Which of the following demonstrates how a family’s economic background can shape a person’s political opinions?
a. A child who grew up during the Great Depression becomes an activist for improvements to the welfare system.
b. A child whose family attended church services regularly works to secure government funds for religious organizations at public schools.
c. Children who attended public schools advocate the voucher system as adults.
d. Someone whose parents regularly debated the merits of the Vietnam War at the dinner table becomes a journalist who covers the political ramifications of the military activity in Afghanistan.
e. The child of political refugees from Czechoslovakia writes extensively on oppression in the Middle East.
ANS: A
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