Those groups within a society that are marginalized and have limited power is called
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Outsider Groups
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National Origins Formula is a formula instituted under the ______ Emergency Quota Act to set annual limits on the numbers of immigrants admitted to the United States from individual countries; quotas were calculated at 3% of the total number of foreign-born persons from particular countries as recorded in the 1910 U.S. census
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1921
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People in the generation born roughly from 1980 to ______ is called Millennials
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2000
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Insider Groups are those groups that hold the bulk of the power in society
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True
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Identity Politics is a political process/structure that relies on people of specific religions, racial and ethnic groups, or social backgrounds to form exclusive political alliances
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True
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Which of the following is a theme within critical race theory?
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Understanding that mainstream ideas, espoused by the majority, reflect the value of linking structural conditions to the self-interest of leaders or others to understand ethnic identity and conflict
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Structuralism is derived from the class approach to issues of power, politics, and identity, assumes that the state and all political institutions exist relatively independent of each other and are essentially by-products of conflict between and within class groups
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True
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People born from 1925 to 1945 is called
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Silent Generation
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Restrictive Covenants are rules inserted into real estate contracts that specified which _____ could purchase the land
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Racial groups
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A practice of evaluating mortgage lending potential for designated areas that typically discriminated against racial and ethnic minorities is called
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Redlining
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A model of the distribution of power in society that posits that power is concentrated among discrete elites of relatively equal power; these elites control the resources of significant social institutions is called Power Elite Model
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True
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The ability to acquire scarce resources is called
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Power
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Poll Taxes is a taxes a person must pay to qualify to vote; before the practice of levying such taxes was prohibited, southern states enacted poll tax laws as a way of restricting voting by ________
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Blacks
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All of the processes, activities, and institutions having to do with governance_____is called
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Politics
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The study of government, political behaviors, institutions, and processes that occur between the state and its society and citizens is called
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Political Sociology
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Political positions based on the interests and perspectives of social groups with which people identify is called
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Political Identities
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Actions of political involvement that go beyond voting; includes posting opinions online and participating in letter-writing campaigns, boycotts, protests, and demonstrations is called
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Political Activism
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Pluralism is an approach to the issue of power within society that posits that power is decentralized, widely shared, diffuse, and fragmented
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True
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De jure enactments employed in the South to disadvantage Blacks by restricting the access to vote to those who could read and interpret sections of the state constitution is called
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Literacy Tests
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Derived from the class approach to issues of power, politics, and identity, assumes that the state is dominated by an elite class that controls both the political and economic spheres is called _____Instrumentalism
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True
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Compromise reached during the Constitutional Convention, under which the Congress would be composed of two governing bodies, one in which population would determine the number of seats each state would hold (the House of Representatives), and one in which each state would have two members (the Senate). It was further decided that each slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person in population counts determining numbers of representatives as well as presidential electors, and for purposes of taxation is called Great Compromise of 1787
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True
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Legal provisions used in the South to restrict voting rights; such clauses granted the right to vote to anyone whose grandfather qualified to vote prior to the Civil War is called
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Grandfather Clauses
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Revocation of the right to vote is called Disenfranchisement
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True
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Legal enactments and processes that restrict political and other rights is called
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De Jure Political Practices
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Extralegal processes and methods that restrict political and other rights is called
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De Facto Political Practices
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A theoretical approach that represents an attempt by scholars and activists to transform the relationships among race, racism, and power is called Critical Race Theory
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True
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Politics characterized by alliances of various identity groups whose shared purpose is to establish a specific political agenda is called
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Coalitional Politics
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An approach to issues of power, politics, and identity that assumes that power is derived from having control over specific economic structures within society is called Class Approach
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True
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A status reflecting the legal process countries use to regulate national identity, membership, and rights is called
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Citizenship
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Boycotts is ______ of protest in which individuals or groups seek to punish or coerce corporations, nations, or persons by refusing to purchase their products, invest in them, or otherwise interact with them
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Voluntary acts
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A movement orchestrated by southern Blacks—in partnership with northern allies, both White and Black—in the period _______ that not only challenged but also effectively nullified the intimidation and segregation of the Old South is called Black Civil Rights Movement
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1955–68
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In relation to identity groups, the representation of two groups in opposition (such as White/Black, male/female); such constructs normalize and legitimate racial and gender hierarchies at the expense of other outsiders is called ______Binary Constructs
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True
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The ability to effect change, to act independently, and to exercise free choices is called Agency
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True.
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Which of the following statements is true of the 1790 Naturalization Act?
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It granted citizenship to slaves
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The National Farm Workers Association was comprised mostly of Filipinos.
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False
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Which of the following voting patterns occurred in the 2016 presidential election?
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Young voters (ages 18–29) preferred Clinton to Trump: 53% to 45%.
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Which statement correctly lists the three crops that most relied on slave labor for production in the south?
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Cotton, tobacco, and rice
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Which of the following is an example of a current political insider group that was an outsider group in the past?
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Catholics
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“A day without immigrants” was held in February 2016.
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True
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Black women gained the right to vote following the Civil War in the 19th century.
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False
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The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1969.
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False
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Which of the following correctly identifies the two traditions derived from the class approach model to power?
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Instrumentalism and structuralism
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Which Act had the largest impact on immigrants?
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1965 Immigration and Nationality Services Act
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During the 18th century, which of the following states was a staunch supporter of slavery because it relied on high numbers of slaves for agriculture?
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Maryland
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Which of the following groups is associated with the pluralistic model of power?
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Insider group
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Women did not gain the right to vote until 1920.
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True
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Which of the following is an example of a de facto law following the Civil War?
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Grandfather clauses
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