Exam 10: White Ethnic Americans

Mary Waters' concepts of "ethnic options" refers to the:

The tendency for people to make choices about their ethnic identity demonstrates that ethnicity is:

Most white ethnics:

Which statement best describes the current population patterns of Italian Americans?

Sally, a young Irish woman, came to the United States in 1870.The most likely reason for her immigration was to:

Most of the children of Italian immigrants:

The image of Irish as brutish and savage:

Before 1880, the destination of most Italian immigrants was:

Gans argues that the Italian culture in the U.S.will ______________ over generations.

In his notion of "symbolic ethnicity," Herbert J.Gans sees ethnicity among Euro-Americans:

Overall, the socioeconomic differences between various Euro-American groups are:

Carl, a white American, is doing a school presentation for his history class after which he is asked to share his own ethnic heritage.He is stumped.He has heard offhand that he has ancestors from Germany and Ireland, and that he might even have a little Native American blood, but has never seen proof of such.Lieberson and Waters (1988) would call Carl a(n):

Corruption among Irish American politicians was largely due to:

According to Mary Waters, ethnicity is becoming:

Many Irish immigrants found themselves unprepared for life in a(n) ____________ society.

Socioeconomically, which group has "made it" to the largest degree in the United States?

Sally, a young Irish woman, came to the United States in 1870.Her occupation in the U.S.was most likely a:

Which perspective proposes that a movement towards more complete assimilation proceeds irreversibly with each successive generation?

Victor, an Italian immigrant, arrived in the United States in 1913.His choice of where to settle was most likely based on his:

White ethnic groups are distinguished from the dominant Anglo core group primarily in terms of their: