Test Bank For American Ethnicity The Dynamics and Consequences of Discrimination 7Th Edition By Adalberto

Test Bank For American Ethnicity The Dynamics and Consequences of Discrimination 7Th Edition By Adalberto

Chapter 03 The Anglo-Saxon Core and Ethnic Antagonism 

Essay Questions

1. How did the Anglo-Saxon core become dominant?

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2. Explain the elements of ascetic Protestantism.

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3. Explain the French contribution to the legal tenets of the Anglo-Saxon core.

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4. Explain how capitalism fosters the use of less expensive ethnic labor.

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True / False Questions

5. Relations among ethnic groups only rarely involve relations of superordination and subordination.
FALSE

6. The English settlers who came to America were a “pure” stock that had not been blended with other European ethnic stocks.
FALSE

7. The English settlers dominated numerically for the first two centuries after the initial colonists had settled.
TRUE

8. Unlike today, early settlers in America did not demand that immigrants speak English.
FALSE

9. Much like today, the early colonists in America were worried about the erosion of the Anglo-Saxon core.
TRUE

10. The French provided the substance to American law; the English, the broad philosophical tenets.
FALSE

11. American law represents a blending of French and English legal traditions.
TRUE

12. After the Revolution freed the colonies from the English Crown, the dynamic capitalism that emerged depended upon inexpensive and subordinated ethnic labor.
TRUE

13. There was always a disjuncture in early America between constitutional principles and actual practices in local communities.
TRUE

14. Public schooling was an essential part of America from the very beginning.
FALSE

15. The early public schools in America were created in order to “Americanize” ethnic immigrants.
TRUE

16. Early private schools in America became the model for the creation of public schools.
TRUE

17. Public schools emerged in America primarily for economic reasons rather than as vehicles for “Americanizing” immigrants.
FALSE

18. The emergence of private Catholic schools counteracted the dominance of northern European values and beliefs.
FALSE

19. From the beginning, there was religious tolerance in America.
FALSE

20. English traditions constrained how all religions were practiced.
TRUE