Exam 14: Government and the Economy

Affirmative action is now illegal.

Before 1971, you had to be twenty-one in order to vote in a political election in the United States.

Totalitarianism is a form of

For many years, there was only one long-distance telephone company in the United States-the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. This company was an example of a(n)

Which sociological perspective would likely view affirmative action as a legislative attempt to reduce inequality embedded in the social structure by increasing the opportunities of groups that have been deprived in the past?

The media tend to cover the personal lives of male politicians more than female politicians, since males are more likely to be elected to political offices.

Your textbook identifies which of the following countries as one in which the monarch still holds genuine governmental power?

Roughly what percentage of citizens in the U.S. voted in the 2012 general election?

Capitalism and socialism serve as ideal types of economic systems.

Which perspective would suggest that downsizing in the mid-1990s reflects the continuing importance of social class in the United States?

Capitalism is an economic system in which

When a corporation in the U.S. relocates its plants to a country where prevailing wages are lower than in the U.S., this is the final stage of