Exam 31: Economic, Social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

Companies increasingly sought to increase profits by seeking oversees job forces rather than hiring workers in the U.S.

In 2000, urban crime rates were soaring in most large cities.

The television network that challenged the three major networks in 1988 was ____________________.

By the early 21st century, Wal-Mart employed one out of ____ all U.S. workers.

By 2000, ____________________ states gained seats in the House of Representatives.

Examine the changes in immigration patterns and the public and government response to those changes in the late twentieth century.

Some Catholic priests joined with some Protestant congregations in

The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act called for

Biotechnology research in which of the following areas has proven to be controversial?

The first astronaut to walk on the moon was ____________________.

____________________ was able to avoid the scandals that plagued his fellow television evangelists.

Most immigrants from Puerto Rico have settled in Florida.

____________________ and ebay became models for doing business on the internet.

By 2000, about ____________________ of all Miamians were of Cuban descent.

By the early 21st century, San Juan, Puerto Rico was the only city with more Puerto Ricans than New York City.

The use of steel cargo containers lowered the cost of transporting finished goods and raw materials over great distances.

The largest private sector employer in the United States is

"Downsizing" was a reduction of women's clothing sizes to follow the national fashion trends of the 1990s.

In the 1980s, the largest portion of the American population belonged to the age range of

The songs on music CDs tend to focus on a single theme.