Question 1

Why and how did life change for upper- and middle-class blacks in the late 1980s? What problems did many poor blacks continue to face?

Accepted Answer

The ideal answer should:
1.Explain that

Question 2

Although the African Methodist Episcopal church has ordained women since 1898,the number of women ministers has only recently become significant; now __________ of the AME's 8,000 ministers are female.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Although the African Methodist Episcopal church has...

Question 3

Which of the following was an achievement of the women's movement of the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women helped pass an amendment prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex. 
B)  Women gained access to affirmative action programs in higher education. 
C)  Women gained the right to one year of maternity leave for all jobs. 
D)  Women secured the federal right to marry other women. 
A)  Women helped pass an amendment prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex. 
B)  Women gained access to affirmative action programs in higher education. 
C)  Women gained the right to one year of maternity leave for all jobs. 
D)  Women secured the federal right to marry other women.

Question 4

How were Louis Farrakhan and Elijah Muhammad similar in their outlook on civil rights for blacks?

Accepted Answer

A)  They embraced a superior position for women over men in the Nation. 
B)  They rejected a focus on achieving greater political rights for blacks. 
C)  They denounced the teachings of Booker T.Washington as accommodation with whites. 
D)  They championed the role of Jewish Americans in helping blacks gain greater civil rights. 
A)  They embraced a superior position for women over men in the Nation. 
B)  They rejected a focus on achieving greater political rights for blacks. 
C)  They denounced the teachings of Booker T.Washington as accommodation with whites. 
D)  They championed the role of Jewish Americans in helping blacks gain greater civil rights.

Question 5

What is the connection between Molefi Kete Asante and Afrocentricity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Asante was a major critic of the movement and tried to stop it. 
B)  Asante was a proponent of the movement and helped it spread. 
C)  Asante had a minimal connection to the movement and made no real impact. 
D)  Asante founded Temple University on the theory of Afrocentricity and its centrality to white American culture. 
A)  Asante was a major critic of the movement and tried to stop it. 
B)  Asante was a proponent of the movement and helped it spread. 
C)  Asante had a minimal connection to the movement and made no real impact. 
D)  Asante founded Temple University on the theory of Afrocentricity and its centrality to white American culture.

Question 6

What institution continued to be at the center of black life during the late twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  newspapers 
B)  rap music 
C)  churches 
D)  the NAACP 
A)  newspapers 
B)  rap music 
C)  churches 
D)  the NAACP

Question 7

The results of the __________ decision of 1954 to improve black student education by desegregating public education were only partially successful and remain unresolved in the modern era.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The results of the __________ decision of...

Question 8

The high rate of black poverty disproportionately impacts which category of the black population?

Accepted Answer

A)  men 
B)  women 
C)  children 
D)  senior citizens 
A)  men 
B)  women 
C)  children 
D)  senior citizens

Question 9

The impact of rap music popularized which musical term and genre?

Accepted Answer

A)  bebop 
B)  hip-hop 
C)  classical 
D)  ragtime 
A)  bebop 
B)  hip-hop 
C)  classical 
D)  ragtime

Question 10

The rap artist _________ __________ emerged to counter the images of women presented by gangsta rap artists.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The rap artist _________ __________ emerged to...

Question 11

Under what president did the poverty rate for blacks drop (between 1990 and 2000)?

Accepted Answer

A)  George H.W.Bush 
B)  Bill Clinton 
C)  George H.Bush 
D)  Albert Gore 
A)  George H.W.Bush 
B)  Bill Clinton 
C)  George H.Bush 
D)  Albert Gore

Question 12

What developments have occurred regarding school desegregation since 2005?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Supreme Court has argued that desegregation violates the Fourteenth Amendment. 
B)  The Supreme Court has consistently upheld school plans to desegregate, seeing diversity as a positive good in American society. 
C)  The Supreme Court has generally ignored all recent court cases regarding desegregation. 
D)  The Supreme Court has supported southern plans to segregate its school systems again by beginning private schools. 
A)  The Supreme Court has argued that desegregation violates the Fourteenth Amendment. 
B)  The Supreme Court has consistently upheld school plans to desegregate, seeing diversity as a positive good in American society. 
C)  The Supreme Court has generally ignored all recent court cases regarding desegregation. 
D)  The Supreme Court has supported southern plans to segregate its school systems again by beginning private schools.

Question 13

What was the impact of September 11,2001,terrorist attacks on the U.S.black Muslim community?

