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Name: American Ethnic Studies 150 Midterm Connie So, Professor Autumn 2020 This exam constitutes 25 percent of your final grade. Think about what is being asked, organize your thoughts, and make your answers as clear and concise as possible. While it is open-notes, open-book, you will be graded on how well you address the questions and effectively integrate the material presented in lectures, films, and readings. USE THIS FORM TO FILL OUT PART I, PART III, & Extra Credit. BE SURE TO PUT YOUR NAME ON THIS EXAM SHEET (see above). The exam is due by 2:30pm as a PDF to Prof. So, ccso@uw.edu. If you have questions, please text or call Prof. So at 206-234-6859. Be sure to keep your email on for possible notifications during the exam.
Part I. Multiple Choice. Please circle/highlight your answer or write your answer to the right of the question (1 point each = 75 pts)
1.
Which prejudice theory is most identified with holding the media responsible for perpetuating stereotypes. ANSWER: a.
Exploitation b.
Ignorance c.
Ethnocentrism d.
Blaming the Victim 2.
From class lecture/slides, which of the following is NOT
a definition for “minority”? ANSWER: a.
Smaller population size b.
Smaller representation c.
Smaller political power d.
Smaller expertise power 3.
Son of Massasoit and brother to Wamsutta, was crowned as King Philip by the New Englanders. ANSWER: a.
Hobomah b.
Metacom c.
Wahunsonacock d.
Samoset 4.
After winning a lottery ticket, earned his freedom and planned a slave revolt in his church. ANSWER: a.
Denmark Vecsey b.
Gabriel Prosser c.
David Walker d.
Nat Turner 5.
Name of the ship that brought enslaved Africans to the Americas in 1619. ANSWER: a.
Mayflower b.
Queen Charlotte c.
White Lion d.
Amistad 6.
First recorded man to sail around the world. ANSWER: a.
Zhang Qian b.
Magellan c.
Zheng He d.
Ponce de Leon 7.
Name the first Indigenous people Columbus encountered. ANSWER: a.
Powhatan b.
Arawak c.
Algonquin d.
Taino 8.
Name the 2 presidents that died on July 4, 1826 (
Highlight/Circle 2 of them
). ANSWER: a.
George Washington
b.
John Adams c.
Thomas Jefferson d.
James Madison e.
James Monroe 9.
Who is credited with the concept of “hegemony”? ANSWER: a.
Oliver Cox b.
Robert Blauner c.
Frantz Fanon d.
Antonio Gramsci 10.
Which of the following is NOT
a factor to satisfy for “
internal colonialism
”
model? ANSWER: a.
Forced entry b.
Physical violence c.
Labor exploitation d.
Cultural subordination 11.
Site of the first large, permanent settlement of Africans in North America? ANSWER: a.
Jamestown, Virginia b.
Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts c.
New Orleans, Louisiana d.
New York, New York 12.
Term given by the landed elites about the fear of armed, discontented class of indentured servants, slaves, and landless freemen. ANSWER: a.
Poor P
eople’s Movement b.
Giddy Multitude c.
Bacon’s Rebellion
d.
Discontented Mass 13.
The concept of “earned reputation” is related to which prejudice theory
? ANSWER: a.
Rationalization b.
Ignorance c.
Exploitation d.
Ethnocentrism 14.
The development of this crop for exportation to England was a major contributor to the hostility between the English and Native Americans. ANSWER: a.
Tobacco b.
Hash c.
Cotton d.
Corn 15.
Which specific separatist English Christian group settled at Plymouth Rock? ANSWER: a.
Pilgrims b.
Calvinist c.
Puritans d.
Anglicans 16.
1785 Federal law that governed sales of all land West of Ohio into townships, etc.). ANSWER: a.
Northwest Ordinance b.
Homestead Act c.
Federal Land Platt Ordinance d.
Land Ordinance 17.
By 1820, what state determined the border between free states (north) and slave states (south). ANSWER: a.
Ohio
b.
Tennessee c.
Missouri d.
Kentucky 18.
What is the name of the first settlement of Anglos to what becomes the United States? ANSWER: a.
Raleigh b.
Roanoke c.
Jamestown d.
Salem 19.
The process of Anglo colonist entering Spanish Florida towns and proclaiming it was their own Republic became known as what? ANSWER: a.
Irregular Soldiers b.
Freemasons c.
Prisoner’s Dilemma
d.
Filibuster 20.
According to Dr. Samuel Cartwright, identify the 2 disease “particular” to African Americans. (
Highlight/Circle 2
) ANSWER: a.
Drapetomania b.
Emancipatioè c.
Dysaesthesia aethiopica d.
Diablerie e.
Espièglerie 21.
Which Shakespearean play was used by Takaki as a representation of English attitude toward non-Anglos (i.e., Native Americans, Irish, Africans, Pacific Islanders)? ANSWER: a.
Cymbeline b.
The Tempest c.
Robinson Crusoe d.
Pericles, Prince of Tyre 22.
In what Washington state city/town were fossils of a man discovered which led to a court fight to determine whether Native Americans were related to “whites” or “Asians”/Malayo
-Polynesians? ANSWER: a.
Enumclaw b.
Aberdeen c.
Orting d.
Kennewick 23.
Name the African country created through the efforts of James Monroe, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Clay. ANSWER: a.
Monrovia b.
South Africa c.
Liberia d.
Congo 24.
Name the president that “
initiated
” the war with Mexico. ANSWER: a.
Andrew Jackson b.
James Polk c.
Zachary Taylor d.
James Monroe 25.
Name for the “
militia
”
of Stephen Austin. ANSWER: a.
Buffalo Soldiers b.
Vaqueros c.
Brown Berets d.
