Chapter 3.2 quiz coontz t/f

Question 1

In the 1950s and 1960s, blocked opportunities for women played a major role in the stability of blue-collar family patterns.

Answer 1

true

Question 2

During the Civil War, Union Army doctors reported 5,000 serious cases of nostalgia, leading to 74 deaths.

Answer 2

true

Question 3

The collapse of the family system among the moderately educated, white working class is primarily due to increasing wages and job security.

Answer 3

false- they introduced the “do your own thing” mindset( endorsed premarital sex and cohabitation, refusing to get judgmental about divorce and unwed motherhood.

Question 4

The 20th century saw significant economic progress for working-class Americans, largely due to strong unions that pulled up wages in various sectors.

Answer 4

true

Question 5

During the Civil War, Union Army doctors reported only a few minor cases of nostalgia, with no fatalities.

Answer 5

false

Question 6

The richest 1% of the world controlled less than 10% of the wealth created in 2017, according to an Oxfam study.

Answer 6

false

Question 7

Since the late 1970s, the median real earnings of young men with a high school diploma have declined significantly.

Answer 7

true

Question 8

During the culture wars of the 1970s and 1980s, conservative crusaders were unconcerned about threats to “traditional” families from both the top and bottom of the social ladder.

Answer 8

false

Question 9

In the 1950s, residential and educational segregation by income was higher, and opportunities for lower-income children to advance were scarce.

Answer 9

false

Question 10

The average real wages of manufacturing workers doubled between 1950 and 1973.

Answer 10

true

Question 11

Since the late 1970s, the median real earnings of young men with a high school diploma have steadily increased.

Answer 11

false

Question 12

Cherlin and Putnam suggest that the decline in marriage is less concerning than the consequences for children due to widening economic inequality and changing family patterns.

Answer 12

true

Question 13

The 20th century saw economic stagnation for working-class Americans, with unions having little impact on wages.

Answer 13

false

Question 14

In the U.S., the economic recovery after the Great Recession exacerbated the 40-year rise in economic inequality and insecurity.

Answer 14

true

Question 15

From 1960 through 1980, men and women with a high school degree were less likely to marry than individuals with either more or fewer years of education.

Answer 15

false

Question 16

The richest 1% of the world cornered 82% of the wealth created in 2017, according to an Oxfam study.

Answer 16

true

Question 17

In the 1970s and 1980s, pundits worried that behaviors from the “underclass” were creeping up the social ladder, undermining middle-class values.

Answer 17

true

Question 18

The cure to pathological nostalgia involves integrating the best values and ideas of the past into modern improvements and advances.

Answer 18

true

Question 19

Nostalgia was never considered a dangerous disease that could trigger delusions, despair, and even death.

Answer 19

false

Question 20

Since 1970, marriage rates have fallen and births to unwed mothers have risen among all Americans, with different rates depending on educational level.

Answer 20

true