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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, What's Wrong with Our Schools?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Employment Act of 1946 dictated government's responsibility for all but the following:
(a) production
(b) taxes
(c) purchasing power
(d) employment

2. Which of the following is not a problem experienced by the British National Health Service?
(a) lack of citizen interest
(b) strikes
(c) long waiting lists of patients
(d) rising costs

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

4. After World War II there was a lot of interest in:
(a) the price system
(b) central economic planning
(c) imperialism
(d) laissez-faire capitalism

5. The infant industry argument for protection says a:
(a) all new industries should be given protection
(b) new industry should be given protection until it matures and can compete on its own
(c) no industries should receive protection
(d) only certain industries should receive protection

Short Answer Questions

1. Kenneth B. Clark describes public school system as:

2. Which of the following was not a part of the 1964 War on Poverty program?

3. After World War II government expansion was due to:

4. Friedman's view is that everyone who wants a higher education:

5. Attendance at school became mandatory in all states in:

(see the answer key)

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