Race Relations Midterm

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Elements of Social Stratification (3)

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1. Class (material resources)
2. Status
3. Power

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Major Stratification System (Historically) (3)

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1. Slavery
2. Caste
3. Class

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In caste system, social status is for _____

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life

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Caste system is based on _____

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skin color, religion, etc.

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Social Stratification

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classification of persons into groups based on shared socio-economic conditions

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Characteristics of Class System (4)

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1. Fluid
2. Class is partly achieved
3. Economically Based
4. Large Scale (not personal)

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Fluidity in Class System

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categories aren't established by legal system and not bound to class

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Indentured Servitude lasted _____

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3-7 years

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Indentured Servitude is based on ____

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contract

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1550

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first contact between english voyagers and Africans

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1612

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Dutch Company kidnaps 11 Africans

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1636

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Desire's first slave trade for America

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1641

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Mass legalizes slavery (first state)

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1650

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Connecticut legalizes

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1652

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Rhode Island restricts slavery and forbids indenture servants to serve more than 10 years

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1662

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Virginia passes law than baby born to slave inherits slave status

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VA Colony in Mid 1600s

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Top - Elite (smallest percentage)
Middle - Middle Class (Predominantly white Irish)
Bottom - Indentured Servants

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1688

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Quakers pass first formal bill for equal rights in US

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African slaves server longer and harsher punishment than ______

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the irish

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Early 1700s Africans are ____ of population

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40%

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To cause rebellion Francis Bacon _____

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wiped out two Indian tribes with a militia of poor people

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Elite decide to recognize society by ____

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race and class

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Whites freed from servitude received _____ (4)

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1. 10 Bushels of Corn
2. 30 Shillings
3. Musket
4. Land

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Items received after freed whites was symbolic _____

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to make them think they are better off than blacks

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No disincentives to steal freed blacks property was encouraged by ____

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not having citizenship

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Slave property was given to _____

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freed whites

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Free whites get their own _____

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slave

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Race comes into existence _____

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after laws when white were freed from servitude

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Ethnicity

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refers to cultural practices and outlooks of a given community that have emerged historically and to set that community apart

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Two qualifications for Race

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1. same ethnic difference that is stigmatized and can't be changed (ex. religion)
2. Stigma becomes reason for hierarchy

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Race

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classification system that puts people in groups arranged in hierarchy

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Assimilation

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process that which formally distinct and separate ethnic groups come together and share common culture

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Pluralism

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exists when groups maintain cultural identity

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Robert Park Assimilation Theory (4)

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1. Contact
2. Competition
3. Unstable Accommodation
4. Assimilation

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Contact

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interpretation and diffusion process when persons of groups admire memories, attitudes, and sentiments of other groups by sharing history

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Competition

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fighting over jobs, etc.

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Unstable Accommodation (2)

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1. forced to change and adopt new culture
2. regard as part of community but lower status

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Takes ____ generations to assimilate

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3

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Milton's Cultural Assimilation

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migrant groups adopts values, beliefs, language, dogma, symbols of culture

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Milton's Cultural Assimilation takes ___ generations

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1-2

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Milton's Structural Assimilation

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migrant groups develop primary social ties to dominant host group

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Primary Associations in Milton's Structural Assimilation

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family, dating, friends from host group

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Secondary Associations in Milton's Structural Assimilation

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school, work, activities

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Milton's Structural Assimilation takes _____ generations

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3

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What white means for Irish

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they can work anywhere (can practice outside of segregation)

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Why Irish in Ireland protest slavery in US (3)

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1. Irish Values (Catholicism)
2. History as slaves
3. Freedom from British rule

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Irish in US ____ to Americans

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assimilate (consider to be American)

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Freeing african slaves means ____ to Irish Americans

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they might lose employment (africans will work for less)

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Split Labor Market Theory (2)

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1. Economic (class and profit)
2. Political Power

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Split Labor Market Theory explains

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racial/ ethnic tensions and segregation labor market

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Irish gained political power because of _____ (2)

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1. Ability to Vote
2. Had guns

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Power is ____ (2)

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1. Political Power
2. Economy

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To maintain slavery politicians need ____

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Irish voting block

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Irish become voting block by (2)

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1. Using religion (catholics vs. protestants)
2. Extend political rights

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Why the Good Reverend Doctor thinks Angie is dating Flipper

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to be rebellious against her family

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How slavery affects why white women want black men (according to the good reverend doctor)

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were put on a pedestal since slavery times, can't have black men but white men can have black slave women, be rebellious against it

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Good Reverend Doctor's critique of Angie

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is willing to break up a marriage

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Flipper flips on Angie after cop scene because ____

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of her racial naivete

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Violence in Jungle Fever surrounds _____

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race

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Theories about the end of the Jungle Fever (2)

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1. perpetuation cycle of racial progression (could be his daughter)
2. Flipper stepping out of marriage for white women undermines value of black women (price of BJs go down)

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Four Political Parties in 1860 Election

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1. Southern Democrats
2. Northern Democrats
3. Republicans
4. Constitutional Union Party

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Stances on Slavery in 1860 Election

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1. Southern Dem - Endorsed Slavery
2. Northern Dem - Slavery should be decided locally
3. Republican - denounced Slavery
4. Constit Union Party - protect union at all costs

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Emancipation Proclamation of 1863

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freed slaves in enemy states upon arrival of troops
did not free slaves in Union-allied slaving holding states

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13th Amendment of 1864

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abolished slavery

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Main Points of MLK Speech (4)

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1. Blacks are owed freedom
2. Non-violence (so not to alienate white community)
3. Hope in a better future
4. Not just a problem for black community but America as a whole (freedom)

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Points of Ballot or Bullet (4)

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1. Black Nationalism (govern own communities)
2. Exercise the Right to vote
3. Advocate human rights over civil rights (God-given rights)
4. Self-Defense

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Points of Obama Speech (2)

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1. Racial tensions stem back from slavery and Jim Crow
2. Racial Statement (grievances from both whites and blacks are legitimate but go now where if focus on race