In the United States, the free public school movement was started in 1848 by _____, who stated that education should be the "great equalizer."
a. Thomas Jefferson b. John Adams
c. Horace Mann d. Noah Webster
c
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of single parents?
A. Being financially better off than their married counterparts B. Finding that loneliness can be difficult to deal with C. Having concerns about dating D. Experiencing complex feelings including failure, guilt, and a need to be overindulgent
In his reformulation of contagion theory, Blumer defined ____ as the stage in which people begin to lose their own identities, and take on the identity of the crowd
a. rising expectations b. social contagion c. milling d. collective excitement e. premonition
What percentage of the 75,000 centenarians in the United States (people age 100 years or older) are women?
A. 21 percent B. 41 percent C. 61 percent D. 81 percent
Which statement explains why youth from families with $200,000 or more income score more than 300 points higher on the SAT than youth from families with an income of $20,000 or less?
a. Social Darwinism shows that families who have high earnings are more intelligent and more deserving than families with low incomes. b. Poor White people are physically and intellectually inferior to poor minorities, therefore, they cannot raise themselves out of poverty. c. The end of No Child Left Behind means that schools in poor neighborhoods will not receive the funding they need to improve. d. The many benefits of economic privilege include better nutrition, schools, medical care, and technology.