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Soc. 9

The concentration of wealth in the U.S. has decreased substantially in the last two decades.
absolute poverty
the sinking of the Titanic
What historical tragedy is noted in the text to illustrate the impact of social class on life chances?
NOT: Slavery in the U.S. was considered an achieved status.
Which of the following statements about slavery is true?
assigned to a person without regard to the person's unique characteristics or talents.
An ascribed status is a social position:
NOT: below poverty
The federal tax policies of the last four decades, especially in the 1980s and in the eight years from 2001 to 2008, have favored:
NOT: middle class
Karl Marx used the term "proletariat" to refer to:
Upper Class
NOT: wealth
NOT: prestige.
A panhandler makes $15 to $20 per day on the streets. This is his:
NOT: occupational mobility among African Americans is no longer sharply limited by racial discrimination.
Research concerning the degree of social mobility within the occupational structure of the U.S. indicates that:
lifetime limits of five years for welfare payments to eligible families
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 established:
false consciousness
The most extreme form of legalized social inequality for individuals or groups is a caste system.
According the Schaefer text, which level of college degree serves as less of a guarantee of upward mobility today than it did in the past?
conspicuous leisure
class differentiation.
Karl Marx argued that social, economic, and political inequalities are dependent on:
Conflict sociologists argue that stratification will inevitably lead to instability and to social change.