Exam 9: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
Exam 1: Thinking About Social Problems146 Questions
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Exam 6: Economic Inequality, Wealth, and Poverty146 Questions
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Exam 8: Problems in Education143 Questions
Exam 9: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration146 Questions
Exam 10: Gender Inequality146 Questions
Exam 11: Sexual Orientation and the Struggle for Equality138 Questions
Exam 12: Population Growth and Aging135 Questions
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What is institutional discrimination? Describe examples of institutional discrimination by race and ethnicity in employment, housing, and education in the United States.
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The first U.S.census in 1790 divided the population into which four groups?
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Which of the following best illustrates the "racial threat" hypothesis?
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The guestworker programs, H-2A and H-2B, allow employers to import workers for
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Suppose a Mexican-American family wants to rent an apartment in a predominantly white neighborhood.If the landlord is prejudiced against Latinos and does not allow the family to rent the apartment, that landlord has engaged in ___________ discrimination.
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In a study of employer's treatment of job applicants in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, white applicants with a criminal record were more likely to be called back for an interview than black applicants without a criminal record.
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According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the number of hate groups in the United States has significantly decreased in recent years.
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The intentional killing of Native Americans by Europeans that began when Europeans invaded the Americas in the 16th century is an example of
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The United States government has acted in all of the following ways EXCEPT
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A white college student who attacked the black fiancée of his white sister stated his motivation for the crime was his strong feelings against interracial marriage.This is a(n)________ hate crime.
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Immigrants who apply for and meet the requirements for U.S.citizenship are called
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Half to three quarters of undocumented workers pay federal, state and local taxes including Social Security which they cannot collect.
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The current Census Bureau classification system does not allow people of mixed Hispanic or Latino ethnicity to identify as such.
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Define Affirmative Action and explain its purpose, its beneficiaries, and why its influence has declined in higher education.
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Define and provide an example of each of the following patterns of racial and ethnic group interaction: genocide, expulsion, colonialism, segregation, acculturation, pluralism, and assimilation.
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Summarize the efforts to secure the border and controversy over the "fence."
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