Chapter 5- Race and Oppression
Which of the following is inaccurate regarding blacks who served in either the Revolutionary or Civil War?
Blacks received emancipation as a result of service.
The Chinese Exclusion Act...
Both B and C
Immigrants arriving from Central America come to the US to
Escape political turmoil and violence.
Which of the following was NOT characteristic of the Middle Passage?
Suicide was a major cause of death
Which of the following is NOT true about Booker T. Washington's approach to educating blacks in the south?
Washington's approach spoke for black America.
Treaties between Europeans and Native Americans were not...
in many cases, fairly executed or adequately defended.
The ruling in Brown v. Board of Education...
Was more of a moral than practical victory as segregation throughout America's system of education has persisted.
In the early 1900s, Yellow Peril was reported by California newspapers as...
A belief that Japanese immigrants would not Americanize.
revenue from gambling facilities on Indian reservations...
Accounts for very little of the overall income of the Native American population.
The Alien Land Law prohibited non-U.S. citizens from owning or leasing land...
All of the above
What event resulted in the transformation of Mexican territory into an established society of white land owners and a pool of Mexican laborers when gold was discovered in California.
All of the above
What happened as a result of Article II, section 9 of the constitution stating "importation of such (unfree) persons as any of the States now-existing shall think proper to admit shall not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year 1808?"
All of the above
When describing person who inhabited America prior to the arrival of European immigrants, it is considered most respectful to...
Ask what the person's preference is and use that term.
Use of Native American depictions or references as school mascots...
Can be construed as racist and offensive and therefore should be judged carefully when considering its place as representing honor and respect.
Which of the following is NOT true concerning the Bracero Program?
Once WWII was over and the labor shortage was over, the program was quickly abolished and participants were returned to Mexico.
Medical practices of indigenous peoples...
Provided the foundation for much of what modern medicine has become.
What effect did the shift in the numbers of independently owned farms to corporately owned farms have on Puerto Rico?
The economy changed from small farms producing food o meet the local need to large farms hiring low-wage workers and exporting their products.
A massive migration of blacks from south to north occurred as a result of...
The interruption of European immigration caused by WWI resulted in a labor shortage.
According to Fong and Shinagawa, several harmful distractions created by the model minority myth include all but which of the following?
The model minority myth distorts gender differences between and within minorities.
American attitudes towards Mexican Americans during WWII
Were reconsidered as a result of large labor-shortages created by increases in military service and the internment of Japanese immigrants.