Exam 1: Natives and Newcomers

The U.S.Census has always asked for identification of two or more races.

Of all the assimilation researchers mentioned in this text,the authors chose to focus most on the works of:

Thomas Jefferson and Strom Thurmond share a common experience.Which is it?

Whites have been the largest and most powerful group throughout U.S.history.

Many newcomers to the United States resisted assimilation.

Some argue that race is sociopolitical rather than scientific as a concept.

Kennedy found that assimilation occurred within the various religious groups she studied.

Straight-line theory is very controversial among scholars.

"It is absolutely essential that we study the ________ ________ that have created the dominant-subordinate group relations of interest to us."

The United States is often described as a nation of nations.

Americanization has only had undesirable aspects for all in the United States.

Hansen found that grandchildren of immigrants experienced a revival of interest in the culture of the old country of their grandparents.

In the text,Prewitt is cited as one who believes that race may ________ in legal,political,and public consciousness spheres.

Which group is more likely to follow the three generations process?

Kazal claimed that the process of construction or invention which incorporates,adapts,and amplifies preexisting communal solidarities,cultural attributes and historical memories is crucial to ethnicity.

Blacks in the United States represent a pure race of Black-only ancestry,dating back to the 1600s.

Most scholars claim that Blacks and Whites strictly avoided sexual relations throughout U.S. history.

The most frequently chosen racial trait that is not very useful in distinguishing between the races is:

Americans generally believe that an individual's rewards and place in society should depend heavily on his or her ________ characteristics.

In which U.S.Census did the Census takers allow people to check two or more races for the very first time?