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SOC101 Introduction to Sociology

Chapter 11 Exam

Question 1In the United States, __________kept blacks from voting, from attending quality schools, and from participating equally in a wide variety of social institutions in the American South.

Question 2When Europeans settled in the New World, they wanted to open up territories for settlements. This meant that Native Americans were not only forcibly removed from their land but sometimes killed. This deliberate and systematic destruction of Native Americans was __________.

Question 3The percentage of black men who have been incarcerated is __________ to their percentage representation in the population at large.

Question 4A pessimistic interpretation of recent survey results used to measure prejudice might be that __________.

Question 5In 1965, ___________ made the following statement: “You do not take a man who for years has been hobbled by chains, liberate him, bring him to the starting line of a race, saying, ‘you are free to compete with all the others,’ and still justly believe you have been completely fair.”

Question 6In 2012, the unemployment rate for black Americans was __________.

Question 7Which of the following is an example of institutional discrimination?

Question 8___________ are more likely to rely on emergency clinics as their usual source of healthcare.

Question 9According to current statistics, over __________ adults are serving time behind bars on any given day in America.

Question 10Sociologists define ethnicity as a system for classifying people who share __________.

Question 11Why are a disproportionate number of African Americans unable to vote?

Question 12Which of the following statements regarding the racial gap in household wealth between white and black Americans is false?

Question 13__________ have the highest rates of educational attainment in the United States.

Question 14W. E. B. Du Bois believed those reluctant to hire based on race actually_____________.

Question 15In a study involving fictitious résumés of applicants with stereotypical “white names” (Emily and Greg) and “black names” (Lakisha and Jamal), researchers found that __________.