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Soc 269 exam 2
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
11/08/2015

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Be familiar with the term, cultural encapsulation
Definition
When people have a lack of contact with other races
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What are the key features of paternalism?
Definition
one group being in charge of another group, making decisions for them, in their supposed best interest, repressive system of control
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what is chattel?
Definition
property or possession for personal use
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the five central components of slavery
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slave for life/status was inherited/slaves were considered mere property/denied rights/coercion was used too maintain the system
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why were african americans chosen to be slaves
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non-christian/not familiar with the landscape/lacked organization/ideological belief of differences
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characteristics of Brazilian slavery
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Portuguese were more tolerant of color/intermxing with native and slave population/slaves had souls and rights
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dredd scott decision
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black people are less/formal recognition of white superiority
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emancipation proclamation
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slaves were free to especially if they joined the military.
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13th amendment
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slavery abolished everyone! everything is going to be perfect from now on forever
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civil rights act of 1866
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black people were citizens of the US and had equal civil rights
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14th amendment
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rights cannot be denied without due process of the law
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voting restrictions (there's four)
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property owning/could read/poll tax/grandfather clause
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jim crow laws
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laws that were enacted to enforce the de jure separation via separate but equal
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Plessy v Furguson
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court decision that upheld the laws of the separate equal
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Ku Klux Klan
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aggressive fear tactics and physical attacks on people of color
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de jure vs de facto segregation
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de jure - system of rigid competitive race relations that was characterized by laws mandating separation and inequality
de facto - system of racial separation and inequality that appears to result from voluntary choices about where to live and work
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Booker t. Washington
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sought for functionalism during the atlantic compromise/slavery was to recent to be equal to whites/ self help through manual labor
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WEB DuBois
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Niagara movement and the foundation of the NAACP/ black protest their lower standing/economic independence/ join together to solve their problems/ first class citizenship (conflict theory)
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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Formed by members of Niagara movement with white liberals/legal and legislative strategy/brown vs board (separate but noe equal)
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Rosa Parks
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members of civil rights movement/planned civil disobediance
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Brown vs Board
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separate but not equal/led to the desegregation of schools
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Marcus Garvey
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Organized the Universal Negro Improvement association/sought to move to africa
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Martin Luther King
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one of the key figures of the civil rights movements/civil rights through nonviolent protest (conflict theory)
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General philosophy behind civil disobedience
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nonviolent resistance to evil/not seeking to defeat or humiliate opponents/attack forces of evil over the people/accept suffering/refuse to hate the opponent/act with conviction
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civil rights act of 1964
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banned discrimination on the grounds or race, color, religion, national origin, and gender
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four factors that facilitated the success of the civil rights movement
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changing economic social and politcal environment/embraced dominant code of american values and beliefs/support from other groups/influence of the mass media
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what are some factors that inhibit another future black protest movement
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need a clear cut enemy, difference in black class structure, institutional strength of black community
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Malcolm X
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anti assimilation
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Culture of Poverty model vs ethnic resource model
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culture of poverty - poor people are poor because they are lazy
ethnic resource model - cultural strengths have protected the black family through the effects of slavery and umployment
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what is the debate surrounding pseudoscience of "intelligence" testing
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it does not account for environment, rather that people's intelligence is based on your race
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Be familiar with the concept of white enrichment, black losses
Definition
hitorical imporvement of white lives on the backs of black laborers, black people's lives got worst as white people got better
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what does colonization migration mean
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conquest and domination of a preexisting group by outsiders
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what does internal migration imply
Definition
moving within your own geographical locations based on nationality
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four points to studying native americans
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not a lot had been read or studied about native americans/unique as in they are not immigrants/relationship with dominant group lends to analysis from conflict perspective/stereotyped as indians even with large identifiable groups
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native american cultural characteristics
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human's are part of a larger reality/ no notion of owning land/ group oriented/egalitarian values
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Proclamation of 1763
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all land west of appalachain mountains were indian country/settler had to return to colonies/future purchases had to have representatives of the king
(separatism
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Northwest Territory Ordinance
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wont take native land without their consent/property rights and liberty/unless in lawful wars by congress
(separatism)
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cherokee nation v georgia
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domestic dependent nation (were they sovereign?)
