Irish immigrants came to the United States in the 1800s because of overpopulation.

Irish immigrants came to
the United States in the 1800s because of

overpopulation.

the Great Famine of 1840.

persecution of the poor.

all of the above.

Question

2  of 25

The new identity of
Poles in the United States was created by

elements from Poland, their home country.

conditions within the United States.

a and b.

none of the above.

Question

3  of 25

In his study about
Italian Americans, sociologist Herbert Gans (1982) found that

Italians were sometimes identified with radical revolutionary movements.

Anglo-Saxon Americans preferred not to intermarry with Italians.

Italian Americans had assimilated to United States mainstream society by the second generation.

The Italian race was classified as inferior.

Source: Gans, H. (1982). The urban villages: Group and class in the life of Italian Americans. New York, NY: Free Press.

Question

4  of 25

The assimilation of
Poles into mainstream society in the United States can be illustrated by

economic and political activities.

union organization and participation.

intermarriage with other ethnic groups.

all of the above.

Question

5  of 25

The White Anglo-Saxon
Protestant (WASP) ethnicity became predominant in the United States through the
establishment of

its language, symbols, and culture.

its economic, legal, and political institutional framework.

its ideals of commercial capitalism.

all of the above.

Question

6  of 25

The fact that WASPs
controlled society despite the American ideals of ethnic inclusiveness is an
example of

multiculturalism and cultural pluralism.

social Darwinism and scientific racialism.

ideal culture and real culture.

ethnocentrism and cultural relativism.

Question

7  of 25

The term xenophobia is
most closely related to

assimilation.

ethnocentrism.

eugenics.

ethnicity.

Question

8  of 25

The early German
communities in the United States with their own institutions, norms, language,
and values are an example of

cultural pluralism.

multiculturalism.

the melting pot.

all of the above.

Question

9  of 25

Multiculturalism

provides the option of choosing different ethnicities.

posits that different groups can retain their heritage and still have equal rights.

emphasizes assimilation.

encourages tolerance and cooperation among ethnic groups.

Question

10  of 25

Some contributions of
Irish immigrants to the United States economy include

Irish women working in textile mills.

Erie Canal construction.

Intercontinental Railroad construction.

all of the above.

Question

11  of 25

Early Italian immigrants
came to the United States because of

discrimination from Italians themselves.

exploitation in the agricultural fields.

the Gold Rush in California.

all of the above.

Question

12  of 25

The old immigration
period is associated with immigrants from

Asia.

Africa.

northwest Europe.

southern and eastern Europe.

Question

13  of 25

The Industrial
Revolution in Germany created a sense of nationalism that transferred to the
United States in the form of

German language schools and churches.

ethnically-based organizations.

marriage between Germans only.

all of the above.

Question

14  of 25

Most early Irish
immigrants spoke __________ and were _____________.

Gaelic / Protestants

Gaelic / Presbyterians

English / Catholics

Celtic / Protestants

Question

15  of 25

The WASP elite
controlled U.S. society because

they had economic and political advantages.

there were no other ethnic groups to compete for resources.

they knew how to speak English.

all of the above.

Question

16  of 25

The most important
institution that maintains Polish American ethnicity in the United States is

the Republican Party.

the Democratic Party.

the AFL-CIO.

the Catholic Church.

Question

17  of 25

WASPs discriminated
against Irish immigrants, and Irish immigrants responded by

organizing riots and violence against WASP organizations.

organizing into labor unions.

partnering with underground activists.

partnering with the Republican Party.

Question

18  of 25

Chain migration refers
to

prisoners of war coming to the host country as laborers.

immigrants with family or friends in the host country.

establishing gender ratios for immigration.

excluding people from immigration quotas.

Question

19  of 25

Cultural pluralism

provides the option of choosing different ethnicities.

posits that different groups can retain their heritage and still have equal rights.

emphasizes assimilation.

encourages tolerance and cooperation amongst ethnic groups.

Question

20  of 25

WASP dominance began to
fade when

immigrants from Germany, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden began to arrive.

immigrants from Italy, Poland, Greece, and Russia began to arrive.

Benjamin Franklin openly admitted that he didn’t like foreigners coming to the United States.

slavery was abolished.

Question

21  of 25

The Nazi Holocaust is an
example of

eugenics.

ethnic cleansing.

ethnocentrism.

all of the above.

Question

22  of 25

The new immigration
period is associated with immigrants from

Asia.

Africa.

northwest Europe.

southern and eastern Europe.

Question

23  of 25

The new immigration
period was characterized by

a large group of immigrants between the ages of 15 and 25.

a large number of English-speaking immigrants.

skilled laborers for the construction and garment industries.

groups of people with a cultural background different from the Anglos.

Question

24  of 25

The majority of
Americans today can trace their ancestry to

Italy.

