Exam 2: Together or Apart Some Competing Views

All of the following fit the early "American" assimilation patter,except:

For Gordon,the formation of secondary relationships was the key factor.

Gordon did NOT believe that a merger of two groups was inevitable in his model of assimilation.

Briefly explain the problems that African Americans,Mexican Americans,and Native Americans have in fitting into the Anglo conformity experience.

According to Chapter Two,many of the ________ did not move through all of the levels of assimilation and they did not necessarily want to do so.

Separationists do not seek for a total separation from mainstream society.

The Europeans displaced the Native Indians in America,then assumed they were the natives.

"Americans" from the earliest periods in 1600s history came to mean English speakers.

When prejudice disappears,then ________ assimilation has occurred.

The ideology of cultural pluralism can be traced specifically to:

Secondary assimilation does not always follow primary assimilation in the lists presented in the text.

Almost all of the Dutch gave up their culture and their language.

When minority groups assimilate,yet remain distinguishable,they have probably experienced cultural assimilation by addition.

An unfavorable action toward people because they belong to a certain group is called:

The Catholic belief system was at the core of Anglo-conformity.

Which researcher presented an anti-assimilationist model?

Pluralists believe that no one can become 100 percent American.

Park and Gordon disagreed that cultural assimilation must lead to other forms of assimilation.

Which group had the more difficult challenge in taking on the Anglo culture by assimilation via substitution?

In 1783 J.Hector St.John Crevecoeur asked "What then is the American,this new man He is neither a European nor a descendent of a European..."