(separatism)
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Worcester v Georgia
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could laws be passed that superceded the last of the native americans/tribal power can make treaties/basic immunities/protected from state encroachment
(separatism)
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BIA
Definition
bureau for indian affairs
sepervised reservations and supplies/indigenous leaders were set aside and run by white/government defining racial and ethnic group
(anglo conformity)
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Dawes Allotment act
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land given to natives to farm/not enough for future generations/small tiny plots
(anglo conformity)
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Boarding Schools
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rip native children from families and culture
(anglo conformity)
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Indian Citizenship Act
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gratitude for help during WW1/that it would ignore their culture and treaties
(anglo conformity)
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What does acculturation mean
Definition
one group adopts the beliefs and behaviors of another group
(anglo conformity)
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Indian Reorganization Act
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got rid of dawes act and board schools
(cultural pluralism)
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Indian civil rights
Self determination
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renunciation of the termination policy/reaffirmed rights of indians while being american/negotiate with BIA
(cultural pluralism)
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Society for American Indians
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prior to Indian reoganization act/abolish BIA/citizenship for all natives/active 13 years/pan-indian identity/work within american society
(cultural pluralism)
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New Tribalism or Red Power
Definition
60's 70's/ college students/self-determination and legal pride/fishing rights/took over alcatraz
(cultural pluralism)
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The American Indian movement
Definition
national organization for sovereignty and treaties/ legal action/cigarette sales/cultural symbols and religous rituals appropriation
(cultural pluralism)
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American Indian Religious Freedom Act
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eagle feather a form of currency wanted to be able to use it for their own purposes
(cultural pluralism)
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Indian removal act and trail of tears
Definition
move indians to southeastern states, thousands died from famine and disease
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Be familiar with the concept of blood quantum/self-identification
Definition
blood quantum is to look at how much native american ancestry you actually have
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terms of cultural assimilation, what is the general pattern for native americans?
Definition
pan-indian culture allows for focus on native culture and assimilatin into dominate culture
2nd assimilation - long period of unwillingness of tribes to accept dominant culture
primary - living on reservation unlikely to to have contact/urban living more likely
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what is the difference between a secondary labor market and a primary labor market
Definition
2nd - low wages, little mobility, mainly non white
1st - skilled jobs, mobility, good wage
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millenarain movements
Definition
golden age in which supernatural events will chnge their oppression conditions/ popular among ghost dancers
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what is manifest destiny
Definition
americans had the right to move westward taking land from native americans
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why is oriental a bad word?
Definition
unfortunate chapters in history, problematic racial connotations, better fit for inanimate objects
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model minority myth
Definition
notion that racial minorities suck because of lack of effort, puts racial minorities against each other, divert attention away from downward mobility, asina ethnic groups are still the victims of discrimination
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the yellow peril discourse
Definition
east asians posed a threat to white people via immigration
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push and pull factors chinese immigration
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push-colonization
pull - gold rush and transcontinental railroad
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chinese exclusion act of 1882
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focused on the labor movement, saaw increase if japanese, prohibited chinese laborers from immigrating
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characteristics of traditional chinatowns
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urban anonymity/culture could be maintained/chinatowns became cultures centers of community/tong wars/provided social and welfare services
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what are some cultural similarities/attributes among asians
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group membership over individual self-interest/loyality to group/respect superiors/sensitivity to the opinion and judgement of others/avoid public embarrassment/patriarchal
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what are some characteristics of second generation chinese americans
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2nd generation influence by larger culture/look beyond enclaves for needs/education and occupational pursuits
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what are push pull factors for japanese immigration?
Definition
prior to 1884 - largely educational
after 1884 - labor and money
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the gentlemen's agreement
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anti-japan campaign/separation of schools/compromise between japan and us/repeal school segregation/non-laborers get passports along with family
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picture bride invasion
Definition
japanese marrying people to stay in the us
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alien land law
Definition
moving towards agriculture in the west coast/said that non-citiens couldn't own land/registered land in name of children
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emergency quota act
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quota for country immigration/japan had zero
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differentiate between an immigrant group, refugee group, and sojourners
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immigrant group wants to move, refugee have no choice, and sojourners temporary workers that take money back home
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japanese interment experience (what event served as the catalyst? What were some of the consequences? Was the internment unconstitutional / racist?)
Definition
pearl harbor/loss land and businesses/yes it was unconstitutional/ yes it was racist
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