I’m stuck on this AMSCO question:
Which group would be most likely to oppose government intervention to improve the tenements?
A) Social scientists who used the scientific method to research poverty and urban problems
B) State governments in which representative districts were determined by area, not population
C) Protestant clergy who espoused the cause of social justice for the poor
D) Leaders and workers who provided services in the settlement house movement.
How would representative districts be determined by area?
I’m not in APUSH now, and that’s my excuse if my answer has the intelligence of a potato.
i think they are talking about how before baker v carr there were a lot of malapportioned districts with really old lines that were drawn way back when it was still a rural area and before a city sprung up. I could be wrong though. This is a pretty weird answer because most tenements were in large cities.
My guess is that its a trick statement that isn’t supposed to make any sense, and that the answer is A). Perhaps by “social scientists” they could be talking about the eugenics movement. They generally didn’t help any disadvantaged groups, and sometimes sterilized victims. They could also be talking about Malthus and stuff. Those were kind of old ideas by then, but if you can believe in eugenics, you probably liked Malthus.
Moral of the story: stop studying with AMSCO questions and go get a PR or Barrons book.
@supercilious What chapter is that from?