PUBLIC POLICY - EXAM 4 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the term for judging another culture by your cultural standards? -
ANS Ethnocentrism
What is a term used when smaller groups within a larger society maintain their unique cultural
identities, whereby their values and practices are accepted by the dominant culture, provided
such are consistent with the laws and values of wider society? - ANS Cultural pluralism
What term is used for a group of people who share a common culture, such as a common
language, a common religion, or common norms, traditions, food, customs, practices, and
history? - ANS Ethnicity
What term is used to describe when individuals from marginalized groups adopt and believe
the negative messages and stereotypes about their own group, leading to feelings of self-doubt,
inadequacy, and shame? - ANS Internalized Oppression
What term describes the practice of a nation extending its control over other lands and
peoples, often through force, to exploit their resources? - ANS Colonialism
Who wrote "all men are created equal" while owning 600 slaves? - ANS Thomas Jefferson
Why did the court rule that Dred Scott had no right to sue? - ANS They said he was a slave,
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not a citizen.
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, Which amendment abolished slavery? - ANS 13th Amendment (1865)
What were the local and state laws in the Southern United States from the late 19th to mid-
20th centuries called that mandated racial segregation and discrimination against Black people?
- ANS Jim Crow Laws
Which organization filed the complaint that led to the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
decision? - ANS The NAACP
Someone who believes in the "melting pot" view of race believes the term race will eventually
become obsolete because of _____. What is the specific term? - ANS Assimilation
This theory views racism as a competition between classes for resources and jobs. As jobs
increase, racism decreases: As jobs decrease, racism increases. - ANS Class Conflict
Which Supreme Court decision established the doctrine of "separate but equal?" -
ANS Plessy vs Ferguson
This white supremacist hate group was founded in 1865 during Reconstruction. - ANS Ku
Klux Klan (KKK)
What pseudoscience linked race to intelligence and behavior? - ANS Eugenics
Who led the Farmworkers Movement? - ANS Ceasar Chavez
What term describes seasonal laborers returning to Mexico? - ANS Migrants
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What act created Indian reservations in 1851? - ANS Indian Appropriation Act
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the term for judging another culture by your cultural standards? -
ANS Ethnocentrism
What is a term used when smaller groups within a larger society maintain their unique cultural
identities, whereby their values and practices are accepted by the dominant culture, provided
such are consistent with the laws and values of wider society? - ANS Cultural pluralism
What term is used for a group of people who share a common culture, such as a common
language, a common religion, or common norms, traditions, food, customs, practices, and
history? - ANS Ethnicity
What term is used to describe when individuals from marginalized groups adopt and believe
the negative messages and stereotypes about their own group, leading to feelings of self-doubt,
inadequacy, and shame? - ANS Internalized Oppression
What term describes the practice of a nation extending its control over other lands and
peoples, often through force, to exploit their resources? - ANS Colonialism
Who wrote "all men are created equal" while owning 600 slaves? - ANS Thomas Jefferson
Why did the court rule that Dred Scott had no right to sue? - ANS They said he was a slave,
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not a citizen.
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, Which amendment abolished slavery? - ANS 13th Amendment (1865)
What were the local and state laws in the Southern United States from the late 19th to mid-
20th centuries called that mandated racial segregation and discrimination against Black people?
- ANS Jim Crow Laws
Which organization filed the complaint that led to the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
decision? - ANS The NAACP
Someone who believes in the "melting pot" view of race believes the term race will eventually
become obsolete because of _____. What is the specific term? - ANS Assimilation
This theory views racism as a competition between classes for resources and jobs. As jobs
increase, racism decreases: As jobs decrease, racism increases. - ANS Class Conflict
Which Supreme Court decision established the doctrine of "separate but equal?" -
ANS Plessy vs Ferguson
This white supremacist hate group was founded in 1865 during Reconstruction. - ANS Ku
Klux Klan (KKK)
What pseudoscience linked race to intelligence and behavior? - ANS Eugenics
Who led the Farmworkers Movement? - ANS Ceasar Chavez
What term describes seasonal laborers returning to Mexico? - ANS Migrants
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What act created Indian reservations in 1851? - ANS Indian Appropriation Act
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