Kahoot

Key Terms

100

The American Dream 

The belief that with hard work, courage, and determination, anyone can prosper and achieve success.

200

Capital Gain

An increase in the value of the capital asset, such as stock or real estate. 

300

Salaried Professionals 

White-collar employees whose work is largely self-directed and is compensated with an annual salary rather than an hourly wage. 

400

White Collar 

Describes a person who performs professional, managerial, or administrative work for a salary. 

500

Working class 

The social class of those who perform physical or low- skilled work for a living, as opposed to the professional or middle class, the upper class, or the upper middle class. 

Upper class

100

What income range is considered upper class?

greater than $1 million

200

Where do the rich get most of their money?

investments

300

What percentage of US households are considered upper class?

5%

400

What does being super-rich mean?

Being able to live off of wealth that is not from occupation

500

What percentage of US households are considered to be super-rich?

0.9%

Middle class

100

What is the lower middle class?

are those with some education and comfortable salaries but with socioeconomics, statues below the upper-middle. 

200

The working class (Define) 

The social class of those who perform physical or low skilled working for a living as opposed to the professional or middle class, the upper class, or the upper middle. 

300

Where is the working class found

The Industrialized economies 

400

Manual Labor 

Any work was done by hand: usually implying it is unskilled or physically demanding 

500

Is the upper middle class among the largest social class

Yes

Lower class

100

What were Tammy living situations 

She lives in a small trailer with her children 

200

What was in Tammy's yard.

Toilet, dirty clothing, and random garbage. 

300

What are the "eight ways to show you give a $hit."

Educated yourself, take legislative action, donate, volunteer, join a campaign, write or start a petition, write an article, donate leftovers. 

400

4 Problems with the way the media depicts poor people. 

the poor as invisible, the poor as statistics, The poor as poor due to their own life choices, the poor as temporarily "down on their luck."

500

In 2011 how many people were living in poverty? 

46.2 million people. 

Random question

100

What is New Hampshire's minimum wage 

$7.25

200

How many people are living paycheck to paycheck in America 

61%

300

What class has the most people in it 

middle class 

400

What are the different classes? 

Upper class, Middle Class, Lower class 

500

Who is affected by Classism 

Everyone can be. 

But most of the time it lower and middle class