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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What American president called groups organized around particular interest or passions "mischiefs of faction"?
(a) Andrew Jackson.
(b) James Madison.
(c) John Adams.
(d) George Washington.

2. When did the government put in place slum clearance policies?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1960s and 1970s.
(c) 1950s and 1960s.
(d) 1940s.

3. When was Charles Tilly born?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1898.

4. How many nonprofit organizations were there per 1,000 inhabitants in Vermont?
(a) 5.8.
(b) 6.7.
(c) 4.3.
(d) 3.6.

5. Until 1870, how many inventions had been recognized by the U.S. Patent Office?
(a) 57,000.
(b) 98,000.
(c) 133,000.
(d) 118,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were Americans born who were the most engaged or tolerant?

2. What percent of the decline of engagement might have been caused by electronic entertainment:

3. How many men born in the 1920s served in the military?

4. What American President proposed that "counties be divided into wards of such size that every citizen can attend, when called on, and act in person"?

5. How many tons of steel were produced in 1900?

Short Essay Questions

1. How might social capital serve as a physiological triggering mechanism?

2. How did the school integration busing issue illustrate the trade-offs between bridging and bonding social capital?

3. What was discovered about social capital and how people coped with life?

4. What did Putnam see as a trend in newspaper readership?

5. What did the most systematic study of civic skills in contemporary America suggest?

6. Why did John Stuart Mill laud the effects of participatory democracy on character?

7. Why when looking for a job, did Mark Granovetter document that acquaintances were more important than other factors?

8. How does social capital affect child abuse rates?

9. Materially, how did the standard of living improve in the United States during the 50 years after the Civil War?

10. What characteristics did criminologist Robert J. Sampson see in communities that had increased crime and violence?

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