Question 1

Profits in the labor-intensive plantation system could be maximized if a large, disciplined, and ______ workforce was maintained by the landowners.

Accepted Answer

A)  young 
B)  White 
C)  able-bodied 
D)  cheap 
E)  well-educated

Question 2

Most scholars agree that anti-Black prejudice ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  was an important cause of American slavery 
B)  was a result of American slavery 
C)  existed in England before the start of the slave trade 
D)  declined as slavery began to take shape in colonial times 
E)  was based on the mutual ethnocentrism between colonists and Africans

Question 3

______ are more the results of systems of racial and ethnic inequality than they are the causes.

Accepted Answer

A)  Prejudice and racism 
B)  Sexism and homophobia 
C)  Mistrust and fear 
D)  Ethnocentrism and cultural relativism 
E)  Competition and ethnocentrism

Question 4

Land and labor are central concerns in an agricultural society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following describes the labor performed by women during slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  Enslaved women most often worked in isolated conditions. 
B)  Enslaved women were primarily assigned less hours than men. 
C)  Enslaved women performed work similar to that of White women. 
D)  Enslaved women performed work aligned with expectations of femininity. 
E)  Enslaved women were assigned group-oriented tasks.

Question 6

Slavery developed in the United States as a response to ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  prejudice from European colonists 
B)  the desire to remove Native Americans from their land 
C)  a labor supply problem 
D)  massive immigration of Africans to the Americas 
E)  economic inequality

Question 7

In colonial America, Native Americans were not enslaved. According to Noel's hypothesis, this was because ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  the differential in power often favored Native Americans 
B)  there was no competition between colonists and Native Americans 
C)  the colonists had more power than Native Americans 
D)  the colonists felt greater ethnocentrism toward Africans than Native Americans 
E)  the colonists preferred White indentured servants, who were more available and reliable

Question 8

The possession of true femininity and womanhood was limited to White women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Indentured servants were members of a caste system and had no opportunities for mobility.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The amount of power commanded by a group is a result of three factors: size, degree of organization, and amount of resources.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Compare and contrast the experiences of Native Hawaiians and Native Americans. What explains these similarities and differences?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Compare and contrast the experiences of Native...

Question 12

How does Noel's third variable explain why Africans were enslaved instead of other groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  Africans were well-organized social units with a vast knowledge of the countryside. 
B)  Africans were already indentured servants and well trained. 
C)  Africans did not negotiate better treatment. 
D)  Africans had no nearby relatives, no geographical knowledge of the area, and no secure escape refuge. 
E)  Africans had nearby relatives and had geographical knowledge of the area.

Question 13

Compare the origins of dominant and minority relations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Use Blauner and Noel's work in your analysis. In what ways do contact situations shape group relations for centuries to come?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Compare the origins of dominant and minority...

Question 14

Explain Blauner's distinction between colonized and immigrant minority groups. Why is the initial contact period between minority and dominant groups so crucial? Relate Blauner's two types of minority groups to Gordon's theory of assimilation. Are immigrant or colonized minority groups more likely to follow Gordon's stages of assimilation in order? Why? Are immigrant or colonized minority groups more likely to encounter high levels of prejudice, discrimination, ideological racism, and institutional discrimination? Why?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain Blauner's distinction between colonized and immigrant...

Question 15

Explain the factors that led to the development of slavery in America using the Noel and Blauner hypotheses. Why is the plantation system of production significant for understanding the dynamics of slavery?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain the factors that led to the...

Question 16

Only the wealthy elite owned slaves.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The population of Native Americans in the continental United States decreased dramatically by 1890 because ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  warfare and battles led to casualties 
B)  of interracial marriage 
C)  of coercive assimilation 
D)  Native Americans died from a variety of infectious diseases 
E)  Native Americans migrated westward

Question 18

Much of the southwest became U.S. territory in 1848 as a result of ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  the revolt of Texas against Mexico 
B)  the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 
C)  the American Civil War 
D)  the California Gold Rush 
E)  the Dawes Allotment Act

Question 19

American colonists came to see ______ as the most logical, cost-effective way to solve their labor shortage.

Accepted Answer

A)  imported Africans 
B)  Asian immigrants 
C)  European immigrants 
D)  indigenous Americans 
E)  indigenous Mexicans

Question 20

Blauner's hypothesis states that minority groups created by colonization will experience greater, more long-lasting disadvantages than minority groups created by immigration. Apply this framework to issues of modern-day racial inequality.

Accepted Answer

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Exam 3: The Development of Dominantminority Relations in Preindustrial America: The Origins of Slavery

Profits in the labor-intensive plantation system could be maximized if a large, disciplined, and ______ workforce was maintained by the landowners.

Most scholars agree that anti-Black prejudice ______.

______ are more the results of systems of racial and ethnic inequality than they are the causes.

Land and labor are central concerns in an agricultural society.

Which of the following describes the labor performed by women during slavery?

Slavery developed in the United States as a response to ______.

In colonial America, Native Americans were not enslaved. According to Noel's hypothesis, this was because ______.

The possession of true femininity and womanhood was limited to White women.

Indentured servants were members of a caste system and had no opportunities for mobility.

The amount of power commanded by a group is a result of three factors: size, degree of organization, and amount of resources.

Compare and contrast the experiences of Native Hawaiians and Native Americans. What explains these similarities and differences?

How does Noel's third variable explain why Africans were enslaved instead of other groups?

Compare the origins of dominant and minority relations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Use Blauner and Noel's work in your analysis. In what ways do contact situations shape group relations for centuries to come?

Explain the factors that led to the development of slavery in America using the Noel and Blauner hypotheses. Why is the plantation system of production significant for understanding the dynamics of slavery?

Only the wealthy elite owned slaves.

The population of Native Americans in the continental United States decreased dramatically by 1890 because ______.

Much of the southwest became U.S. territory in 1848 as a result of ______.

American colonists came to see ______ as the most logical, cost-effective way to solve their labor shortage.

Blauner's hypothesis states that minority groups created by colonization will experience greater, more long-lasting disadvantages than minority groups created by immigration. Apply this framework to issues of modern-day racial inequality.