ASAM 101 Questions and Correct Answers
What were the two important institutions that arose to control and confine nonwhites --
African Americans in particular?
the Lynch mob and the prison
How did the white public justify the existence of lynch mobs?
Lynch mobs supposedly kept white women safe from black male rapists
between 1880 and 1930, Lynch mobs murdered over 2300 black men, women, and
children whom we know of. Which of the following... lynching of black men.
taking a white man's job
How did vagabond laws operate to control and confine nonwhites?
They transformed those who were poor into criminals, and sent them to jail or hard labor
camps for begging
Which is a central reason that America's prison popularity multiplied so quickly?
Sentences for crimes grew much more severe over time
Contrary to popular belief, social-scientific evidence has shown that immigrants
make America safer
After George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin in 2012, the police did not
arrest him because of the Stand Your Ground law. What was the supposed purpose of
this law?
It gave people the right to defend themselves against someone they perceived as a threat
, According to the textbook, what is one political consequence of being imprisoned?
In many states, felons lose the right to vote
Historical accounts that gloss over the atrocity of slavery in the United States and focus
on stories of hardworking immigrants, while downplaying anti-immigrant violence, are
examples of ______ because they silence the voices of nonwhites.
Eurocentric curriculum
Which best summarizes current educational completion rates by race?
Completion rates for both high school and college have increased for all racial groups
Child psychologists Betty Hart and Todd Risley examined speech patterns across
families of different social class backgrounds. Which o..... findings?
Middle-class children receive more praise and hear more utterance than poor children
Sociologist Annette Lareau, author of Unequal Childhoods, argues that class differences
in parenting
are mostly about language, attitudes, and behaviors
Familism is a variant of ____ having to do with one's attachment to, and reliance on,
family-based relationship.
social capital
The textbook authors use the example that Hispanic students are more likely than white
students to "make fun of people who try to do well in school" to illus...... concept?
oppositional culture
What were the two important institutions that arose to control and confine nonwhites --
African Americans in particular?
the Lynch mob and the prison
How did the white public justify the existence of lynch mobs?
Lynch mobs supposedly kept white women safe from black male rapists
between 1880 and 1930, Lynch mobs murdered over 2300 black men, women, and
children whom we know of. Which of the following... lynching of black men.
taking a white man's job
How did vagabond laws operate to control and confine nonwhites?
They transformed those who were poor into criminals, and sent them to jail or hard labor
camps for begging
Which is a central reason that America's prison popularity multiplied so quickly?
Sentences for crimes grew much more severe over time
Contrary to popular belief, social-scientific evidence has shown that immigrants
make America safer
After George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin in 2012, the police did not
arrest him because of the Stand Your Ground law. What was the supposed purpose of
this law?
It gave people the right to defend themselves against someone they perceived as a threat
, According to the textbook, what is one political consequence of being imprisoned?
In many states, felons lose the right to vote
Historical accounts that gloss over the atrocity of slavery in the United States and focus
on stories of hardworking immigrants, while downplaying anti-immigrant violence, are
examples of ______ because they silence the voices of nonwhites.
Eurocentric curriculum
Which best summarizes current educational completion rates by race?
Completion rates for both high school and college have increased for all racial groups
Child psychologists Betty Hart and Todd Risley examined speech patterns across
families of different social class backgrounds. Which o..... findings?
Middle-class children receive more praise and hear more utterance than poor children
Sociologist Annette Lareau, author of Unequal Childhoods, argues that class differences
in parenting
are mostly about language, attitudes, and behaviors
Familism is a variant of ____ having to do with one's attachment to, and reliance on,
family-based relationship.
social capital
The textbook authors use the example that Hispanic students are more likely than white
students to "make fun of people who try to do well in school" to illus...... concept?
oppositional culture
