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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1995 how many Americans volunteered?

2. In the 1940s, how likely was it that a deck of playing cards would be found in American homes?

3. According to Wuthnow, what percent of American said that they participated regularly in self-help groups like Alcoholics Anonymous?

4. In what states did Philip Hammond survey churchgoers?

5. During the last three hundred years, what percent of the American population has probably participated in congregations with some regularity?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some organizational affiliations that Americans have had since the 1950s?

2. What was the mystery about the erosion of social capital?

3. What warning did "Life" magazine give in an article in February, 1964?

4. How was the early nineteenth century in New England "a very social time"?

5. What changes in union membership have been seen in the twentieth century?

6. What was one of the fastest-growing industries in the 1980s and why?

7. In what group was there seen an increase in volunteering?

8. What are intracohort changes?

9. What were some great social movements that occurred in the last third of the twentieth century?

10. How were self-help groups different from civic groups?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Putnam looked at official membership as a barometer of community involvement. Discuss how official membership could be a measurement of community involvement and what membership showed about civic involvement.

Essay Topic 2

Jim Crow laws decimated voter turnout in the South. Discuss the Jim Crow laws and how voting was affected when the laws were in place and when the laws were repealed.

Essay Topic 3

The mass-membership organization rose in the late twentieth century. Discuss the mass-membership organization and its role in society.

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