Accepted Answer

A)  The attacks made no discernible impact on African Muslims in the U.S. 
B)  The attacks led to thousands of African Muslims being killed in the U.S. 
C)  The attacks offered hope to African Muslims that the U.S.was a safe country 
D)  The attacks have left African Muslims conflicted about the U.S.because of anti-Muslim discrimination 
A)  The attacks made no discernible impact on African Muslims in the U.S. 
B)  The attacks led to thousands of African Muslims being killed in the U.S. 
C)  The attacks offered hope to African Muslims that the U.S.was a safe country 
D)  The attacks have left African Muslims conflicted about the U.S.because of anti-Muslim discrimination

Question 14

Which of the following is true about homosexual African-Americans in the twenty-first century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many African Americans have been openly hostile to gays and lesbians, even to the point of being instrumental in prohibiting gays the right to marry in California. 
B)  Because African Americans have consistently been discriminated against themselves, they support the rights of others who have also been the victims of discrimination. 
C)  Coretta Scott King and Jesse Jackson ignored gay rights in favor of working to end poverty. 
D)  Homosexual African Americans were very open about their sexuality. 
A)  Many African Americans have been openly hostile to gays and lesbians, even to the point of being instrumental in prohibiting gays the right to marry in California. 
B)  Because African Americans have consistently been discriminated against themselves, they support the rights of others who have also been the victims of discrimination. 
C)  Coretta Scott King and Jesse Jackson ignored gay rights in favor of working to end poverty. 
D)  Homosexual African Americans were very open about their sexuality.

Question 15

How is "gangsta rap" symbolic of the changes impacting black music during the 1980s?

Accepted Answer

"Gangsta rap" is symbolic of the changes

Question 16

The results of Supreme Court decisions in 2007 removed __________ classification as a means to achieve racial diversity in public schools.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The results of Supreme Court decisions in...

Question 17

What two areas have witnessed increased migration to the U.S.since the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)  the West Indies and Brazil 
B)  Africa and the West Indies 
C)  Brazil and Africa 
D)  Cuba and Ethiopia 
A)  the West Indies and Brazil 
B)  Africa and the West Indies 
C)  Brazil and Africa 
D)  Cuba and Ethiopia

Question 18

How did the publication of Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon impact black literature?

Accepted Answer

A)  It produced a decline in black interest in general in black literature. 
B)  It had a limited impact due to its focus on male subjects. 
C)  It inspired other African-American women in the late 1970s to publish their work. 
D)  It produced a backlash in the white community against any black literature by women. 
A)  It produced a decline in black interest in general in black literature. 
B)  It had a limited impact due to its focus on male subjects. 
C)  It inspired other African-American women in the late 1970s to publish their work. 
D)  It produced a backlash in the white community against any black literature by women.

Question 19

What were the various developments in black culture,the arts,and intellectual leanings during the 1980s and 1990s? Who were some of the major figures?

Accepted Answer

The ideal answer should:
1.Describe the

Question 20

Because of immigration restrictions, few blacks, either from the Western Hemisphere or from Africa, immigrated to the United States before the 1970s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 23: African Americans in the Twenty First Century

Why and how did life change for upper- and middle-class blacks in the late 1980s? What problems did many poor blacks continue to face?

Although the African Methodist Episcopal church has ordained women since 1898,the number of women ministers has only recently become significant; now __________ of the AME's 8,000 ministers are female.

Which of the following was an achievement of the women's movement of the 1970s?

How were Louis Farrakhan and Elijah Muhammad similar in their outlook on civil rights for blacks?

What is the connection between Molefi Kete Asante and Afrocentricity?

What institution continued to be at the center of black life during the late twentieth century?

The results of the __________ decision of 1954 to improve black student education by desegregating public education were only partially successful and remain unresolved in the modern era.

The high rate of black poverty disproportionately impacts which category of the black population?

The impact of rap music popularized which musical term and genre?

The rap artist _________ __________ emerged to counter the images of women presented by gangsta rap artists.

Under what president did the poverty rate for blacks drop (between 1990 and 2000)?

What developments have occurred regarding school desegregation since 2005?

What was the impact of September 11,2001,terrorist attacks on the U.S.black Muslim community?

Which of the following is true about homosexual African-Americans in the twenty-first century?

How is "gangsta rap" symbolic of the changes impacting black music during the 1980s?

The results of Supreme Court decisions in 2007 removed __________ classification as a means to achieve racial diversity in public schools.

What two areas have witnessed increased migration to the U.S.since the 1960s?

How did the publication of Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon impact black literature?

What were the various developments in black culture,the arts,and intellectual leanings during the 1980s and 1990s? Who were some of the major figures?

Because of immigration restrictions, few blacks, either from the Western Hemisphere or from Africa, immigrated to the United States before the 1970s.

Africa

Middle Passage

Black People in Colonial North America

Rising Expectations: African Americans and the Struggle for Independence

African Americans in the New Nation

Life in the Cotton Kingdom

Free Black People in Antebellum America

Opposition to Slavery

Let Your Motto Be Resistance

And Black People Were at the Heart of It”

Liberation: African Americans and the Civil War

The Meaning of Freedom: The Promise of Reconstruction

The Meaning of Freedom: The Failure of Reconstruction

White Supremacy Triumphant: African Americans in the South in the Late Nineteenth Century

African Americans Challenge White Supremacy

Conciliation, Agitation, and Migration: African Americans in the Early Twentieth Century

African Americans and the 1920s

Black Protest, the Great Depression, and the New Deal

Meanings of Freedom: Culture and Society in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s

The World War II Era and the Seeds of a Revolution

The Freedom Movement

Black Nationalism, Black Power, Black Arts

The Triumph of Black Politics: 1980 to the Present

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The rap artist _ __ emerged to counter the images of women presented by gangsta rap artists.