Race Midterm

Question 1

Indian Removal Act of 1830

Answer 1

Gave the federal government the power to exchange native-held land East of the Mississippi for land west of Mississippi

Question 2

13th Amendment

Answer 2

(1865) makes slavery and involuntary servitude unconstitutional in US, except as punishment for crime

Question 3

14th Amendment

Answer 3

(1868) grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the US; also guarantees citizens equal protection under law

Question 4

15th Amendment

Answer 4

(1870) prohibits the federal government from denying anyone the right to vote based upon race, color, or previous condition of servitude

Question 5

Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 5

(1896) upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of “separate but equal”

Question 6

Grandfather Clause

Answer 6

(1898) a clause in the constitutions of some Southern states after 1890 intended to permit whites to vote while disfranchising black people

Question 7

Naturalization Act

Answer 7

(1790) first piece of legislation relating to foreign-born, stating only free white persons who had lived in the US for at least two years were eligible for citizenship

Question 8

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Answer 8

(1857) Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court. The Court also ruled that Congress lacked power to ban slavery in US territories

Question 9

Takao Ozawa v. The United States

Answer 9

(1922) Supreme Court ruling that denied man citizenship because he was of the Mongolian race

Question 10

United States v. Bhagalpur Singh Thind

Answer 10

(1923) Supreme Court ruling that denied man citizenship because he was not white

Question 11

Indian Citizenship Act

Answer 11

(1924) United States government confers citizenship on all native Americans born within the territorial limits of the country

Question 12

Chinese Exclusion Act

Answer 12

(1882) provided a 10 year moratorium on Chinese labor immigration

Question 13

Gentleman’s Agreement

Answer 13

(1907) informal agreement between the US and the Japan whereby the US would not impose restriction on Japanese immigration, and Japan would not allow further emigration to the US

Question 14

Immigration Act

Answer 14

(1924) Limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from their country who were already living in the US in 1890

Question 15

Oriental Exclusion Act

Answer 15

(1924) excluded immigrants who were in eligible for US citizenship from entrance to US

Question 16

Immigration and Nationality Act

Answer 16

(1965) abolished the National origins quota system that have been structured American immigration policy since the 1920s, replacing it with a preference system that focused on immigrants’ skills and family relationships with citizens or residents of the US

Question 17

Bracero Program

Answer 17

(1942-1964) agreement between the US and Mexican government that permitted Mexican citizens to take a temporary agricultural work in the US

Question 18

Operation Wetback

Answer 18

(1954-1955) immigration law enforcement initiative design to end illegal border crossings by Mexican nationals

Question 19

Census 1900

Answer 19

All Native Americans are counted

Question 20

Census 1930

Answer 20

First and only time “Mexican” is counted

Question 21

Census 1940

Answer 21

“Mexican” is removed

Question 22

Census 1960

Answer 22

Self-administered census

Question 23

Census 1980

Answer 23

Creation of ethnic category “Hispanic”

Question 24

Census 2000

Answer 24

People can choose multiple races

Question 25

What was the first colony to legalize slavery?

Answer 25

Massachusetts (1641)

Question 26

What slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation Act of 1863?

Answer 26

Only slaves in Confederate states/territories

Question 27

What did Ida B. Wells attribute as the primary reason for lynching?

Answer 27

“Unwritten law” to suppress blacks. Not just a reaction of an angry mob.

Question 28

The government mostly forced Mexican American or Mexican citizens out of the US?

Answer 28

Mexican American citizens

Question 29

When Mexicans were being deported, why did officials use the term repatriation instead of deportation?

Answer 29

Only the federal government could “deport”. It also came with the connotation of being a voluntary.

Question 30

What was the first free all black settlement in the US

Answer 30

Fort Mose Florida

Question 31

Why did Richard Allen stage America’s first to sit in?

Answer 31

To protest segregation in Philadelphia churches

Question 32

Why did Margaret Garner kill her and kill her daughter?

Answer 32

The marshals were going to take them back to slavery.

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