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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Who Protects the Worker?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Children from wealthy backgrounds have better chances in education and employment. This it not representative of:
(a) equality of opportunity
(b) equal rights
(c) equality of outcomes
(d) equality before God

2. What words did Thomas Jefferson write?
(a) all men are created equal
(b) equality is not important
(c) equality is not a part of freedom
(d) there is no such thing as equality

3. The first head of the Federal Reserve System was:
(a) J.P. organ
(b) Alexander Hamilton
(c) Alan Greenspan
(d) Benjamin Strong

4. In Great Britain:
(a) labor unions are weak
(b) there are no labor unions
(c) workers represent themselves
(d) most labor unions represent workers of nationalized industry

5. When did the concepts of equality before God and the law begin to come closer together?
(a) after the Revolutionary War
(b) after the signing of the Declaration of Independence
(c) after the Civil War
(d) after the ratification of the Constitution

Short Answer Questions

1. Union high wages are usually at the expense of:

2. Enforced equality is a part of life in:

3. A coordinated restriction of payments by banks is used:

4. The economist that changed the way of economic thinking regarding depressions was:

5. What did Alexis de Tocqueville say was the outstanding characteristic of America?

(see the answer key)

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