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Gilbert:The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality, 9eInstructor’s ResourcesChapter 1: Social Class in America1.According to the work of Alexander Hamilton, it is which group in the social hierarchy thatseeks social change?*a. the poorb. the richc. those in the middled. the political conservativese. educated liberals2.The concept _________ is used to refer to social ranking based on wealth, occupation orprestige.a.social classb.social group*c.social stratificationd.social chancese.social culture3.Which social theorist argued that there were two social classes in society characterized bytheir relationship to the means of production?a.Lee Rainwater*b.Karl Marxc.Max Weberd.Lloyd Warnere. none of the above4.The social class that must sell their labor for a wage in order to survive is referred to as the______________.a.capitalist classb.bourgeoisiec.middle class*d.proletariate.lower middle class5.The social class that owns the means of production is referred to as the __________.a.proletariatb.working classc.middle classd.upper middle class*e.bourgeoisie6.Karl Marx argued that social classes were defined by their relationship to the ___________.a.mode of production*b.means of productionc.affluentd.labor force

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