One concern with the practice of family wages employed by Henry Ford was that it
a. neglected wives and children.
b. was based on an ideal family structure.
c. focused entirely on single white women.
d. increased the rate of unwed pregnancies.
Both the United States and Mexico were originally colonized by European powers.
a. True
b. False
Post-industrial shifts include all but which of the following:
a. Increase in women’s educational level
b. Larger families
c. Increased participation in the workforce by women
d. Reduction in the number of traditional families
Compared to a ghetto, an enclave is
a. controlled by members.
b. dependent on acculturation into the dominant group’s culture and language.
c. located in a rural area.
d. supported by the culture of poverty.
A caste system is an example of an open stratification system.
a. True
b. False
During Operation Wetback, raids on homes and places of business often resulted in the
violations of civil and legal rights of U.S. citizens of Mexican descent.
a. True
b. False
The United States is often referred to as a(n):
a. Postindustrial society
b. Industrial society
c. Preindustrial agricultural society
d. A and B above
e. None of the above
The view that holds that once Jim Crow”type segregation ended in the 1960s, the
opportunity channels and routes of upward mobility of U.S. society were open to all
persons is called:
a. Symbolic racism
b. Institutional discrimination
c. Personal prejudice
d. None of the above
According to the Noel hypothesis, the outcome of the contact situation is determined by
a. ethnocentrism.
b. the dominant group.
c. competition.
d. differential in power.
Women can be viewed as a minority group because:
a. There are fewer women than men in the United States
b. They are physically identifiable as different from men
c. They have a consciousness of being “different” from men
d. They have less property, prestige, and power in our society
e. Both B and D above
The most complex problems in the world might be found in
a. The Middle East
b. Eastern Europe
c. Africa
d. South America
Recent lawsuits have upheld some affirmative action programs in higher education but
only under very limited conditions.
a. True
b. False
One problem with the scapegoat hypothesis is that it:
a. Explains discrimination but not prejudice
b. Fails to take the emotional state of the individual into account
c. Deemphasizes the economic, political, and social forces that shape behavior
d. Ignores the process of displacement
e. Explains everything in terms of personality types
In general, American reception of immigrants has been ________ with efforts to
_______ immigration.
a. welcoming, increase
b. ambiguous, maintain
c. cold, reduce
d. tense, increase
e. none of the above
There are approximately the same percentage of gay people by race and ethnicity as
there are in American society as a whole.
a. True
b. False
Tribal groups involved in the Rwanda massacre:
a. The Afar and Ashanti
b. The Bobo and Maasai
c. The Hutu and Tutsis
d. The Bambuti and Zulu
Which of the following groups is the least integrated?
a. African Americans
b. Japanese Americans
c. Cuban Americans
d. Native Americans
e. Mexican Americans
The major limitation of racial taxonomies is that they cannot provide clear lines
between racial groups.
a. True
b. False
Driving while black is an example of
a. a stop and frisk law.
b. a prejudicial mandate.
c. police brutality.
d. racial profiling.
Sexual assault and sexual harassment crimes are often misunderstood to be motivated
by
a. power.
b. control.
c. sexual attraction.
d. dominant privilege.
Ideological discrimination is the societal equivalent to individual discrimination.
a. True
b. False
Which factor determines the outcome of the original contact situation between
dominant and minority groups?
a. The goals of the minority group
b. The size of the dominant group
c. The prejudice of the dominant group
d. The differential in power between the dominant and minority groups
e. Competition for scarce goods and services
By 1948, _____ tribes were governed by the Indian Reorganization Act (IRa. .
a. ten
b. fewer than 100
c. almost 1,000
d. about 200
e. All of the above
Arab Americans and Middle Eastern immigrants suggest that stereotypes are important
for integration experiences.
a. True
b. False
The Current Debates section presented Professor Harry Kitano’s view on the nature and
causes of Asian American success. In general, his argument is:
a. A cultural explanation consistent with traditional assimilation theory and human
capital theory
b. A cultural explanation that includes values such as respect for authority figures, hard
work and thriftiness, and conformity and politeness
c. Structural explanation that emphasizes contact situations, modes of incorporation,
enclave economies, group cohesion, position in the labor market, and institutionalized
discrimination
d. All of the above
e. A and B
Racial and ethnic minority groups can overlap. That is, so-called ethnic groups may
have (or may be thought to have) distinguishing physical characteristics.
a. True
b. False
Rosa Parks, a seamstress and NAACP member, is famous for:
a. Refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man
b. Refusing to leave an all-white coffeehouse
c. Being the first black student to integrate an all-white school
d. Founding the NAACP
e. Founding the Freedom Party
Mary and her brother, Patrick, are immigrants. They both speak English, share
American values, and have many American friends, but Mary does well in school and
gets a good job that pays a lot. Patrick does poorly in school and does not have a
consistent job, making only minimum wage when he works. The two of them together
are an example of:
a. Segmented assimilation
b. Structural assimilationist
c. Traditional assimilation
d. Cultural assimilation
e. Discrimination
Under Plessy v. Ferguson, it was established that separate and fully equal treatment for
African Americans and European Americans was constitutional; this mandate was fully
followed.
a. True
b. False
Immigrants experience four main modes of incorporation into American society:
primary labor market, secondary labor market, enclave communities, and illegal entry.
a. True
b. False
Many Jews fled from pogroms, government sponsored attacks, in Russia by moving to
the United States.
a. True
b. False
Today 15% of the Mexican population lives in the United States.
a. True
b. False