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Chapter 3: The Development of Dominant-Minority Group Relations
in Preindustrial America: The Origins of Slavery
Multiple Choice
1. By
the ________, slavery, the practice of owning another person, had been clearly
defined in law and in custom.
2. 1650s
3. 1720s
*c. 1750s
1. 1550s
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Origins of Slavery in America; p.106
Question Type: MC
2.Which of the following is considered a colonized minority
group?
*a. AfricanAmericans
1. ItalianAmericans
2. CubanAmericans
3. JapaneseAmericans
4. IrishAmericans
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Colonized Minority Groups; p. 111
Question Type: MC
3.U.S. citizenship was expressly forbidden to immigrants from
________ untilWorld War II.
1. Mexico
b. Japan
2. Germany
3. Ireland
*e. China
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Immigrant Minority Groups; p. 112
Question Type: MC
4.A key feature of ________ is a low rate of overt conflict.
1. an
estate system
*b. paternalism
1. a
rigid competitive system
2. a
fluid competitive system
3. none
of the above
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Paternalistic Relations; p. 114
Question Type: MC
5.Slavery was a caste system, or ________ stratification system.
a.an open
*b.a closed
1. a
flexible
2. a
fluid
3. a
pliable
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A Closed System; p. 114
Question Type: MC
6.How does Noel’s third variableexplain why Africans were
enslaved instead of other groups?
1. Africans
were well-organized social units a with vast knowledge of the countryside.
2. Africans
were already indentured servants and well trained.
3. Africans
did not negotiate better treatment.
*d. Africans had no nearby relatives, no geographical knowledge
of the area, and no secure escape
refuge.
1. Africans
had nearby relatives and had geographical knowledge of the area.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Creation of Slavery in the United States; p. 113
Question Type: MC
7.Which of the following statements about the caste system is
true?
1. Systematic
inequalities are not apparent in the caste system.
2. Slavery
is not part of the caste system, or closed stratification system.
3. The
caste system is an open stratification system.
d. There is mobility between social positions, and their ascribed status is
notpermanent.
*e. There is no mobility between social positions, and their
ascribed status is permanent.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A Closed System; p. 114
Question Type: MC
8.According to the text, the single most important factor in the
development of dominant–minority relations is ________.
1. the
size of the dominant group
2. the
degree of industrialization in the larger society
3. whether
the dominant group is assimilationist or pluralistic
*d.the nature of the contact situation
1. the
degree of mutual ethnocentrism
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A Closed System; p. 105
Question Type: MC
9.The first laws defining slavery in colonial America were
enacted in ________.
1. 1492
2. 1519
3. 1619
*d.the 1660s
1. the
1750s
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Origins of Slavery in America; p.106
Question Type: MC
10.According to the Noel hypothesis, what will be the result of
contact between groups that features ethnocentrism, competition between groups,
and a differential in power?
1. Assimilation
*b. Some system of inequality between the groups
1. Some
conflict followed by cultural pluralism
2. Integration
without acculturation
3. Warfare
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Noel Hypothesis; p. 109
Question Type: MC
11.The plantation elite designed and enacted an elaborate system
of laws and customs that gave masters total legal power over slaves. In these
laws, slaves were defined as ________.
1. hypothec
2. children
*c. chattel
1. servants
2. none
of the above
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Chattel Slavery; p. 114
Question Type: MC
12.Robert Blauner’s theory of dominant–minority relations
stresses the importance of ________.
*a. the initial contact situation
1. prejudice
and racist ideology
2. people’s
attitudes and willingness to get along
3. education
e. mutual ethnocentrism
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location:The Blauner Hypothesis; pp. 110–111
Question Type: MC
13.In Colonial America, American Indians were not enslaved.
According to Noel’s hypothesis, this was because . . .
*a.Little differential in power between colonists and the
American Indians remained
1. There
was no competition between colonists and American Indians
2. The
colonists were, by and large, opposed to slavery
3. The
colonists felt no ethnocentrism against American Indians
4. The
colonists preferred white indentured servants, who were more available and
reliable
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Noel’s Third Variable; p. 112
Question Type: MC
14.Which of the following would NOT typically be found in a
paternalistic system of group relations?
1. A
caste system
2. A
rural agricultural economy
3. Forced
acceptance of the dominant group culture
*d. Extensive residential segregation
1. Nearly
total power by law and custom over the minority group
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Paternalistic Relations; p. 114
Question Type: MC
15.Most scholars agree that . . .
1. Antiblack
prejudice was an important cause of American slavery
*b. Antiblack prejudice was a result of American slavery
1. Intense
antiblack prejudice and racism existed in England before the start of the slave
trade
2. Antiblackprejudice
declined as slavery began to take shape in colonial times
3. Antiblack
prejudice was based on the mutual ethnocentrism between colonists and Africans
Cognitive Domain:Knowledge
Answer Location:Prejudice and Racism; p. 117
Question Type: MC
16.The movement to abolish slavery in the U.S. was called
________.
1. mutual
ethnocentrism
2. Quakerism
3. humanitarianism
*d. abolitionism
1. revolution
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Powerlessness and Resistance; p. 115
Question Type: MC
17.What method did slaves use to resist their masters?
