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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, Chapter 9, Against the Tide? Small Groups, Social Movements, and the Net.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long did the Jim Crow laws depress voting rates?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 70 years.
(d) 80 years.

2. In 1960, how many voting-age Americans went to the polls to choose between Kennedy and Nixon?
(a) 62.8 percent.
(b) 59.1 percent.
(c) 72.6 percent.
(d) 48.3 percent.

3. In the last two decades of the twentieth century, by what fraction did unlisted phone numbers grow?
(a) By 1/4.
(b) By 1/2.
(c) By 1/3.
(d) By 2/3.

4. In Roper polls in the 1980s and 1990s, how many American reported going out for entertainment?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 1/3.
(d) 2/3.

5. From what language do the terms "macher" and "schmoozer" come from?
(a) Dutch.
(b) Yiddish.
(c) Russian.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between 1986-86 and 1998-99, how much of a decline was there in the number of average Americans who made new friends?

2. By the end of the twentieth century, how many Americans were in the labor force?

3. In Gallup Polls in the 1990s, how many workers said they enjoyed work hours more than hours when they were not at work?

4. In 1998, how many people believed that people lived as honestly and morally as they used to?

5. In what state did the KKK want to "adopt a highway"?

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