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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 11, Pressures of Time and Money.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state did the Three Mile Island nuclear accident occur?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) New York.
(d) Pennsylvania.

2. At the end of the twentieth century, how many Americans said that they definitely ate their evening meal as a family?
(a) 34 percent.
(b) 23 percent.
(c) 17 percent.
(d) 46 percent.

3. For how long did the Jim Crow laws depress voting rates?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 70 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 80 years.

4. During the last three hundred years, what percent of the American population has probably participated in congregations with some regularity?
(a) 10-15 percent.
(b) 15-30 percent.
(c) 20-40 percent.
(d) 35-50 percent.

5. Where were groups of working-class housewives most likely to play cards frequently?
(a) East coast.
(b) West coast.
(c) Rockies.
(d) Great Plains.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many more hours did married couples average in a work week in 1998 than they did in 1969?

2. How many of AARP's members belonged to local chapters?

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

4. In what year were Americans split about fifty-fifty on the issue whether society was as upright morally as it has been in the past?

5. In the late twentieth century, how many workers belonged to unions?

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