Diversity Exam 1 - Week 5, Ch. 2 (Assimilation and Pluralism)

As late as the 1920s, ______ of employed Irish-born women in the United States worked as domestics.

81%

Which intermarriage best illustrates Kennedy's concept of the "triple melting pot"?

A marriage between a Polish Jewish man and a Russian Jewish woman

Compared to separatists, minority groups who promote revolution seek to:

become the ruling elite

It is common in sociology to separate the social structure into primary and secondary sectors. Which of the following categories is considered part of the primary sector?

Families

A good example of structural pluralism would be ______.

Christian churches on Sunday morning

What factor(s) affected the pathways of entry for different groups of immigrants from Europe?

Culture Class Country of origin Time of arrival

Avi was a tailor who immigrated to America in 1897 to avoid religious persecution in Russia. He settled in New York City and worked in the garment industry. Avi is an example of a(n):

Eastern European immigrant who was part of the New Immigration

Which of the following exemplifies how structural mobility benefited ethnic whites in the 20th century?

Ethnic whites had more opportunity for education.

Which of the following theories argues that status attainment is a direct result of educational levels, personal values, and skills?

Human Capital Theory

Compared to separatists, minority groups who promote revolution seek to:

becoming the ruling elite

Immigrants experiencing segmented assimilation will have the following outcome:

Some will be upwardly mobile and some will be poor.

Which of the following groups is considered a culturally pluralistic group?

The Amish in Pennsylvania

What was one expression of anti-immigrant prejudice and racism?

The National Origins Act of 1924

In Milton Gordon's theory of assimilation, the crucial step is from:

acculturation and integration

In Milton Gordon's theory of assimilation, the crucial step is from:

acculturation to integration

The process of assimilation could be illustrated by:

an immigrant learning the language of her new country

The Amish (sometimes called the Pennsylvania Dutch) are committed to a way of life organized around farming. They maintain a culture and an institutional life that is separate from the dominant culture. The kind of pluralism that best describes them is:

cultural pluralism

Human capital theorists believe that the greater investment in ______, the higher the person's chances of success.

education, personal values, and skills

According to Milton Gordon, integration in the secondary sector will lead to:

integration in the primary sector

A third type of pluralism that reversed Gordon's first two stages would be:

integration without acculturation

Social structure is divided into primary and secondary sectors. Primary sector refers to:

interpersonal relationships that are intimate and personal, such as families and friendship groups large organizations including factories, schools, and bureaucracies

The traditional views of assimilation appear not to have explained:

the ethnic revival of the 1960s, increasing immigration and consequent social diversity

The concept of multiculturalism includes:

the idea of mutual respect for all groups and heritages

Melting pot is a term for:

the traditional perspective on assimilation how diverse peoples helped to construct U.S. society assimilation as egalitarian and benign a process that emphasizes sharing and inclusion