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Question #1
Which of the following statements about African Americans today is false?
A.
African Americans are dispersed throughout the United States.
B.
African Americans are visible at the highest levels of U.S. society, including the Supreme Court.
C.
African Americans are represented in virtually every occupational grouping.
D.
African Americans are highly urbanized.
E.
None of the above
Question #2
The civil rights movement’s principles of nonviolence were adopted from the tenets of Christianity and from the teachings of ________.
A.
Karl Marx
B.
President Kennedy
C.
Mohandas Gandhi
D.
Malcolm X
Question #3
The Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision overturned the principle of ________, established in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896.
A.
“equal access to all public facilities”
B.
“separate but equal”
C.
“justice within inequality”
D.
“no taxation without representation”
Question #4
The beginning of the civil rights movement is often traced back to ________.
A.
Montgomery, Alabama
B.
Selma, Alabama
C.
Biloxi, Mississippi
D.
Birmingham, Alabama
Question #5
The goals of the civil rights movement are akin to the concept of ________.
A.
pluralism
B.
separatism
C.
pluralism
D.
assimilation
Question #6
A.
Watts, Los Angeles
B.
Detroit
C.
St. Louis
D.
Newark
Question #7
The Black Power movement was an important move toward ________.
A.
pluralism
B.
assimilation
C.
integration
D.
acculturation
Question #8
In recent decades, the number of interracial marriages has ________.
A.
decreased slightly
B.
stayed the same
C.
decreased drastically
D.
increased
Question #9
Up to a third of all black men are under the supervision of the legal system in jail, in prison, on probation, or on parole. According to the text, what accounts for this incredibly high level of supervision?
A.
Black men’s use of guns during crime sprees
B.
Racial profiling that targets blacks in inner cities
C.
Black men’s lack of father figures during adolescence
D.
National “get tough” policies on drug use
Question #10
An example of ________ is when African Americans are incorporated into a society and have equal access to institutions such as government and schools.
A.
structural assimilation
B.
secondary structural assimilation
C.
cultural relativism
D.
pluralism
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