Intro to Sociology Online Quiz

Executive Order 9066, which authorized the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, also known as the Snyder Act, was signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge.

The Indian Removal Act of 1830, which led to the Trail of Tears, was a signature policy of President Andrew Jackson.

Mass expulsion refers to the forced migration or removal of a group of people from a territory or country, often based on ethnicity or political affiliation.

Ethnicity refers to the shared cultural heritage, language, traditions, and national identity of a group of people.

Race is a social construct often used to categorize people based on physical characteristics, such as skin color or facial features.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin and ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace, and by facilities that served the general public.

The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1865, officially abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.

The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, declared that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are, and henceforward shall be free, but it did not apply to border states or areas already under Union control.

The 1967 Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia invalidated laws prohibiting interracial marriage, effectively ending anti-miscegenation laws in the United States.

Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States, often justified by the separate but equal doctrine.

The Abolitionist Movement was a social and political effort in the 18th and 19th centuries to end the practice of slavery.

Cultural pluralism is a condition in which minority groups participate fully in the dominant society yet maintain their cultural differences.

Anti-Semitism is defined as prejudice, hostility, or discrimination against Jewish people, a phenomenon that has occurred globally throughout history.

White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASP) were the dominant group that established the political and economic foundations of the United States, including the legal framework for slavery and early democratic institutions.

As of recent census data, Latino Americans constitute the largest ethnic minority group in the United States.

Prejudice is an unjustified or incorrect attitude (usually negative) towards an individual based solely on the individual's membership of a social group.

Stereotypes are oversimplified and generalized beliefs about the characteristics, attributes, and behaviors of members of a particular group.

Minority status is defined by sociologists not by numerical size, but by the lack of power, privilege, and social status compared to the dominant group.