Stereotypes of Native Americans being "savages" motivated efforts toward their extermination and are maintained by observations of their subordinated status on the reservations. This statement supports which theoretical perspective?
A. the Noel hypothesis
B. the importance of the contact situation
C. Blauner's hypothesis
D. Myrdal's vicious cycle
E. the segmented assimilation perspective
Answer: D
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The idea of a "glass ceiling" means that women and minorities have limited access to career and occupational mobility. 2. By the dawn of the Civil War, only a very small part of the southern economy depended on slave labor. 3. Brown v. Board of Education (1951) was a signal that American society was growing intolerant of educational segregation for black school children. 4. An aspect of abolitionist ideology was to argue for the inhumane treatment of blacks. 5. Programs such as affirmative action have increased white resentment toward blacks.
Groups that are defined by how much honor or prestige they receive are referred to as:
a. castes b. estates c. socioeconomic statuses d. status groups
What is a bureaucracy?
A. a hierarchical administrative system with formal rules and procedures B. a governmental agency with many responsibilities C. a secondary group of people interested in business D. a highly diffuse and informal organization
Which of the following makes organizing for a social movement more difficult?
A. an abundance of resources B. crosscultural efforts C. support from political figures D. intersectionality