1. Intentional
carelessness
2. Sabotage
3. Work
slowdowns
4. Dragging
their feet
*e. All of the above
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Powerlessness and Resistance; p. 115
Question Type: MC
18.During slavery, which group was in triple jeopardy?
1. AfricanAmerican
men
2. AsianAmerican
men
3. EuropeanAmerican
men
*d. AfricanAmerican women
1. Hispanic
men
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender Relations; p.119
Question Type: MC
19. The
population of American Indians in the continental United States decreased
dramatically by 1890because ________.
a.warfare and battles led to casualties
b.of interracial marriage
1. of
assimilation
*d. American Indians died from a variety of infectious diseases
1. American
Indians migrated westward
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: American Indians; p.123
Question Type: MC
20.In 1763, the British Crown declared American Indian tribes to
be ________.
1. extinct
2. democracies
3. allies
of the French
*d. sovereign nations
1. enemies
of England
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: American Indians and the Noel and Blauner Hypotheses; p.123
Question Type: MC
21. The
colonists did not enslave black indentured servants because . . .
22. They
were prejudiced
23. They
wanted to remove the American Indians
*c. They wanted to resolve a labor supply problem
1. They
disliked blacks or thought them inferior
2. They
wanted to avoid a Civil War
Cognitive Domain:Knowledge
Answer Location: Prejudice and Racism; pp. 116–117
Question Type: MC
22.Much of the southwest became U.S. territory in 1848 as a
result of ________.
1. the
revolt of Texas against Mexico
*b. the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
1. the
American Civil War
2. the
California Gold Rush
3. the
Dawes Allotment Act
Cognitive Domain:Knowledge
Answer Location: Texas; p.127
Question Type: MC
23.MexicanAmericans only retained some measure of political
power and economic clout in ________.
1. Oregon
*b. New Mexico
1. Arizona
2. Texas
3. Louisiana
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Arizona and New Mexico; p.128
Question Type: MC
24.One difference in the situations of Mexican Americans and
African Americans in the 19th century was that . . .
1. Mexican
Americans were much more acculturated
2. African
Americans were exploited for their land, Mexican Americans for their labor
*c. Mexican Americans were able to retain much more of their
culture
1. Mexican
Americans were exploited only for their land
2. Mexican
Americans were exploited for their wealth
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Mexican Americans and the Noel and Blauner Hypotheses; p.129
Question Type: MC
25.The results of contact with Anglo culture for Native
Americans and Mexican American women were . . .
*a. Variable; their status relative to men sometimes rose,
although always in the context of conquest and colonization
1. Extremely
negative; they lost much more power and status than the men
2. Extremely
positive; they gained power and status relative to the men
3. Positive
only for married women; single women always lost power and status
4. Generally
negative, as they were often forced to become the heads of the household
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender Relations; p.130
Question Type: MC
26.Which set of terms best characterizes the situations African
Americans, American Indians, and Mexican Americans experienced as a result of
their contact with Anglo-American society?
*a. Colonization and paternalism
1. Acculturation
and integration
2. Colonization
and immigration
3. Secondary
structural assimilation and caste system
4. Integration
and Anglo-conformity
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Paternalistic Relations; p. 114
Question Type: MC
27.Which of the following regarding the contact situations
between American Indians and the Spanish, French, and English is true?
1. The
Spanish found large, well-organized social systems and, therefore, found it
useful to adapt to Aztec practices.
2. The
French needed to cooperate with at least some Native American tribes to
maximize the benefits of the economy they created.
3. The
English met with smaller, less developed tribes and had no specific reason to
adapt to those social structures.
*d. All of the above
1. None
of the above
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Comparing Minority Groups; pp. 132–133
Question Type: MC
28.Which of the following are documented ways slaves could
express resistance or noncooperation to their situation and their “masters”?
1. Intentional
carelessness
2. Creating
work slowdowns
3. Running
away
4. Open
rebellion, such as the revolt led by Nat Turner
*e. All of the above
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Powerlessness and Resistance; p. 115
Question Type: MC
29.In the plantation hierarchy, who had the least power?
1. White
men
2. Black
men
3. White
women
*d. Black women
1. White
children
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender Relations; p. 119
Question Type: MC
30.Hawaii first came into contact with Europeans in 1788. For
what reason didconquest and colonization not follow the early contact?
1. The
relationship was organized around agriculture.
*b. The relationship was organized around trade and commerce.
1. Contact
with the indigenous Hawaiian society brought diseases.
2. The
indigenous Hawaiian plantation owners began to dominate the island economy.
3. Hawaiian
laws banned entire groups from public institutions or practices.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Hawaii; pp. 125–126
Question Type: MC
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