The Following Questions Refer to the Cartoon Below

question 20

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the cartoon below.

-The cartoonist would likely agree with which of the following statements?

• A) Social networks are destroying family structures.
• B) Growing economic equality is a serious problem that needs reform.
• C) The decline of economic productivity threatens the American way of life.
• D) Reform is needed to avoid further declines in union membership.

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Definitions:

Flappers

Young women of the 1920s whose rebellion against prewar standards of femininity included wearing shorter dresses, bobbing their hair, dancing to jazz music, driving cars, smoking cigarettes, and indulging in illegal drinking and gambling.

Smoot-Hawley Tariff

A U.S. law enacted in 1930 that raised import tariffs on thousands of products, contributing to the severity of the Great Depression by restricting international trade.

Conservative

Pertains to a political and social philosophy that emphasizes tradition, established institutions, and prefers gradual development to abrupt change.

Reinhold Niebuhr

An American theologian, ethicist, and commentator on politics and public affairs, known for his influence on political thought, particularly regarding American and Christian realist philosophy.