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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 highly urbanized.
C.
African Americans are visible at the highest levels of U.S. society, including the Supreme Court.
D.
African Americans are represented in virtually every occupational grouping.
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.
Malcolm X
D.
Mohandas Gandhi
Question #3
The Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision overturned the principle of ________, established in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896.
A.
“justice within inequality”
B.
“equal access to all public facilities”
C.
“separate but equal”
D.
“no taxation without representation”
Question #4
The beginning of the civil rights movement is often traced back to ________.
A.
Selma, Alabama
B.
Birmingham, Alabama
C.
Montgomery, Alabama
D.
Biloxi, Mississippi
Question #5
The goals of the civil rights movement are akin to the concept of ________.
A.
pluralism
B.
pluralism
C.
assimilation
D.
separatism
Question #6
A.
Detroit
B.
Newark
C.
Watts, Los Angeles
D.
St. Louis
Question #7
The Black Power movement was an important move toward ________.
A.
acculturation
B.
assimilation
C.
integration
D.
pluralism
Question #8
In recent decades, the number of interracial marriages has ________.
A.
decreased drastically
B.
increased
C.
stayed the same
D.
decreased slightly
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.
Racial profiling that targets blacks in inner cities
B.
National “get tough” policies on drug use
C.
Black men’s lack of father figures during adolescence
D.
Black men’s use of guns during crime sprees
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.
secondary structural assimilation
B.
structural assimilation
C.
pluralism
D.
cultural relativism
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