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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the average American city between 2000 and 2022, by what percent had fuel and utilities increased?
(a) 75.
(b) 45.
(c) 115.
(d) 90.

2. By July 2022, what was the minimum wage in Emeryvill?
(a) $15.
(b) $17.68.
(c) $18.39.
(d) $16.

3. What percent of the U.S. population was poor in 1970?
(a) 11.8.
(b) 10.5.
(c) 13.9.
(d) 12.6.

4. When tenements began appearing in new York City in the mid-1800s, how much higher was the rent in the slums than that of better apartments uptown?
(a) 30 percent.
(b) 35 percent.
(c) 25 percent.
(d) 20 percent.

5. At what rate were the 400 richest Americans taxed?
(a) 19%.
(b) 23%.
(c) 44%.
(d) 36%.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many undocumented workers were paid below minimum wage at the time Poverty, by America was written?

2. In 2022, how much did the U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent to influence government policy?

3. When Blacks moved north during the Great Migration, how much more did they often have to pay than white tenants paid?

4. What summer job did Desmond have when he was in college?

5. When did air traffic controllers strike when negotiations with the Federal Aviation Administration broke down?

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