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

In the 21ˢᵗ century,the ____________________ is the preeminent symbol of American culture.

By 2000,it was estimated that the number of Americans practicing Islam had surpassed the number of Americans practicing Judaism,and even those practicing some Protestant denominations such as Presbyterianism.

Federal court decisions in the 1990s imposed greater restrictions on credit card issuers.

Since the 1960s,the Protestant evangelicals and ____________________ have grown at a rate faster than the U.S.population as a whole.

In the early 21ˢᵗ century,13 percent of the U.S.workforce was unionized;in the 1950s this figure was

By the end of the twentieth century,central cities

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

An older central city that experiences a boom in new construction and investment in select areas is called "____________________."

The diversification of religious beliefs in the United States was increased by all of the following except

The main purpose of downsizing is

Filmmaker Woody Allen was influenced by European films.

In the late twentieth century business restructuring

Housing suburbs built farther away than ever from city cores been labeled "____________________" by demographers.

Unlike cultural critics of the 1950s,analysts of the 1990s viewed mass culture as

The space program launched by President Kennedy with the goal of sending a manned mission to the moon was the

In 1986,the space program was stalled for years by the explosion of the shuttle ____________________.

The "Challenge of Peace" (1983)was written by scientists concerned about nuclear proliferation.

The Refugee Act of 1980

A 1996 congressional Commission on Immigration Reform called for ending all controls on the total number of immigration slots.

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