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Multiple-Choice Quiz

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

This activity contains 18 questions.

Question 1.
In Chapter 4, the authors primarily discuss the importance of _______________ factors that shape American politics and what government does.

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Question 2.
Today, most immigrants come to the U.S. from:

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Question 3.
_______________ reactions to immigration by the majority population have been common in the United States.

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Question 4.
Which of the following was a major factor contributing to urbanization in America early in the twentieth century?

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Question 5.
The U.S. population has steadily moved:

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Question 6.
Which of the following radically transformed the American occupational structure by bringing large mass-production industries and "blue collar" workers?

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Question 7.
In 1950, the United States became the first nation in the world where _______________ workers were in the majority.

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Question 8.
Which of the following statements best describes the distribution of income and wealth among Americans during the 1980s and 1990s?

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Question 9.
Anger among this group of voters was almost certainly a factor in the defeat of incumbent President George H.W. Bush.

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Question 10.
The distribution of poverty in the United States is not random, but is concentrated among:

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Question 11.
Extensive material inequality may undermine the possibility of:

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Question 12.
Which of the following is an issue that the authors raise about democracy being able to survive in a highly unequal society?

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Question 13.
The corporate-dominated economy that we are so familiar with today emerged:

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Question 14.
Following World War II, America's largest corporations became overwhelmingly:

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Question 15.
In terms of economic power, the United States is:

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Question 16.
Americans' belief that an individual's fate is (and ought to be) tied to his or her own efforts, and that people are naturally competitive, always striving to better themselves in relation to others is:

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Question 17.
The term _______________ refers to the hostility of the common person to power and the powerful.

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Question 18.
Much of the growth in the size, reach, and responsibilities of the federal government is related to:

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