Deck 2: Resources and Status of Americas Racial Minorities

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT an aspect of socioeconomic status for a group?

A) Unemployment rate
B) Educational attainment
C) Ideology
D) Income

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In which section of the United States is there the greatest concentration of Latino populations?

A) Northeast
B) Northwest
C) Southeast
D) Southwest

Answer 2

D

Question 3

In which section of the United States is there the greatest concentration of Black populations?

A) Northeast
B) Northwest
C) Southeast
D) Southwest

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What are the three states where half of the American Indian population resides?

A) California, Oklahoma, Arizona
B) Virginia, Maryland, California
C) Oklahoma, California, South Carolina
D) Arizona, Wyoming, Ohio

Question 5

Which of the following contextualizes the relatively high median family income levels of Asian Americans?

A) The possibility of more adults within a family household
B) The increased likelihood of some Asian American groups working in higher paying industries
C) The possibility of more adults within a family household and the increased likelihood of some Asian American groups working in higher paying industries
D) Natural ability and cultural influences

Question 6

Groups that generally have been excluded from participation in the decision-making process by which society's benefits are distributed are called __________________ groups.

A) divided
B) dominated
C) enslaved
D) overlooked

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT an essential aspect of social movements?

A) Use of existing social organization structures
B) Inspiring title
C) Catalytic leadership
D) Strategic planning

Question 8

______________________ have never had a social movement aimed at improving their conditions and treatment in the United States.

A) American Indians
B) Asian Americans
C) Latinos
D) All racial/ethnic minority groups have developed social movements.

Question 9

Each of these is an example of the political activity of demonstrating EXCEPT ________________.

A) Immigrant Rights Marches of 2006
B) Mexican American student walkout in East Los Angeles in 1968
C) Thurgood Marshall preparing arguments for the Brown v. Board (1954) Supreme Court case
D) Black Lives Matter marches

Question 10

Which of the following is not an example of recent social movement activity?

A) Montgomery Bus Boycott
B) Standing Rock Sioux and the Dakota Access Pipeline Protest
C) Black Lives Matter protests
D) None of the above is an example of social movement activity

Question 11

In which year was the most comprehensive and protective Voting Rights Act passed?

A) 1865
B) 1911
C) 1965
D) 1989

Question 12

Grandfather clauses were instituted in the South after Reconstruction in order to:

A) Deny the vote to those whose grandparents owned slaves.
B) Deny the vote to those whose grandparents were slaves.
C) Deny the vote to everyone living in the South.
D) Deny the vote to anyone who was not a grandfather.

Question 13

A technique in which each voter can register an intensity of preference for a candidate or candidates is known as ____________________.

A) candidate
B) consistent
C) contested
D) cumulative

Question 14

At-large elections and racial gerrymandering that impede the ability of minority voters to translate votes into the election of candidates of their choice are devices that lead to ___________.

A) vote dilution
B) vote augmentation
C) voter fraud
D) voting rights

Question 15

Which of the following cases essentially nullified Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act?

A) Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)
B) Shelby County v. Holder (2013)
C) Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
D) Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (2016)

Question 16

What is socioeconomic status (SES)?

Question 17

Why does population concentration matter in a political context?

Question 18

What are dominated groups?

Question 19

What is a social movement and what are its 4 prerequisites?

Question 20

What is preclearance under the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

Question 21

Socioeconomic status (SES) can directly influence the degree to which people are likely to participate in various forms of political participation. Identify 4 aspects of SES and indicate how they might influence a group's ability to engage in participation. Directly indicate how these factors have been influential for 2 racial/ethnic minority groups.

Question 22

Identify and describe the 4 prerequisites for social movements. Choose 2 social movements and detail the ways in which they meet these 4 criteria for social movements.