Exam 5: Race and Ethnic Variations

The earliest Asian group to immigrate to the U.S. were the __________.

The _________ hypothesis says that Hispanic American families (and especially Mexican American families) place strong cultural values on familism and patriarchy and display high levels of involvement in the Catholic religion, resulting in high levels of interdependency among extended families.

What is unique about the Native American experience as related to education and the family?

A braceros is another term for an illegal Mexican American alien.

Compared to most racial, ethnic, or minority groups, the role of the Native American grandparent in the lives of their grandchildren is one of restraint and distance.

The largest Asian American group is

In 1871, President Grant passed an education fund designed to assist American Indians in maintaining their native languages, preserve their religious ceremonies, and strengthen their family ties.

Fewer marriages and more out-of-wedlock births among African Americans seem to be related to

Southern African American immigrants to the north carried with them a 'dysfunctional' family culture, especially when compared to northern born blacks.

What is the difference between a reservation, a trust land, and a tribal designated statistical area?

Because of slavery, African Americans lost all traces of their former cultures.

Most Asian Americans live in ___________ areas.

Mexican Americans who have come to the U.S. can be classified as three types: legal immigrants, __________, and illegal aliens.

The entry of an ethnic group's members into close, or primary, relationships with members of the dominant group is called ______________________.

In any given year over the past several decades, the unemployment rate for black females was about equal to that of white females, but for black males was four times as high as that for white males.

Today, more than half of all African Americans live in the Western United States.

Over the past two decades, the percentage of African Americans who completed high school and college has

The poverty rate among Hispanic American groups is highest for __________ and lowest for __________.

Of Hispanic American families, Cubans have the lowest poverty rates.

In the late 1800s, President Grant appropriated funds to churches to assist in American Indian education by