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

Profits in the labor-intensive plantation system could be maximized if a large, disciplined, and ______ workforce was maintained by the landowners.

Most scholars agree that anti-Black prejudice ______.

______ are more the results of systems of racial and ethnic inequality than they are the causes.

Land and labor are central concerns in an agricultural society.

Which of the following describes the labor performed by women during slavery?

Slavery developed in the United States as a response to ______.

In colonial America, Native Americans were not enslaved. According to Noel's hypothesis, this was because ______.

The possession of true femininity and womanhood was limited to White women.

Indentured servants were members of a caste system and had no opportunities for mobility.

The amount of power commanded by a group is a result of three factors: size, degree of organization, and amount of resources.

Compare and contrast the experiences of Native Hawaiians and Native Americans. What explains these similarities and differences?

How does Noel's third variable explain why Africans were enslaved instead of other groups?

Compare the origins of dominant and minority relations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Use Blauner and Noel's work in your analysis. In what ways do contact situations shape group relations for centuries to come?

Explain Blauner's distinction between colonized and immigrant minority groups. Why is the initial contact period between minority and dominant groups so crucial? Relate Blauner's two types of minority groups to Gordon's theory of assimilation. Are immigrant or colonized minority groups more likely to follow Gordon's stages of assimilation in order? Why? Are immigrant or colonized minority groups more likely to encounter high levels of prejudice, discrimination, ideological racism, and institutional discrimination? Why?

Explain the factors that led to the development of slavery in America using the Noel and Blauner hypotheses. Why is the plantation system of production significant for understanding the dynamics of slavery?

Only the wealthy elite owned slaves.

The population of Native Americans in the continental United States decreased dramatically by 1890 because ______.

Much of the southwest became U.S. territory in 1848 as a result of ______.

American colonists came to see ______ as the most logical, cost-effective way to solve their labor shortage.

Blauner's hypothesis states that minority groups created by colonization will experience greater, more long-lasting disadvantages than minority groups created by immigration. Apply this framework to issues of modern-day racial inequality.