ETHN 11: Chapter 5 Review

Question 1

What term refers to "advantages experienced for being White"?

Accepted Answer

White privilege

Question 2

Unlike other newcomers, Poles were not stigmatized as outsiders or negatively stereotyped.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

True or false: Irish immigrants were discriminated against because of hatred for Catholicism.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Which of these is associated with civil religion?

Accepted Answer

National symbols and rituals, Political ideologies

Question 5

As assimilation proceeded, the social identity of Italians shifted from ____ to ____.

Accepted Answer

Regional to national

Question 6

Which of these groups is a target of “respectable bigotry?”

Accepted Answer

Italians

Question 7

What does religious pluralism advocate?

Accepted Answer

Tolerance and coexistence of multiple religions

Question 8

In the late 1700's, what attracted German immigrants to the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

Economic opportunities & religious freedom

Question 9

Grandchildren wanting to learn their ancestors' language is an example of the "principle of _______"

Accepted Answer

Third-generation interest

Question 10

Creationism and intelligent design mainly focus on:

Accepted Answer

The idea that a higher power created life

Question 11

Many Poles saw themselves as “forced immigrants.” What primary issue were they escaping from in their homeland?

Accepted Answer

Turbulent political status

Question 12

What would be an example of symbolic ethnicity?

Accepted Answer

Eating ethnic food, Participating in ceremonial holidays

Question 13

In the mid to late 1800’s, why did Irish families migrate to the United States?

Accepted Answer

Famine

Question 14

What caused anti-German sentiment in the U.S. during the 1930's and 40's?

Accepted Answer

Propaganda portraying Germans as enemies, Rise of the Nazi era

Question 15

True or false: Maintaining ethnic ties always diminishes the ability to assimilate.

Accepted Answer

False

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