Exam 16: Structural Sources of Social Change: Economic and Demographic

With relatively weak unions and competition from low-wage economies, U.S. corporations have been reducing _____, or setting up a two-tiered system that disadvantages newer employees.

In the 1920s, the United States established the _____ rule to limit the number of immigrants it would accept, to limit the number of Eastern Europeans who enter the country, and to deny entry to Asians.

The higher probability of older African Americans being poor is a direct consequence of their

Because life expectancy is about five years more for women than men, older women outnumber older men by a ratio of

Which term refers to the process by which individuals or groups adopt the culture of another group, losing their original identity?

What is a term used to describe when independent contractors work from their homes, pay for their own health care and retirement plan, and furnish their own equipment?

The evidence is that immigrants _____ on the wages of most Americans, except for the low-wage, poorly skilled, poorly educated segment of workers.

Which term is defined as the movement of people across political boundaries?