Question 1

Urbanization and industrialization pushed the U.S.in the direction of more fluid race relations because of:

Accepted Answer

A)   The rationality of discrimination
B)   Less requirements for physical mobility
C)   Generally rising education levels
D)   Increased intergroup competition C

Question 2

One of the greatest changes in minority group status since WWII is:

Accepted Answer

A)   Elimination of violence against them
B)   The abolition of prejudice
C)   The presence of a sizeable and growing middle class
D)   Overt discrimination in privately owned business C

Question 3

The strict,legally-mandated segregation of blacks and whites in the post-Civil War United States came to be known as:

Accepted Answer

A)   George Wallace
B)   Apartheid
C)   Jim Crow
D)   Gerrymandering C

Question 4

Why didn't the Civil War bring an end to pervasive racial inequality in the South?

Accepted Answer

A)   The planter class still had power enough to pass laws that kept blacks subordinate
B)   Blacks weren't interested in getting involved in politics of the south and did not try to vote
C)   Immigrants from other countries moved in large numbers to the south and took job opportunities from blacks
D)   Blacks and poor whites worked together to vote in politicians to represent them

Question 5

During the latter part of the nineteenth and early part of the twentieth centuries,the dominant pattern of American race relations came to resemble the:

Accepted Answer

A)   Rigid competitive pattern
B)   Fluid competitive pattern
C)   Paternalistic system
D)   Open, hospitable system

Question 6

The period from the end of the Civil War to World War II was a classic case of fluid competitive race relations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

A dual-wage system would most likely be found under a ________ system of race relations.

Accepted Answer

A)   Rigid competitive
B)   Fluid competitive
C)   Paternalistic
D)   Class

Question 8

Why is war correlated with racial violence in the United States? What two reasons are discussed in the textbook?

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

That the children of colonized and stigmatized groups in Japan do very well when they immigrate to the United States indicates success depends on:

Accepted Answer

A)   How the group is treated and viewed by the society in which it lives
B)   The characteristics of the group
C)   The traditional culture of the group
D)   Immigrants to a Western country

Question 10

Periods of racial violence in the United States are closely correlated with periods of war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The rigid system of segregation that developed in the South following the brief period of Reconstruction after the Civil War was due to:

Accepted Answer

A)   Competition between lower-status whites and freed blacks
B)   The desire of the elite to maintain its dominance encouraging the uniting of blacks and poor whites
C)   The creation of a system where status is shared among racial groups
D)   Frequent interactions between racial groups both at work and in their neighborhoods

Question 12

In the ________ case in 1896,the Supreme Court established the "separate but equal" doctrine,which upheld segregated facilities.

Accepted Answer

A)   Dred Scott
B)   Roe versus Wade
C)   Plessy versus Ferguson
D)   Brown versus the Board of Education

Question 13

Discrimination is economically more irrational in an industrial society than agricultural societies for all the following reasons EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   Because of the diversity of skills required, discrimination on the basis of ascribed characteristics is shortsighted and may not result in the best match
B)   It does not make sense to cut off potential buyers because of race, religion, or some other irrelevant factor when you want to make a profit
C)   Focusing on the local selling area means favoring employees who have the ascribed characteristics that are shared by the majority group in that area
D)   Geographic and social mobility are required to achieve the best match of person and a job, and ascribed status would be limit this

Question 14

Increased competition for jobs seems to increase racial prejudice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Blauner argues that the reason blacks,American Indians,and Chicanos are still socially and economically disadvantaged and are not assimilated to the same degree as such groups as the Irish and Italians is that:

Accepted Answer

A)   Blacks, Indians, and Chicanos cannot pass as white
B)   The Irish and Italians have different work patterns
C)   Blacks, Indians, and Chicanos were colonized minorities while Irish and Italians were immigrant minorities
D)   Blacks, Indians, and Chicanos fail to accept the dominant white culture

Question 16

Which of the following is true about lynching?

Accepted Answer

A)   Most of the victims of lynching in the South were white
B)   Lynching increased after the end of slavery as whites felt their status threatened
C)   There were fewer with the decline of the cotton plantations
D)   Lynchings were most likely to take place in the Northeast

Question 17

When a racial or ethnic group is colonized they are typically:

Accepted Answer

A)   Invited to participate as equals in the colonizers' culture
B)   Subjected to some form of forced labor
C)   Encouraged to maintain their culture
D)   Encouraged to integrate into the larger society

Question 18

All of the following were changes in the 1950s and 60s that tended to bring about more fluid race relations EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   New opportunities opened to blacks and other minorities in the expanding economy
B)   The position of minorities was safe enough for them to make demands for more equality
C)   Whites, especially in the middle class, were less threatened by minority gains than in the past
D)   Whites were less receptive to court rulings against discrimination and segregation

Question 19

Puerto Ricans first came under American rule by conquest.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the racial situation in the Northern United States area around the time of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)   Whites were eager to join the war effort to free southern blacks from slavery
B)   White workers welcomed black workers
C)   Many states passed laws banning black people from entering
D)   Local governments passed laws protecting the right to work for blacks

Exam 6: Changing Patterns of Majority-Minority Relations in the United States

Urbanization and industrialization pushed the U.S.in the direction of more fluid race relations because of:

One of the greatest changes in minority group status since WWII is:

The strict,legally-mandated segregation of blacks and whites in the post-Civil War United States came to be known as:

Why didn't the Civil War bring an end to pervasive racial inequality in the South?

During the latter part of the nineteenth and early part of the twentieth centuries,the dominant pattern of American race relations came to resemble the:

The period from the end of the Civil War to World War II was a classic case of fluid competitive race relations.

A dual-wage system would most likely be found under a ________ system of race relations.

Why is war correlated with racial violence in the United States? What two reasons are discussed in the textbook?

That the children of colonized and stigmatized groups in Japan do very well when they immigrate to the United States indicates success depends on:

Periods of racial violence in the United States are closely correlated with periods of war.

The rigid system of segregation that developed in the South following the brief period of Reconstruction after the Civil War was due to:

In the ________ case in 1896,the Supreme Court established the "separate but equal" doctrine,which upheld segregated facilities.

Discrimination is economically more irrational in an industrial society than agricultural societies for all the following reasons EXCEPT:

Increased competition for jobs seems to increase racial prejudice.

Blauner argues that the reason blacks,American Indians,and Chicanos are still socially and economically disadvantaged and are not assimilated to the same degree as such groups as the Irish and Italians is that:

Which of the following is true about lynching?

When a racial or ethnic group is colonized they are typically:

All of the following were changes in the 1950s and 60s that tended to bring about more fluid race relations EXCEPT:

Puerto Ricans first came under American rule by conquest.

Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the racial situation in the Northern United States area around the time of the Civil War?