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______ work was the second most prevalent form of employment among Irish-born women as late as 1920.


A) Factory
B) Domestic
C) House
D) Office
E) Farming

F) All of the above
G) D) and E)

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During acculturation, members of a minority group who immigrate to the United States might adopt the English language, change their eating habits, acquire new value systems, or change their names.

A) True
B) False

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The goal of separatism is for the group to sever all ties with the larger society.

A) True
B) False

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______ immigrant groups who were ethnically similar to the dominant group generally experienced a lower degree of ethnocentric rejection.


A) Southern European
B) Eastern European
C) Italian
D) Northern and Western European
E) Southern and Eastern European

F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Define segmented assimilation and explain how it differs from the traditional perspective of assimilation. Evaluate the effectiveness of each model for explaining contemporary racial inequality.

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As late as 1920, 81% of employed ______ in the United States worked as domestics.


A) Italian-born women
B) Eastern European-born Jewish women
C) German-born women
D) Norwegian-born women
E) Irish-born women

F) B) and C)
G) All of the above

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Human capital theory is inconsistent with American values.

A) True
B) False

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One of the first to support pluralism, newspaper editor ______ argued in The Nation in 1915 that the existence of separate ethnic groups--even with separate cultures, religions, and languages--could be quite consistent with a democratic political system.


A) Robert Park
B) Milton Gordon
C) Horace Kallen
D) Stephen Steinberg
E) Karl Marx

F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

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According to human capital theory, people or groups who fail to achieve upward mobility have not made the right kinds of educational investments.

A) True
B) False

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The segmented assimilation perspective argues that ______.


A) it is common for racial minority groups to become acculturated but not integrated
B) the United States should embrace pluralism as more immigrant groups arrive
C) some racial minority groups will achieve integration, while others will be permanently marginalized
D) White ethnicity should remain a significant social category
E) there are multiple melting pots shaped by class and religion

F) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

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Compare and contrast each of the three types of pluralism cited in the text: cultural, structural, and integration without acculturation. Explain why a minority group might choose one form of pluralism over another.

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In general, immigrant women outnumbered men, as women had more opportunities in getting factory, teaching, and domestic jobs.

A) True
B) False

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Compare and contrast middleman and enclave minority groups and provide examples of each. How do these groups challenge assumptions made by the traditional perspective of assimilation?

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Describe how European ethnic groups merged into a singular White American identity. What is the role of "immigrant tales" associated with this process in shaping contemporary racial inequality?

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Which of the following groups were most likely to be sojourners?


A) Eastern European Jews
B) Germans
C) Norwegians
D) Italians
E) Swedes

F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there was a notable increase in the visibility of and interest in White ethnic heritage, an upsurge often referred to as the ______.


A) White supremacy movement
B) ethnic revival
C) ethclass
D) ethnogenesis
E) emergence of Whiteness

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Assimilation is often couched in the language of multiculturalism, a term for a variety of programs and ideas that stress mutual respect for all groups and for the multiple heritages that have shaped the United States.

A) True
B) False

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Park's race relations cycle erases the various ways different racial groups have sought to resist and relate to the dominant culture of the United States.

A) True
B) False

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In what ways are human capital theory and traditional American culture and values consistent? What are some potential limitations of such overlap if human capital theory is used to explain differences in assimilation experiences?

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Which intermarriage best illustrates Kennedy's concept of the triple melting pot?


A) marriage between an Irish Catholic woman and a Russian Jewish man
B) an interracial marriage between an African American man and a European American woman
C) marriage between an Irish Catholic man and an Irish Protestant woman
D) marriage between a Native American woman and a French Protestant man
E) marriage between a Polish Jewish man and a Russian Jewish woman

F) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

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