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

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

Answer 2

D

Question 3

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

Answer 3

B

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

SNCC was by definition a ________ organization.

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

Question 6

Which decade saw a calming of the civil rights activism?

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

Question 7

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 8

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 9

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 10

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

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

Question 11

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 12

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 13

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 14

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 15

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 16

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

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

Question 17

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

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

Question 18

In 2000,which race had the most female professionals?

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

Question 19

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

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

Question 20

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 21

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 22

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 23

Black-White intermarriages have been ________ in recent decades.

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

Question 24

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

Question 25

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

Question 26

In 1943,no Black protest took place.

Question 27

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 28

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 29

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

Question 30

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 31

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

Question 32

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 33

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 34

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

Question 35

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 36

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

Question 37

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

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

Question 38

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

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

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

Question 41

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

Question 42

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

Question 43

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

Question 44

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

Question 45

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

Question 46

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

Question 47

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

Question 48

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

Question 49

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 50

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