SOC 323 Midterm (CMU) Exam Practice Questions and Answers

SOC 323 Midterm (CMU) Exam Practice Questions and Answers Plessy v. Ferguson - Ans:-"separate but equal" doctrine supreme court upheld the constitutionally of jim crow laws Jim Crow Laws - Ans:-Limited rights of blacks. Literacy tests, grandfather clauses and poll taxes limited black voting rights NAACP - Ans:-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Ethnic Enclaves - Ans:-a geographic area with high ethnic concentration, characteristic cultural identity, and economic activity Social Movements - Ans:-organized activism intended to be engaged in over a long period of time, with the objective of changing society in some way through collective action Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) - Ans:-An organization formed in 1957 by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other leaders to work for civil rights through nonviolent means Chicano Movement - Ans:-Movement that focused on raising Mexican American consciousness ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 2/7 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) - Ans:-an organization formed in 1960 to coordinate sit-ins and other protests and to give young blacks a larger role in the civil rights movement Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) - Ans:-Organization founded by pacifists in 1942 to promote racial equality through peaceful means Black Panthers - Ans:-A black political organization that was against peaceful protest and for violence if needed. The organization marked a shift in policy of the black movement, favoring militant ideals rather than peaceful protest. Civil Disobedience - Ans:-A form of political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences. Termination Policy - Ans:-Federal government decision to end federal responsibility for Native American tribes Cultural Activism - Ans:-a mash up of artistic expression and activism grounded in the need for social justice and political change. Colorism - Ans:-the belief that one type of skin tone is superior or inferior to another within a racial group Internalized Racism - Ans:-acceptance by members of the stigmatized races of negative messages about their own abilities and intrinsic worth ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 3/7 institutional racism - Ans:-patterns of discrimination based on ethnicity that have become structured into existing social institutions W.E.B. DuBois - Ans:-1st black to earn Ph.D. from Harvard, encouraged blacks to resist systems of segregation and discrimination, helped create NAACP in 1910 Psychological Wage - Ans:-while all workers were exploited, a racially divided labor force meant that white workers received a psychological boost from simply not being black. W.E.B Dubois color blindness - Ans:-the ideal of a society where racial classifications do not limit a person's opportunities, as well as the kind of deliberately race-neutral