Chapter Forty-Two The American People Face a New Century

Chapter Forty-Two

The American People Face a New Century

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The “flagship business” of the heavy industrial economy of the early twentieth century was

1. the International Business Machines Company.

2. the Microsoft Corporation.

3. the U.S. Steel Corporation.

4. the General Mills Corporation.



The “flagship business” of the heavy industrial economy of the early twentieth century was

3. the U.S. Steel Corporation.

Hint: See page 1012.



The major scientific endeavor that promised to open entire new realms for the expansion of biotechnology was

1. the Human Genome Project.

2. the Organ Transplant Project.

3. the Microscopic Life Forms Project.

4. the Stem Cell Research Project.



The major scientific endeavor that promised to open entire new realms for the expansion of biotechnology was

1. the Human Genome Project.




Which of the following did not contribute to the sharp rise in American income inequality in the late twentieth century?

1. intensifying global competition

2. the concentration of new industries in the Sun Belt

3. the shrinkage in high-paid manufacturing jobs

4. the tendency of well-off people to marry one another



Which of the following did not contribute to the sharp rise in American income inequality in the late twentieth century?

2. the concentration of new industries in the Sun Belt

Hint: See pages 1016–1017.



One major sign of the pressures facing American families in the late twentieth century was that

1. minority groups expressed increasing hostility to the idea of families.

2. there were fewer single-family homes.

3. fewer parents worked near the homes where their children lived.

4. families were much slower to form in the first place.



One major sign of the pressures facing American families in the late twentieth century was that

4. families were much slower to form in the first place.




The primary factor contributing to the explosion of public spending on health care was

1. the Medicare program for the elderly.

2. federal funding for high-cost surgery.

3. federal support for highly expensive medical education.

4. federal subsidies for high-cost drugs.



The primary factor contributing to the explosion of public spending on health care was

1. the Medicare program for the elderly.




Most of the “new immigrants” of the late twentieth century came to the United States from countries like

1. Britain and Germany.

2. Russia and Ukraine.

3. Egypt and Nigeria.

4. Mexico and India.



Most of the “new immigrants” of the late twentieth century came to the United States from countries like

4. Mexico and India.

Hint: See pages 1022–1023.



In the year 2002, the foreign born proportion of the American population was about

1. five percent.

2. ten percent

3. eighteen percent.

4. twenty-five percent.



In the year 2002, the foreign born proportion of the American population was about

2. ten percent




The Mexican government worked to slow the Americanization of Mexican immigrants to the United States by

1. permitting Mexican Americans to vote in Mexican elections.

2. buying Spanish-language radio and television stations in the United States.

3. promoting Spanish-language schools and the celebration of holidays like Cinco de Mayo.

4. pressuring family members in Mexico to have Mexican American immigrants return for frequent visits.



The Mexican government worked to slow the Americanization of Mexican immigrants to the United States by

3. promoting Spanish-language schools and the celebration of holidays like Cinco de Mayo.




The period when the majority of Americans lived in big cities rather than either rural/small town areas or suburbs lasted from approximately

1. 1920 to 1990.

2. 1870 to 1930.

3. 1950 to 2000.

4. 1940 to 1970.



The period when the majority of Americans lived in big cities rather than either rural/small town areas or suburbs lasted from approximately

1. 1920 to 1990.




The city that was especially rocked by serious racial conflicts and riots in the 1990s was

1. Detroit.

2. Chicago.

3. Los Angeles.

4. Miami.



The city that was especially rocked by serious racial conflicts and riots in the 1990s was

3. Los Angeles.


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