HIST 375 Midterm Exam Questions
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John Martin - correct answers 1940's
Highly regarded critic for the New York Times. Wrote that "Negro's had been
wise not to take up academic ballet" for its wholly European outlook, history
and technical theory are alien to [them] culturally.
He discussed "The Negro Dance" the uniquely racial rhythm
Marshall Major Taylor - correct answers 1901
African American sprint cyclist
x-rayed/measured up & down by French anthropologists in efforts to reveal his
source of triumphs.
Patrick Miller - correct answers Author of "The Anatomy of Scientific Racism"
Bell Curve - correct answers Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein
IQ ranking of the so-called racial and ethnic groups—with African Americans
at the bottom.
Ralph Metcalfe - correct answers Olympic Sprinter and medalist who ran with
Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin. White commentators
insisted that Black success derived from innate biological advances which
accounted for him, Jesse, to win the medal.
Franz Boas - correct answers Father of Anthropology; French Anthropologist
who refused the tenets of scientific racism. He delivered a paper titled, " The
Health and Physique of the Negro American" at Atlanta conference in 1906.
He emphasized the significance of culture in perceived racial differences and
, was instrumental in prompting young black scholars to do research on black
culture.
W. Montegue Cobb - correct answers Biological scientist conducted biopsies
on Jesse Owens
Dinesh D'Souza - correct answers Author of "The End of Racism"
Describes the civilizing and Christianizing effects of slavery on the majority of
blacks in the United States.
He questions the concept of race, can persons of color be racist? Did the civil
rights movement succeed or fail in its attempt to overcome the legacy of
segregation and racism? Is there such a thing as rational discrimination?
"Why should groups with different skin color, head shape, and other visible
characteristics prove identical in reasoning ability or the ability to construct an
advanced civilization? If blacks have certain inherited abilities, such as
improvisational decision making, that could explain why they predominate
certain fields such as jazz, rap, and basketball, and NOT in other fields such
as chess, classical music, and astronomy." The end of racism indeed.
I don't like this guy...he makes no sense.
Howard Drew - correct answers First black sprinter to be acclaimed "The
world's fastest human" 1936. Light Skinned and could pass for white.
Rugby - correct answers British Colonialism. This sport was 'put upon' South
Africa when England Colonized it and brought their sport with them
Rube Foster - correct answers Pitcher/Chicago's most prominent black
entrepreneur. During the late 1800's he became the 1st black owner to
with complete solution 2025
John Martin - correct answers 1940's
Highly regarded critic for the New York Times. Wrote that "Negro's had been
wise not to take up academic ballet" for its wholly European outlook, history
and technical theory are alien to [them] culturally.
He discussed "The Negro Dance" the uniquely racial rhythm
Marshall Major Taylor - correct answers 1901
African American sprint cyclist
x-rayed/measured up & down by French anthropologists in efforts to reveal his
source of triumphs.
Patrick Miller - correct answers Author of "The Anatomy of Scientific Racism"
Bell Curve - correct answers Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein
IQ ranking of the so-called racial and ethnic groups—with African Americans
at the bottom.
Ralph Metcalfe - correct answers Olympic Sprinter and medalist who ran with
Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin. White commentators
insisted that Black success derived from innate biological advances which
accounted for him, Jesse, to win the medal.
Franz Boas - correct answers Father of Anthropology; French Anthropologist
who refused the tenets of scientific racism. He delivered a paper titled, " The
Health and Physique of the Negro American" at Atlanta conference in 1906.
He emphasized the significance of culture in perceived racial differences and
, was instrumental in prompting young black scholars to do research on black
culture.
W. Montegue Cobb - correct answers Biological scientist conducted biopsies
on Jesse Owens
Dinesh D'Souza - correct answers Author of "The End of Racism"
Describes the civilizing and Christianizing effects of slavery on the majority of
blacks in the United States.
He questions the concept of race, can persons of color be racist? Did the civil
rights movement succeed or fail in its attempt to overcome the legacy of
segregation and racism? Is there such a thing as rational discrimination?
"Why should groups with different skin color, head shape, and other visible
characteristics prove identical in reasoning ability or the ability to construct an
advanced civilization? If blacks have certain inherited abilities, such as
improvisational decision making, that could explain why they predominate
certain fields such as jazz, rap, and basketball, and NOT in other fields such
as chess, classical music, and astronomy." The end of racism indeed.
I don't like this guy...he makes no sense.
Howard Drew - correct answers First black sprinter to be acclaimed "The
world's fastest human" 1936. Light Skinned and could pass for white.
Rugby - correct answers British Colonialism. This sport was 'put upon' South
Africa when England Colonized it and brought their sport with them
Rube Foster - correct answers Pitcher/Chicago's most prominent black
entrepreneur. During the late 1800's he became the 1st black owner to
