Deck 7: African Americans: Protest and Social Change

Question 1

When police or authorities use race as part of the calculation of whether a person should be the ? subject of surveillance,questioning,or searching,it is called:

A) racial profiling.
B) gender profiling.
C) cutting the race.
D) chasing the skin.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

SNCC was by definition a ________ organization.

A) militaristic
B) separationist
C) non-violent
D) back to Africa

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which decade saw a calming of the civil rights activism?

A) 1950s
B) 1960s
C) 1970s
D) 2000s

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The effects of the direct-action protests between 1956 and 1964 were:

A) outstanding.
B) minimal.
C) mixed.
D) overwhelmingly in favor of the dominant group.

Question 5

All of the following corporations had major discrimination suits brought against them except:

A) Texaco.
B) Dennys.
C) Shoneys.
D) Disney.

Question 6

In the riots that followed the Rodney King beating in Los Angeles,who were the primary ? targets of the rioters?

A) Whites
B) non-Whites
C) Hispanics
D) police

Question 7

All of the following were used against the peaceful protesters in Alabama except:

A) water hoses.
B) dogs.
C) clubs.
D) rifles.

Question 8

Which researcher claimed that in spite of the undeniable hardships of slavery,Black slaves ? placed a high value on family stability and responsibility?

A) Gutman
B) Levine
C) DuBois
D) Moynihan

Question 9

The authors argue that many African Americans have moved slowly toward citizenship ? suffering more from ________ ________ than from old fashion racism.

A) modern sharecropping
B) modern slavery
C) modern racism
D) modern servitude

Question 10

This 1995 event took place in hopes that it could help to overcome the overwhelmingly ? negative images of Blacks and Black males.

A) Bus Boycott
B) Million Man March
C) Black Power Day
D) Black Vote Day

Question 11

This Civil Rights activist argued that the United States should set aside territory for Blacks or ? send them back to Africa.

A) Martin Luther King, Jr.
B) Malcolm X
C) Rosa Parks
D) W.E.B. DuBois

Question 12

Who refused to give up the bus seat in Montgomery,Alabama and sparked a bus boycott in 1955?

A) Martin Luther King, Jr.
B) Rosa Parks
C) Malcolm X
D) Mary Waters

Question 13

Hochschild attributed the continued elusive racial bias that African Americans face in the ? United States to:

A) "the legacy of Jim Crow."
B) "the legacy of slavery."
C) "the permanence of racism."
D) "the hidden racist agenda."

Question 14

On the O.J.Simpson trial,Blacks and Whites:

A) held differing opinions.
B) held the same opinion.
C) supported O.J.
D) supported the Goldmans.

Question 15

This riot saw 34 people killed,thousands injured and hundreds of buildings burned and was ? one of the worst riots since 1943.

A) Atlanta
B) Harlem
C) Chicago
D) Watts

Question 16

Levine argued that Black Americans succeeded in constructing their own culture and that ? "culture is not a fixed condition but a ________."

A) state of mind
B) process
C) state of being
D) plan

Question 17

Most Whites associated this slogan with Black revolutionaries and separatist organizations.? Blacks associated it with pride and self-help.

A) "Black Love"
B) "Black Force"
C) "Black Freedom"
D) "Black Power"

Question 18

Which research claimed the fabric of the Negro society and family were deteriorating?

A) Gutman
B) Levine
C) DuBois
D) Moynihan

Question 19

Who were less likely to see the arrest of Rodney King and the release of the officers that beat ? him as evidence of a larger pattern of racism?

A) Whites
B) non-Whites
C) Hispanics
D) Blacks

Question 20

The legislation of 1964 and 1965 marked:

A) the end of official segregation in America.
B) the beginning of official segregation in America.
C) the beginning of the KKK.
D) the end of the KKK.

Question 21

The Rodney King and O.J.Simpson cases and racial profiling bring up the issue of racial ? injustice in the administration of criminal law.

Question 22

Malcolm Little changed his name to Malcolm X to drop his slave master's name.

Question 23

In terms of racial segregation,some argue that residential segregation may persist because ? African Americans:

A) are still discriminated against.
B) are still too poor to live among Asians and Whites.
C) prefer to live in homogeneous neighborhoods.
D) prefer to live in heterogeneous neighborhoods.

Question 24

A poll of Americans after the Rodney King beating trial said that the verdict would have been ? the same had every one been White (King and policemen).

Question 25

In 2000,which race had the most female professionals?

A) Blacks
B) Asians
C) Native Americans
D) Whites

Question 26

In 1943,no Black protest took place.

Question 27

Nearly one in ________ Black families was affluent in the United States in 1989.

