Question 1

By 2000, more than 40 percent of corporate profits came from the financial services sector.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

____________________ began migrating because of Fidel Castro's revolution.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ began migrating because of Fidel Castro's...

Question 3

By the 1990s many evangelicals embraced the cause of environmental protection.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Corporate restructuring resulted in lower union membership.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Between 1991 and 2004, there was a resurgence in the number of Americans who belonged to a union.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Immigration Act of 1990,

Accepted Answer

A) quotas based on national origins determined the number of immigrants admitted each year. 
B) no immigrants from Central and South America were allowed into the United States. 
C) immigrants with family ties in the United States or with special skills were given priority. 
D) only those fleeing persecution by Communist governments were admitted. 
E) only the wealthy were admitted. 
A) quotas based on national origins determined the number of immigrants admitted each year. 
B) no immigrants from Central and South America were allowed into the United States. 
C) immigrants with family ties in the United States or with special skills were given priority. 
D) only those fleeing persecution by Communist governments were admitted. 
E) only the wealthy were admitted.

Question 7

After 1970, the fastest growing states included all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) California. 
B) Florida. 
C) Colorado. 
D) Arizona. 
E) Nevada. 
A) California. 
B) Florida. 
C) Colorado. 
D) Arizona. 
E) Nevada.

Question 8

The Human Genome Project was a

Accepted Answer

A) program intended to provide a more effective means of birth control. 
B) science fiction movie. 
C) project dedicated to gender equality. 
D) program without controversy. 
E) project that mapped the human genetic code. 
A) program intended to provide a more effective means of birth control. 
B) science fiction movie. 
C) project dedicated to gender equality. 
D) program without controversy. 
E) project that mapped the human genetic code.

Question 9

In the late twentieth century business restructuring

Accepted Answer

A) involved huge mergers that concentrated corporate power. 
B) saw the revival and growth of small, independent businesses. 
C) meant remarkable growth in the number of U.S. manufacturing jobs. 
D) required increased government regulation. 
E) meant higher wages for all Americans. 
A) involved huge mergers that concentrated corporate power. 
B) saw the revival and growth of small, independent businesses. 
C) meant remarkable growth in the number of U.S. manufacturing jobs. 
D) required increased government regulation. 
E) meant higher wages for all Americans.

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

By 2000, more than 40 percent of corporate profits came from the financial services sector.

____________________ began migrating because of Fidel Castro's revolution.

By the 1990s many evangelicals embraced the cause of environmental protection.

Corporate restructuring resulted in lower union membership.

Between 1991 and 2004, there was a resurgence in the number of Americans who belonged to a union.

The Immigration Act of 1990,

After 1970, the fastest growing states included all of the following except

The Human Genome Project was a

In the late twentieth century business restructuring

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Empires, Indians, and the Struggle for Power in North America, 1670-1720

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent, 1720-1763

Reform, Resistance, Revolution, 1763-1776

The Revolutionary Republic, 1776-1789

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture, 1815-1850

Whigs and Democrats, 1815-1840

Antebellum Reform, 1820-1860

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery 1845-1860

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, Peoples, Cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism, 1900-1917

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War, 1939-1945

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

America at Midcentury, 1953-1963

America During a Divisive War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2014

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