Ireland.

Germany.

Poland

Question

25  of 25

The earliest German
immigrants were mostly ___________ and established themselves in ___________.

farmers / New York State

religious people / Pennsylvania

tradesmen / the Great Lakes

indentured servants / Mississippi

                                                Lesson
5

Provide your answer to
the following question(s) using essay format. Essay format should include an
introduction paragraph with a thesis statement, a body, and a conclusion
paragraph. The essay should be two to three pages (750 to 1,000 words) and
should include at least two academic resources, not including your textbook.
Your reader and audience are the general public.

IMPORTANT:Read the Lesson 5 Essay
Requirements

Be sure to carefully
read the question to ensure that each component is answered with the
appropriate depth and detail. Your answers should be free of spelling and
grammar errors. When using reference material, you must properly cite your
sources using in-text citations. You must also include a reference list. All
documentation must be rendered in APA citation style (see announcements for details on
APA).

The Rio Salado Online
Library is the best source for authoritative, validated information on your
research topics. Please follow the guidelines below to locate at least two
resources for your essay:

1. Go to the Rio Salado Library homepage.
2. The default search tab
   is Articles. Click Search.
3. From the alphabetical
   list of databases, select Ethnic Newswatch (ProQuest). Then
   select Continue.
4. Enter your search
   term(s). (Tip: For this essay, the best approach is to simply enter the name of
   the specific policy or act that you have chosen to write about. For example,
   search “Indian Removal Act 1830” or “Indian Reorganization Act 1934.”)
5. Once you have found an
   article you are interested in, click on it. You will see options to print and
   email the article. Also note the “Cite this” link, which will generate the
   citation in a number of styles, including APA. *Always check the citations
   generated with these tools against examples in the most recent style guides, as
   they are not always 100% accurate.

You may wish to explore
other databases for this assignment, in particular the History Reference
Center (EBSCO). It
contains numerous articles about the various policies and acts that have
affected or continue to affect Native Americans.

Lesson 5 Essay

Native American groups
have a strong sense of pride and ethnic identity, due in many ways, to the very
policies that attempted to forcefully assimilate them into mainstream United
States society. Some of the most significant policies affecting Native
Americans are listed below.

• Indian Removal Act 1830
  • Dawes Severalty Act 1887
  • Indian Reorganization Act 1934
  • Indian Self-Determination and Education
    Assistance Act 1975
  • Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 1988

To complete the
assignment:

• Choose one of the
  policies or acts listed above.
• Research the policy,
  finding at least two sources.
• Write a two- to
  three-page essay (750-1,000 words) in APA citation style that
  • defines and describes the policy you
    chose,
  • points out the positive and negative effects of
    the policy on one particular American Indian group, and
  • concludes with your personal assessment of the
    policy and American Indian group you chose.

                                                Lesson
6

1  of 25

Slavery was abolished in the
United States by the

Emancipation Proclamation.

Fifteenth Amendment.

Fourteenth Amendment.

Thirteenth Amendment.

Question

2  of 25

Hypodescent means that the race
of a child is determined by the higher caste parent.

True

False

Question

3  of 25

The collective name for groups of
people who hid runaway slaves was the

American Colonization Society.

Underground Railway.

Liberty Party.

American Anti-Slavery Society.

Question

4  of 25

The New England Anti-Slavery
Society was founded in 1832 by White church members.

True

False

Question

5  of 25

The majority of the slaves
imported to the United States came from

north and central Africa.

east and west Africa.

west and central Africa.

north and west Africa.

Question

6  of 25

The first recorded slave revolt
occurred in

South Carolina.

New York City.

Virginia.

Pennsylvania.

Question

7  of 25

In the nineteenth century, most
Supreme Court decisions legalized segregation and discrimination.

True

False

Question

8  of 25

The institutionalization of
racial segregation in the South occurred

during Reconstruction.

before the Civil War.

during the Jim Crow Era.

in the twentieth century.

Question

9  of 25

The Nation of Islam was founded
by Malcolm X as a Black nationalistic movement.

True

False

Question

10  of 25

The first colony to legalize
slavery was

Maryland.

Massachusetts.

Virginia.

Pennsylvania.

Question

11  of 25

African slaves resisted slavery
in the form of

rebellions and escape.

mocking their owners in songs.

self-mutilation.

all of the above.

Question

12  of 25

The NAACP was established in

1910.

1964.

1920.

1954.

Question

13  of 25

The first African laborers were
brought to North America in 1526 by

Christopher Columbus.

Juan las Canaris.

Vasquez de Allyon.

Vasco Nunez de Balboa.

Question

14  of 25

The Myth of the Negro Past, published in 1941, sought to

prove the five major points regarding Negro inferiority.

demonstrate the existence of African cultural elements.

defend the position of sociologist E. Franklin Frazier.

all of the above.

