of Racial Equality. C. United Negro Improvement Association. D. Southern Christian Leadership Conference. E. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.