INSTRUCTIONS: Study questions are given below. BRING BLUE BOOK and Scantron.
<>The questions for the multiple choice will come primarily from the readings and lectures. You must do the readings to be able to do well on this part of the exam. Don't wait until the night before. Some of these items will come from the vocabulary and lecture notes for the course. Others will come from the list below:Niagara Movement, Jim Crow, Thurgood
Marshall,
middleman
minorities, Lau v. Nichols, Yellow Peril, Chinese Exclusion Act of
1882,
model minority, bilingual education.
You should know all the cases listed in the civil rights Supreme Court decisions.
Essay: Prepare a well-thought-out response. You must prepare your answers thoroughly. Generalized, vague answers will not get you a good grade. You must demonstrate you know the material well. If there are multiple questions be sure you answer all of them. Include dates where applicable.
(l) Some individuals reflect the approaches groups take to change their relationships to other groups in society. In this context, contrast the four areas: background, tactics, ideology and goals of Martin Luther King, Jr., W.E.B. DeBois, Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X.
(2) Discuss the issues and current difficulties in developing an effective bilingual program in the USA. Define bilingualism. Why is this issue directed at the Hispanic minority? What fears regarding the composition of the United States does this illustrate?
(3) Describe and compare the significance of the following Supreme Court decisions: Dredd Scott vs.Sanford, Plessy vs. Ferguson, Brown vs. Board of Education Topeka and Korematsu vs. United States.
(4) Recent research has challenged the belief of the Asian "Model Minority." Define the concept. Discuss its similarity and differences with the process of assimilation. What has brought about this rethinking of the "Asian Success Story?"
(5) The internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII is said to be a constitutional crisis. What aspects of the constitution are threatened? Discuss the internment and the Korematsu, Hirabayashi and Yasui cases (presented in the film "Unfinished Business") in terms of the protections of the constitution and the influence of racism. Refer also to the articles on reserve (in blue binder American Ethnicities) that include primary data on the internment.
(6) Conflicting demands of assimilation and de jure and de facto discrimination have had an impact of the development of Black Americans. Discuss this and provide examples.
(7) How do majority and minority formation (the process by which these groups come into being) contribute to patterns of majority/minority relations? Illustrate with examples.
(8) Discuss the issues involved with the acceptance of assimilation or pluralism as a goal for American society. Provide examples.
(9) "It has often been argued
that racial enmities between people will disappear only when all physical differences
between
them have been obliterated." Is this a fallacious argument?
Discuss
this in the context of race and ethnic relations in the United States.
(10) Many women have been
involved in the Civil Rights Movement. Identify 5 women and discuss
their participation and contributions to gaining equality for
minorities in the United States.
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