Lori studies wealth and income distribution across social classes. She discovered that 99% of recent gains in income went to the top 1% of the wealthiest people in the United States. Lori is using which of the following methods to understand wealth in America?

A. psychological
B. anthropological
C. sociological
D. historical


Answer: C

Sociology

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a. more and more decentralized into separate nations. b. more and more decentralized into regions within nations. c. centralized and dominated by the West, the bourgeoisie, and the large cities. d. increasingly dominated by large landowners with less and less power in the hands of bankers and industrialists.

Sociology

Why didn't the Civil War bring an end to pervasive racial inequality in the South?

a. The planter class still had power enough to pass laws that kept blacks subordinate b. Blacks weren't interested in getting involved in politics of the south and did not try to vote c. Immigrants from other countries moved in large numbers to the south and took job opportunities from blacks d. Blacks and poor whites worked together to vote in politicians to represent them

Sociology

Urbanization in the developing world is declining.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Sociology

In the 1960s, ______ was a notable leader of the Black power movement.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Sociology