A) 17
B) 13
C) 10
D) 7

Question 28

Black-White intermarriages have been ________ in recent decades.

A) declining
B) increasing
C) remaining stable
D) leading to unprecedented levels of divorces

Question 29

During the 1960s and 1970s,Black men showed a significant ________ in income.

A) improvement
B) stagnation
C) decline
D) reversal

Question 30

President John F.Kennedy's Civil Rights reform program was passed in 1974 as the Civil ? Rights Amendment.

Question 31

The Civil Rights Act of 1991 reversed the effects of some rulings of the U.S.Supreme Court ? concerning discrimination in employment.

Question 32

Texaco made out-of-court settlements and set goals to hire Blacks and other minorities after its ? 1990s discrimination case.

Question 33

Amid the charges of excessive conservatism of radicalism,nearly all the main Black protest ? groups adopted some combination of legal and direct-action methods.

Question 34

Black families earn approximately ________ on White families dollar in the United States.

A) 100 cents
B) 95 cents
C) 80 cents
D) 62 cents

Question 35

Many critics of the Moynihan report focus on his assumption that Black problems are caused ? by the Black family.

Question 36

Which U.S.Supreme Court Case placed the burden of proof on employers with Affirmative ? Action?

A) Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
B) Regents of U. of California v. Bakke
C) Grutter v. Bollinger
D) Gratz v. Bollinger

Question 37

Which U.S.Supreme Court case disallowed racial quotas with Affirmative Action?

A) Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
B) Regents of U. of California v. Bakke
C) Grutter v. Bollinger
D) Gratz. v. Bollinger

Question 38

Kennedy (2001) pointed out that racial profiling generates anger,humiliation,distrust,and ? resentment among Blacks.

Question 39

Which U.S.Supreme Court case allowed racial considerations for law school admissions in ? 2003 with Affirmative Action?

A) Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
B) Regents of U. of California v. Bakke
C) Grutter v. Bollinger
D) Gratz v. Bollinger

Question 40

Which U.S.Supreme Court case disallowed race in consideration of undergraduate admissions ? in 2003 with Affirmative Action?

A) Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
B) Regents of U. of California v. Bakke
C) Grutter v. Bollinger
D) Gratz v. Bollinger

Question 41

Percent plans have been universally successful in creating fairness and diversity.

Question 42

In both the 1980s and 1990s,race differences in illiteracy were negligible.

Question 43

W.E.B.DuBois stated that for Blacks,"one ever feels his twoness."

Question 44

Briefly summarize the legal orders,cases,and rulings that lead up to the 2003 Michigan cases ? with Affirmative Action.

Question 45

About 20 percent of African American men and women were interracially married in 1996.

Question 46

When Black and White women are compared,the average earnings of Black women are lower ? than those of White women of similar education and experience.

Question 47

The U.S.Supreme Court ruled in favor of Texas in the Hopwood v.Texas case.

Question 48

The theory of spatial assimilation claims that the more minorities assimilate,the more they ? would move into less segregated neighborhoods.

Question 49

Many U.S.presidents laid the foundation for Affirmative Action with their presidential orders.

Question 50

Briefly summarize the Black protest efforts that proved to be most successful during the 1950s ? to 1970s.

Question 51

Large numbers of Blacks are unemployed,underemployed,or are employed at substandard ? wages.

Question 52

From 1960 to 1990,the average level of residential segregation has increased.

Question 53

Hallinan and Williams (1989) reported that in over one million high school friendship pairs,? only a few hundred were interracial.

Question 54

Compare and contrast the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1991 in terms of their impact on Black ? Americans' access to the "American Dream."

Question 55

African American and Anglo American cultures are identical according to the research ? presented in the text.

Question 56

List ten pros and cons of Affirmative Action using arguments from the text.Which ? perspective do you support and why?

Question 57

Describe the overall economic improvements/declines of Black Americans with regard to: ? income,education,residential segregation,and affluence.

Question 58

Make the argument that global shifts in the economy have weakened the earning power of ? Black Americans in recent decades.Provide evidence to support your claim.

Question 59

Describe the major riots discussed in Chapter 7.What types of damage did they do? What ? types of progress did they help to achieve?

Question 60

Provide five racial and five non-racial explanations for the disparity in Black and White ? perceptions on the Rodney King and O.J.Simpson cases.

Question 61

Describe the cultural assimilation experience of Black Americans,including a discussion of ? how Black America has influenced the dominant culture.

Question 62

Explain preferences for residential segregation in-group (in-race) marital patterns,and in-group primary relationships using the in and out group approach to human relationships.