Author Question: Which statement about the class system in the United States is true? a. All people have an equal ... (Read 53 times)

HudsonKB16 · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

Which statement about the class system in the United States is true?

a. All people have an equal chance of going from rags to riches.
b. The U.S. allows for the least amount of social mobility.
c. Most people stay in the same social class for their entire lives.
d. U.S. society places a higher value on ascribed status than on achieved status.
e. In the U.S., we have more characteristics of a caste society than a class one.

Question 2

Which of these statements about polyandrous marriage is FALSE?

a. In places where it is permitted, it is not the primary form of marriage.
b. Responsibility for the wife and children is shared equally by all the brothers/husbands.
c. Polyandry has the effect of keeping population low.
d. Women in polyandrous marriages tend to have a higher standard of living than others.