Question

15  of 25

The organization at the forefront
of the civil rights movement was the

Urban League.

NAACP.

National Negro Business League.

UNIA.

Question

16  of 25

The African nation of Liberia was
founded by

President James Monroe.

the American Colonization Society.

Black residents from the United States.

Thomas Jefferson.

Question

17  of 25

Booker T. Washington and W. E. B.
Du Bois advocated the same approach to increasing educational opportunities for
Black people.

True

False

Question

18  of 25

The institution of slavery was
maintained in the American South after 1793 due to the

racial caste system.

lucrative sugar plantations.

invention of the cotton gin.

Civil War.

Question

19  of 25

The Nat Turner Rebellion of 1831
resulted in

laws forbidding the education of Black people.

efforts to appease free Black people.

an increase in freeing of slaves.

all of the above.

Question

20  of 25

The effective end of legal
segregation in the South was a result of

the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

the Executive Order of 1962 issued by President Kennedy.

all of the above.

Question

21  of 25

According to Melville Herskovits,
all of the following traits illustrate the inferiority of Negroes EXCEPT

they had no historical past.

they had no common cultural background.

they had smaller skulls.

they were so inept that they got caught trying to escape.

Question

22  of 25

African Americans were considered
to lack a common culture because

they had no common language.

they had no common religion.

they had no memory of their homeland.

all of the above.

Question

23  of 25

The Harlem Renaissance of the
1920s is considered the

basis for the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.

most successful Black nationalist movement.

period of greatest creativity and cultural success in African American history.

cause of the Great Migration.

Question

24  of 25

Southern Whites responded to the
Great Migration by

repealing laws and fines aimed at emigrant agents.

instituting educational reforms that benefited Black people.

protecting the labor force by encouraging Black residents to leave the South.

all of the above.

Question

25  of 25

Booker T. Washington emphasized

training Blacks in industrial skills.

immediate social equality for Black people.

racial justice.

all of the above.

                                      Lesson 10

In Lesson 10, you will complete an outline that will help
you research and prepare for your Essay, which is due at the end of Lesson 12.
You are required to research the topic you will use for your Essay and submit an
outline, complete with a list of references.
This assignment is worth 25 points. Read this assignment thoroughly before
beginning your research.

Your Essay must be 3,000 to 3,500 words, including the title
and reference pages. When using reference material, you must properly cite your
sources using in-text citations. All documentation must be rendered in APA
citation style. You must include four academic resources, not including your
textbook. The Rio Salado Online Library is the best source for authoritative,
validated information on your research topics. Please follow the guidelines
below to locate at least four sources for your Final Essay:

1. Go
   to the Rio Salado Library homepage.
2. The
   default search tab is Articles. Click Search.
3. From
   the alphabetical list of databases, select Ethnic Newswatch (ProQuest). Then

select Continue.

1. Enter
   your search term(s).

(TIP: You can enter
a broad search term like “Asian Americans,” but this will generate A LOT of
results. A better strategy is to narrow your search by adding one or more
additional keywords separated by the word AND, for example, “Asian Americans
AND public policy” or “Cuban Americans AND assimilation” or “African Americans
AND Mexican Americans AND relations.” The more specific you are about telling
the database what you want, the more relevant your results will be. In the
former case, you will retrieve the best results by including the precise Asian
ethnic group as well as the specific name of the public policy, for example,
“Japanese Americans AND Executive Order 9066.”)

1. Once
   you have found an article you are interested in, click on it. You will see
   options to print and email the article. Also note the “Cite this” link,
   which will generate the citation in a number of styles, including APA.
   *Always check the citations generated with these tools against examples in
   the most recent style guides, as they are not always 100% accurate.

You may wish to explore other databases for this assignment,
in particular the History Reference Center (EBSCO).
It contains the most articles on the immigration history of the various ethnic
groups explored in this course.

For the Final Essay, you will write about two ethnic groups
and public policy that has affected their success:

1. Choose
   two ethnic groups, other than your own, that are residing in the United
   States.
2. Research
   and compare each group’s reasons for immigration.
3. Research
   and identify public policy that may have affected each of your groups.

Research and evaluate whether the
policy affected each group’s ability for success in the United States. Be sure
to define success.

1. Research
   and provide specific examples of past and present news items that show
   unsuccessful and successful adaptations.
2. Show
   how these two groups have interacted with one another in the past and
   present.
3. Formulate
   your personal prediction for each group’s future in the United States.

Before you submit
your outline, please refer to the Lesson 10 Assignment Sample Outline to ensure
that you have included all required elements as presented in the sample
outline.

Lesson
10 Assignment – Sample Outline

Sample
Outline:

As you complete your
outline, you must provide a topic sentence for each point to indicate what you
will be writing about. You should provide enough information so that your
instructor can tell whether you are on the right track for your final essay.

