Deck 6: The Badly Beseiged Middle Class

Question 1

This was one of several social programs introduced by the government after the Great Depression of the 1930s to help the middle-class:

A) federal housing loans
B) payday loans
C) check cashing
D) free daycare

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Middle class jobs have all but one of the following

A) are less prestigious than upper-middle class jobs
B) are vulnerable to elimination
C) are likely to have greater employee satisfaction than upper-middle-class jobs
D) face the possibility of becoming increasingly scarce
E) are those with more friction between superiors or members of the public

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The ecology of class focuses on the impact of

A) residential or occupational location on one's quality of life
B) the ability to buy a large home
C) a child being able to go to school
D) explanations of social class using geology and biology

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following is not used by the middle-class to build social capital?

A) joining organizations
B) signing their children up for adult-run activities
C) buying a home in the "right" neighborhood
D) seeking advice from working-class family members for help with their children's educational needs
E) none of the above

Question 5

Middle-class workers share all but which of the following traits?

A) an ability to get along with others
B) a tendency to lose control
C) an ability to become a protégé to a patron
D) educated
E) a tendency to be perceived as a hard worker

Question 6

Downsizing is beneficial for

A) long-term permanent workers
B) companies that want to increase their costs
C) workers who form unions
D) companies that want to decrease their costs
E) white-collar workers

Question 7

Which of the following is considered good debt?

A) trips
B) clothing
C) education
D) entertainment

Question 8

The middle-class has been experiencing a steady increase in size over the last three decades.

Question 9

Up until the first half of the 19^th century, middle-class men tended to be patriarchal figures who controlled most domestic activities.

Question 10

Middle-class parents in the twentieth century relied on fathers to guide their children so they would be successful in life.

Question 11

Throughout the twentieth century, including the Great Depression of the 1930s, the middle-class was extremely prosperous.

Question 12

Redlining allowed mortgage loans and property insurance to be sold to all whites who could afford it.

Question 13

White-collar job holders are well-educated or fairly well educated and perform nonmanual duties in an office setting.

Question 14

Studies on job satisfaction show that they are highest among teachers

Question 15

Intersectionality recognizes the different kinds of social classes.

Question 16

Functional literacy is the ability to develop computer programs.

Question 17

There is an educational discrepancy in who uses social networking sites like Facebook.

Question 18

Temporary work involves jobs that are increasingly becoming full-time.

Question 19

Middle-class temp workers tend to be better off than their working-class counterparts.

Question 20

Temp work is becoming less common because it is expensive.

Question 21

Middle-class individuals who lose their jobs are unlikely due to their social class location.

Question 22

Higher education is expensive but it nonetheless considered good debt.

Question 23

How did the development of industry impact the homelife and childrearing activities of the middle class?

Question 24

What factors distinguish white-collar jobs from blue-collar jobs?

Question 25

Give an example of how the ecology of class benefits some people but not others.

Question 26

What are the strategies used by middle-class parents to help their children develop academically and to ensure their admission into colleges and universities?

Question 27

Discuss how the workforce and job stability has changed for middle-class workers