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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Roanoke, Virginia Chapter of the NAACP established?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1918.

2. In the late twentieth century, how many workers belonged to unions?
(a) 14.1 percent.
(b) 11.8 percent.
(c) 21.9 percent.
(d) 39.2 percent.

3. In 1995 how many Americans volunteered?
(a) 86 million.
(b) 68 million.
(c) 93 million.
(d) 71 million.

4. In what states did Philip Hammond survey churchgoers?
(a) Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio.
(b) North Carolina, Massachusetts, Ohio, and California.
(c) Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, FLorida.
(d) Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada.

5. When was the last year of the baby boom generation?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1963.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the 1990s, what percent of Americans identified themselves as having "no religion"?

2. What university studied the changes in personal behavior between 1957 and 1976?

3. Who wrote in 1959 that "the ratio of political activists to the general population, and even the ratio of male activists to the male population, has generally increased over the past fifty years"?

4. By how much did Greenpeace's membership drop when they stopped using direct-mail solicitation?

5. What age group of people was more likely to make telephone calls?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How were African Americans prevented from voting?

3. What does it take to be a member of AARP?

4. Why did Putnam say that rising mobility wasn't the central reason for civic disengagement?

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

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

7. What analogy did Putnam use to show how frequent moves disrupt civic engagement?

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

9. What contributed to the decline in religious participation?

10. What did one scholar say about religion and America?

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