The topic sentence is
the first sentence in a paragraph that introduces and summarizes the main idea,
and indicates to the reader what your paragraph will be about.

Example of a topic
sentence for the introduction:

“Throughout the
years, public policy has positively affected the Jewish American and Puerto
Rican American ethnic groups, but not without setbacks and debates on the
actual benefits and intent of these policies.”

I. Introduction
A. Thesis statement (what you will be writing about, in a couple of sentences)

II. Discussion –
Ethnic group 1
A. Brief explanation regarding the history of this ethnic group B. Reasons to
immigrate (two reasons per group are needed)

i. Reason 1 ii.
Reason 2

C. Public policies
affecting the ethnic group (two policies per group are needed) i. Public Policy
1

ii. Public Policy 2

Note that public policy is defined as laws or
acts mandated by U.S. federal, state, or local governments.

D. Effect of each
policy on the success of the ethnic group and definition of success (two
effects per policy per group are needed)

i. How Policy 1
affected success ii. How Policy 2 affected success

E. News items
exhibiting adaptation (two news items per group are needed) i. News Item 1

ii. News Item 2

This section asks for news items illustrating
adaptation: newspaper articles, news broadcasts, or publications. Good sources
are PBS, the New York Times, and
the Los Angeles Times. Academic, research, or history publications
should not be used for this section of the essay.

III. Discussion—Ethnic
group 2
Note: Complete Steps A-E
for your second ethnic group.

IV. Interaction
between the two groups A. Interaction 1

B. Interaction 2

This section refers to specific instances when
the two groups interacted: specific projects, protests, clashes, or
cooperation. Having a similar history or values is not interacting. If you
can’t find direct interactions between the two groups, give an account of where
you researched and why you think the two groups have not interacted much.

V. Conclusion
A. Then and now

B. Future
possibilities and predictions VI. References

Be sure to include
your chosen references in APA citation style. Remember that at least four
references are needed.

Lesson 12 Assignment 

In Lesson 10, you prepared an outline that will help you
conclude your research and complete your Essay, which is due at the end of
Lesson 12. You were required to research a topic to use for your Final Essay
and submit an outline, complete with a list
of references. Your Final Essay must contain a total of 3,000 to 3,500
words, not including the title and reference pages. When using reference
material, you must properly cite

your sources using in-text citations. All documentation must
be rendered in APA citation style. You must use
four academic resources, not including your textbook. The Rio Salado Online
Library is the best source for authoritative, validated information on your
research topics. Please follow the guidelines below to locate at least four
sources for your Final Essay:

1. GototheRioSaladoLibraryhomepage.
2. ThedefaultsearchtabisArticles.ClickSearch.
3. Fromthealphabeticallistofdatabases,selectEthnicNewswatch(ProQuest).

Then select Continue.

• Enteryoursearchterm(s).

(TIP: You can enter a broad
search term like “Asian Americans,” but this will generate A LOT of results. A
better strategy is to narrow your search by adding one or more additional
keywords separated by the word AND, for example, “Asian Americans AND public
policy” or “Cuban Americans AND assimilation” or “African Americans AND Mexican
Americans AND relations.” The more specific you are about telling the database
what you want, the more relevant your results will be. In the former case, you
will retrieve the best results by including the precise Asian ethnic group as
well as the specific name of the public policy, for example, “Japanese
Americans AND Executive Order 9066.”)

• Onceyouhavefoundanarticleyouareinterestedin,clickonit.Youwillsee
  options to print and email the article. Also note the “Cite this” link, which
  will generate the citation in a number of styles, including APA. *Always check
  the citations generated with these tools against examples in the most recent
  style guides, as they are not always 100% accurate.

You may wish to explore other databases for this assignment,
in particular the History Reference Center (EBSCO).
It contains the most articles on the immigration history of the various ethnic
groups explored in this course.

For the Final Essay, you will write about two ethnic groups
and public policy that has affected their success:

1. Choosetwoethnicgroups,otherthanyourown,thatareresidingintheUnited
   States.
2. Researchandcompareeachgroup’sreasonsforimmigration.
3. Researchandidentifypublicpolicythatmayhaveaffectedeachofyourgroups.

Research and evaluate whether the
policy affected each group’s ability for

success in the United States. Be
sure to define success.

• Researchandprovidespecificexamplesofpastandpresentnewsitemsthat

show unsuccessful and successful
adaptations.

• Showhowthesetwogroupshaveinteractedwithoneanotherinthepastand

present.

• Formulateyourpersonalpredictionforeachgroup’sfutureintheUnitedStates.

Before you submit your assignment, please refer to the detailed instructions provided in Lessons 10
and 12, as well as your instructor’s feedback on your outline to verify that
you have covered all assignment requirements.