Exam 3: The Development of Dominantminority Relations in Preindustrial America: The Origins of Slavery

Mexican Americans kept some political power and economic clout only in New Mexico, mostly because of their relatively large size and skill in mobilizing for political activity.

The movement to end slavery in the United States was called ______.

Gender stratification played little part for enslaved Africans, as both slave men and slave women worked in the field.

A key feature of ______ is a low rate of overt conflict.

Some degree of ethnocentrism is essential to the maintenance of social solidarity.

Explain the role of individual prejudice and ideological racism in the creation of minority group status for African Americans, Native Americans, and Mexican Americans. How do the dominant group stereotypes of each of these groups relate to the original contact situations and the nature of competition between these groups?

Which set of terms best characterizes the situations African Americans, Native Americans, and Mexican Americans experienced as a result of their contact with Anglo-American society?

Mexican Americans were able to maintain their cultural heritage due to close proximity to their homeland.

Power differentials between groups partly explain why domination was established in some places faster than others.

______ minorities often originate as immigrant groups who bring resources and therefore have more opportunities than colonized minority groups in the host society.

What is a key difference in the contact situation between colonists and Mexican Americans versus Native Americans?

The experience of conquest and colonization differed for men and women. Summarize the differences in experiences as a result of gender for African Americans, Native Americans, and Mexican Americans. Why did these differences occur?

Explain the paradox described by the following statement: The construction of a society devoted to individual freedom and liberty in the New World "was made possible only by the revival of an institution of naked tyranny foresworn for centuries in the Old [world]" (Lacy, 1972, p. 22).

Explain the role of subsistence technology in how dominant-minority relations developed in the preindustrial United States.

The persistent inequality experienced by colonized groups is evidence of segmented assimilation.

The combining of African traditions with aspects of Anglo culture illustrates that assimilation is a linear process.

Robert Blauner's theory of dominant-minority relations emphasizes the importance of ______.

Obtaining slaves from Africa was the most logical, cost-effective means of resolving American colonies' labor supply problems.

It was unusual for women in many tribes to play key roles in religion, politics, warfare, and the economy.

Competition between Whites and ______ centered on control of land.