Institutional Discrimination towards African Americans MCQ
Institutional Discrimination towards African Americans MCQ
1. The urban ______ classes, consisting largely of African Americans and other minority groups of color, which have been more or less permanently barred from the mainstream economy and the primary labor market.
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Under
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2. Nonviolent direct action explains the central tactic used during the Civil Rights Movement in the South to defeat de jure segregation.
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True
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3. The view that one’s fate is beyond one’s ________ is called fatalism
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Control
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4. A measure of residential segregation. The higher the score, the greater the segregation, and scores above ___ are considered to indicate extreme segregation in dissimilarity index.
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60
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5. De facto segregation system of racial separation and inequality that appears to result from voluntary choices about where to live, work, and so forth.
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True
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6. A _____________ theory asserting that poverty causes certain personality traits—such as the need for instant gratification—which, in turn, perpetuate poverty.
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Culture of Poverty
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7. Civil Rights Movement describes The effort of African Americans and their allies in the 1950s and _______ to end de jure segregation in the South.
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1960s
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8. Black Power Movement explains the coalition of African American groups that rose to prominence in the _________ _. Some central themes of the movement were Black Nationalism, autonomy for African American communities.
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1960s
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9. All of the following are in the top five most residentially segregated cities except ______.
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Atlanta
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10. The multifaceted campaign to end legalized segregation and lessen the inequalities faced by African Americans was known as ______.
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The Civil Rights Movement
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11. Poverty and poor health care continue to be a reality for millions of African Americans in the United States.
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True
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12. The pattern of racial separation and inequality outside the South is known as ______.
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De facto segregation
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13. Joblessness, high rates of school dropout, crime, and drug use are problems associated with the urban underclass.
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True
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14. Douglas Wilder became the first African American to be elected to a state governorship.
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True
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15. Franklin d. Roosevelt’s Executive Order No. 8802 banned discrimination in public schools.
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False
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16. The federal government made an unprecedented commitment to fair employment for African Americans under which President?
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Franklin Roosevelt
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17. Both the Civil Rights movement and the Black Power movement tended to be dominated by ______.
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Men
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18. All of the following are watershed events in understanding Black-White relations except the ______.
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Matthew Shepard case
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19. The Black Power movement advocated the goal of assimilation into White society.
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False
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20. In 1964, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, which banned discrimination in all of the following areas except ______.
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Experience
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21. The first African American representative to the U.S. Congress was elected in ______.
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1928
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22. De jure segregation began to come to an end as a result of the ______.
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Mechanization and modernization of agriculture
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23. The Black Power movement of the 1960s served which of the following purposes?
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It served as a new rallying cry for solidarity and unified action.
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