Ethnic Groups in the U.S. Flashcards
Scholars who see the United States as a “salad bowl” emphasize
The many differences between racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
Jews in American society feel that
They belong to American society but at the same time they are separate from it.
not a characteristic of the American culture of the early decades of the nation’s history
Catholic.
The characteristics are:
Western Europeans
Middle class
Which of the following was true about political bosses in northeastern cities during the late ninetieth and early twentieth centuries?
They were more afraid of new immigrants than were other Americans
They were crueller to new immigrants than were other Americans
They were more helpful to new immigrants were other Americans.
They were more helpful to new immigrants were other Americans.
Today ethnic groups in the United States
are assimilated into the dominant culture in varying degrees, depending on how similar their culture is to the majority.
What was the main reason northern whites disliked slavery?
It went against their religious beliefs.
It went against the U. S. constitution.
It threatened their own economic opportunities.
It threatened their own economic opportunities.
After the Civil War black Americans in the south lived in a social system similar to
South Africa’s apartheid system.
In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court declared that black people in America
Could not be forced to attend racially segregated schools.
On which of the beliefs listed below did Malcolm X disagree with Martin Luther King?
Black people should be assimilated into the larger American society,
Black people were not treated fairly by the larger American society.
Black people must gain their freedom now, not in a distant future.
Black people should be assimilated into the larger American society
Assimilation of many different ethnic and racial groups into the larger American society has been made possible mainly by
The growth of material abundance in American society.
