Which of the following stimuli to consumerism was introduced in the 1950s?
A) Credit cards
B) Installment buying
C) Celebrities' advertising products
D) Mail-order catalogs
E) Discount buyers' clubs
A
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Settlement-house workers such as Jane Addams
A. tried to impose their Protestant beliefs on immigrant newcomers and did little to deal with the real problems of urban life. B. became reform leaders by fighting for such things as food and building safety regulations. C. approached immigrants with an attitude of righteous superiority and made few meaningful contributions. D. assumed that immigrants should immediately discard Old World customs.
In the post-World War I era, which nation replaced Britain as the prime creditor nation in world trade?
A) France B) Japan C) United States D) Soviet Russia E) China
Why did the jati class system survive for so many centuries?
a. Indian society could not function without it. b. It served as a denunciation of any form of welfare. c. It provided an identity for individuals in a highly hierarchical society where they could always find someone lower in status d. Indian society could not untangle class status from religious beliefs. e. It was embraced and reinforced by each succeeding ruler.
Among Bush's advisers who pushed most strongly for the invasion of Iraq were
a. Secretary of State Colin Powell and the State Department. b. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge and the Central Intelligence Agency. c. former President George H.W. Bush and the foreign policy realists. d. Vice President Richard Cheney and administration neoconservatives. e. former Bush administration National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft.