Which of the Following Is True

question 52

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true?

• A) Older Americans tend to be more liberal than younger Americans.
• B) Older Americans tend to be less concerned with their economic situations and are likely to have grown out of the social values they were taught in their youth.
• C) More important than age is the impact of significant political events that shape the political attitudes of an entire generation.
• D) The 1960s and 1970s, dominated by events such as Vietnam and Watergate, gave rise to widespread support of the government.
• E) Based upon the economic prosperity that occurred under Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, many young people chose to identify with the Democratic Party.

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