Exam 2: The Invention of Race

From 1600 to 1900,approximately what percentage of America's indigenous peoples died as a direct result of European colonization?

The 1875 Page Law,which intended to bar Chinese prostitutes from the United States,had what effect?

The process by which a foreign power invades a territory and establishes enduring systems of exploitation and domination over that territory's indigenous populations is called what?

What is one reason most rebellions aboard slave ships were unsuccessful?

Unlike serfs from European countries such as Germany,France,and England,when African slaves were emancipated they _____________.

Maryland's 1904 law that required all railroad companies to provide separate train cars for black and white passengers is an example of what?

Historian Francis Jennings wrote,"The American land was more like a widow than a virgin.Europeans did not find a wilderness here;rather,however involuntarily,they made one." What do you think this quote means in the context of the colonization of the Americas?

What was the significance of the 1676 Bacon's Rebellion?

When contemporary public policy attempts to address the social problems faced by Native Americans,in what way is it engaging in the process of homogenization?

Which group proved most influential in solidifying racial taxonomies?

Which mindset came to greatly influence how the English would come to view indigenous people in the Americas?

What was the role of global capitalism in the invention of race?

Compare and contrast the two methods by which the English were able to create the category of "Indian."

From where did the term "Jim Crow" originate?

William Sherman's 1865 decree,which allotted forty acres of land to recently freed slaves,is commonly known as what?

According to current demographic projections,whites will become a racial minority in the United States by what year?

Why did Harriet Jacobs,author of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,say that slavery "is terrible for men;but it is far more terrible for women"?

Which policy attempted to prevent people of different skin tones from marrying or having sexual intercourse?

Miscegenation,which helped blur the racial categories after Spain's conquest of the Aztec empire,can be defined as:

What was the problem with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,which promised U.S.citizenship rights to Mexicans in ceded lands?