Question 1

What was a culminating event of Farrakhan's leadership of the Nation of Islam?

Accepted Answer

A)  his trip to Mecca 
B)  his denunciation of Jews 
C)  the Million Man March 
D)  his reaction to September 11

Question 2

Religion has become peripheral to the African-American experience in the twenty-first century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Why did Louis Farrakhan lose some support in the U.S.months after the Million Man March?

Accepted Answer

A)  He quit the Nation of Islam. 
B)  He went to China and criticized communism. 
C)  He went to Africa and met with a brutal dictator. 
D)  He went to Europe and praised the British for ending the slave trade.

Question 4

Beginning in the 1980s, cultural renaissances emerged in virtually every American community that had a substantial African-American presence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Grandmaster Flash is credited with creating what techniques in rap music?

Accepted Answer

A)  Flash was notorious for simply copying other rappers' styles. 
B)  Flash began the rap music tradition of using female backup singers. 
C)  Flash began the use of "scratching" and manipulating turntable speeds. 
D)  He is generally credited with beginning the inner city style known as "gangsta rap."

Question 6

Hip hop refers to the backup music for European classical music that is often composed of excerpts or "samples" from other songs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What types of gender issues intersect with HIV and AIDS among the black community? Why are blacks more likely to have HIV/AIDS than any other group?

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

Alice Walker's The Color Purple received which of the following prizes?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Bancroft Prize 
B)  the Pulitzer Prize 
C)  the African Prize 
D)  the Nobel Prize

Question 9

What city in the first decade of the twenty-first century serves as an example of the devastating impact of drugs and crime on African-American inner-city residents?

Accepted Answer

A)  Palo Alto 
B)  Carmel 
C)  Oakland 
D)  Monterrey

Question 10

What types of goals did Farrakhan set for Nation of Islam members?

Accepted Answer

A)  He pushed aggressively for civil and political rights. 
B)  He wanted women to be the social and political equals to men. 
C)  He pressed for equal constitutional rights for children of any race. 
D)  He thought they should help themselves by emulating Booker T.Washington.

Question 11

The decades after 1970 witnessed a consolidation of black economic, civic, and political progress and the expansion of a black middle and upper class of professionals, media celebrities, and business entrepreneurs

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

How did the Million Man March achieve symbolic success in the mainstream media and throughout the nation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Over 200,000 whites attended the march. 
B)  Only black journalists covered the march. 
C)  Louis Farrakhan was present at the march. 
D)  Over 400,000 black men attended the march.

Question 13

How did deindustrialization impact the black community in the late twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  It made no impact on the black community. 
B)  It produced many more industrial jobs in the U.S.for blacks. 
C)  It produced some new industrial jobs for blacks. 
D)  It led to a decrease in industrial jobs for blacks.

Question 14

The death of what tennis star pushed the black community into action against the HIV/AIDS virus?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bjorn Borg 
B)  Arthur Ashe 
C)  Monica Sellers 
D)  Serena Williams

Question 15

What was unique about the 2000 census?

Accepted Answer

A)  It allowed respondents to opt out of participation. 
B)  It allowed respondents to count undocumented immigrants. 
C)  It allowed respondents to choose more than one racial designation. 
D)  It allowed respondents to use census data for statistical reports on demographics.

Exam 23: African Americans in the Twenty First Century

What was a culminating event of Farrakhan's leadership of the Nation of Islam?

Religion has become peripheral to the African-American experience in the twenty-first century.

Why did Louis Farrakhan lose some support in the U.S.months after the Million Man March?

Beginning in the 1980s, cultural renaissances emerged in virtually every American community that had a substantial African-American presence.

Grandmaster Flash is credited with creating what techniques in rap music?

Hip hop refers to the backup music for European classical music that is often composed of excerpts or "samples" from other songs.

What types of gender issues intersect with HIV and AIDS among the black community? Why are blacks more likely to have HIV/AIDS than any other group?

Alice Walker's The Color Purple received which of the following prizes?

What city in the first decade of the twenty-first century serves as an example of the devastating impact of drugs and crime on African-American inner-city residents?

What types of goals did Farrakhan set for Nation of Islam members?

The decades after 1970 witnessed a consolidation of black economic, civic, and political progress and the expansion of a black middle and upper class of professionals, media celebrities, and business entrepreneurs

How did the Million Man March achieve symbolic success in the mainstream media and throughout the nation?

How did deindustrialization impact the black community in the late twentieth century?

The death of what tennis star pushed the black community into action against the HIV/AIDS virus?

What was unique about the 2000 census?