Exam Review

Question 1

Indian removal Act(1830) (Trial of tears)

Answer 1

• called for relocation of all eastern tribes across the Mississippi River
• popular with non-American Indians because of annexation of tribal land
• movement by white society
• removal of Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee and seminal to Oklahoma

Question 2

Allotment Act (1887)

Answer 2

• Subdivided tribal lands into individual household plots

- prohibited from selling land for 25 years

Question 3

Reorganization Act(1934)
(Wheeler Howard Act)

Answer 3

• adoption of a written constitution and council by native American tribes
• assimilation was the main goal

Question 4

Termination Act (1953)

Answer 4

• Attempt to give Native Americans greater autonomy

- reduce federal expenditures

Question 5

Employment assistance program

1962

Answer 5

-(1952)BIA began programs to relocate young Native Americans

Question 6

Pan-Indianism

Answer 6

• intertribal social movements

- joined by political goals

Question 7

Kickout

Answer 7

Native American school drop out who leaves behind an unproductive academic environment

Question 8

American Indian religious freedom act

1978

Answer 8

Government’s policy to protect and allow Indians to practice their religion

Question 9

Jim Crow

Answer 9

Southern laws pursued in the late 19th century that kept Blacks in there subordinate position

Question 10

W.E.B. DuBois

Answer 10

• Born to a free family in Massachusetts

- first African-American to receive a doctorate from Harvard

Question 11

De Jure Segragation

Answer 11

Segregation that results from children being assigned to schools to maintain racial segregation

Question 12

De Facto segregation

Answer 12

Segregation that is the result of residential patterns

Question 13

Victim discounting

Answer 13

Tendency to view crime as less socially significant if the victim is viewed as less worthy

Question 14

Zoning laws

Answer 14

Enacted to ensure that specific standards of housing construction will be satisfied

Question 15

Acting White

Answer 15

Taking school seriously and accepting the authority of teachers and administrators

Question 16

Border lands

Answer 16

The area of a common culture along the border between Mexico and the US

Question 17

Color gradient

Answer 17

Placement of people on a continuum from light to dark rather than in distinct racial groups by skin color

Question 18

Braceros

Answer 18

Contracted Mexican laborers brought to the United States during World War II

Question 19

Neocolonialism

Answer 19

Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries

Question 20

La Raza

“the people”

Answer 20

• Refers to the rich heritage of Mexican Americans

- used to turn denote a sense of pride among Mexican Americans today

Question 21

Remittances

Answer 21

The monies that immigrants return to their countries of origin

Question 22

Gerrymandering

Answer 22

• dated from 1810

- bazaar outlining of districts to create politically advantage outcomes

Question 23

Brain Drain

Answer 23

Immigration to the US of skilled workers, professionals, and technicians

Question 24

La Raza Unida

LRU

Answer 24

• Pride in one’s heritage

- supported candidates who offer alternatives to the Democratic and Republican parties