Texas Rangers 26.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a stereotype based on course definitions? ANSWER: a.
Stereotypes are fixed and overly simplified
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b.
Stereotypes can be both positive and negative c.
Stereotypes are not based on facts d.
Stereotypes are widely held beliefs about individuals based on perceived group membership 27.
To which state were the Cherokees forcibly resettled during the Trail or Tears? ANSWER: a.
Georgia b.
Kentucky c.
Missouri d.
Oklahoma 28.
Who among the following was NOT
among the Native Americans greeting whites at Plymouth Rock? ANSWER: a.
Hobomah b.
Metacom c.
Massasoit d.
Samoset 29.
Name the “Father of Texas” who said Texas must be “redeemed from the wilderness.” ANSWER: a.
Sam Houston b.
Davy Crockett c.
Stephen Austin d.
Cabeza de Vaca 30.
Half-
sister to Martha Jefferson; “lover” to Thomas Jefferson. ANSWER: a.
Elizabeth Skelton b.
Rebecca Eppes c.
Mary Wayles d.
Sally Hemings 31.
Wealthy Californio who befriended Anglos, but ultimately lost ownership of his Sonoma home; then forced to pay rent to stay. ANSWER: a.
Mariano Vallejo b.
Sebastián Vizcaíno c.
Juan Bautista Alvarado d.
Pio Pico 32.
After she killed her daughter to save her from slavery, became known as the “modern Medea” and inspired Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Beloved
. ANSWER: a.
Geraldine Jones b.
Mabel Simmons c.
Margaret Garner d.
Harriet Jacobs 33.
New Mexico Territorial Governor, land speculator who “accidentally” burned Mexican/Native American land deeds.
ANSWER: a.
William Gwin b.
Thomas Hart Benton c.
Thomas Sullivan d.
William Pyle 34.
In 1845, just after Texas was annexed, John O’Sullivan, the editor of The New York Morning Post
, coined a term/phrase to justify American expansionism. What is that term? ANSWER: a.
Doctrine of Discovery b.
Puritan destiny c.
Manifest destiny d.
How the West was Won 35.
Which treaty provided the “
legal basis
”
for the “Trail of Tears.” ANSWER: a.
Horseshoe Bend
b.
Dancing Rabbit Creek c.
New Echota d.
Payne’s Landing
36.
Writer, publisher, abolitionist best known as for the anti-lynching crusade. ANSWER: a.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett b.
Sojourner Truth c.
Booker T. Washington d.
Frederick Douglass 37.
Who wrote Common Sense
? ANSWER: a.
John Adams b.
Thomas Jefferson c.
George Mason d.
Thomas Paine 38.
Name the first person of Anglican ancestry born in what becomes the United States. ANSWER: a.
Virginia Dare b.
John White c.
Thomas Wayles d.
Charlotte Rawles 39.
Who began the Anglican Church. ANSWER: a.
Charles Longley b.
John Calvin c.
Henry VIII d.
Thomas Cramner 40.
The first enslaved Africans to the “New World” came from what current
-day African country? ANSWER: a.
Nigeria b.
Congo c.
Niger d.
Angola 41.
Which is NOT
another name for Chief Wahunsonacock’s daughter? ANSWER: a.
Matoaka b.
Rebecca c.
Pocahontas d.
Amonutoa 42.
Name the Native American man Pocahontas had married (also had a daughter with him): ANSWER: a.
Kocoum b.
Tomocomo c.
Wamsutta d.
Hiawatha 43.
Name the white man Pocahontas had married. ANSWER: a.
John Smith b.
Thomas Gates c.
John Rolfe d.
Samuel Argall 44.
From Ethnic Notions, which stereotype was “
a dandy and buffoon who tried to imitate whites,
”
as a response in the North to free blacks. ANSWER: a.
Brute b.
Pickaninny c.
Uncle Tom d.
Zip Coon
45.
Thomas Jefferson purchased the “Louisiana Territory” from which country? ANSWER: a.
Spain b.
England c.
France d.
Portugal 46.
Name the African American forced to perform in blackface during the silent movie era. ANSWER: a.
Bill Bojangles b.
Bert Williams c.
Stepin Fetchin d.
Paul Robeson 47.
She is known as the “Moses of her people”
; movement to have her face replace the $20 US bill. ANSWER: a.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett b.
Harriett Tubman c.
Sojourner Truth d.
Phillis Wheatley 48.
After running away from his indentured servitude, became first man enslaved in the American colonies. ANSWER: a.
Antonio Johnson b.
John Casor c.
John Punch d.
Anthony Walker 49.
“
Docile” enslaved man that led a
n effective, sustained rebellion in 1831 that frightened Southerners because it challenged the idea that slavery was a benevolent institution. ANSWER: a.
Denmark Vecsey b.
Gabriel Prosser c.
David Walker d.
Nat Turner 50.
Ottawa Chief who, in 1763, created a proclamation to keep English east of the Adirondacks. His goal was to bring French back to the Americas. ANSWER: a.
Tecumseh b.
Pontiac c.
Blackhawk d.
Crazy House 51.
This Black stereotype depicts Black women as “wanton” as a justification for rape during slavery
. ANSWER: a.
Mammy b.
Jezebel c.
Sapphire d.
Mulatto 52.
“
Anti-vagrancy act
”
that restricted the movement of Mexican Americans in the 19
th
century. ANSWER: a.
Land Commission Act b.
Foreign Miner’s Act
c.
Greaser Act d.
California Indenture Act 53.
The Declaration of Independence reflected what type of political philosophy? a.
Tory b.
Whig c.
Republican d.
Democrat 54.
Name the 1848 Treaty that ceded most of Mexico to the United States. ANSWER:
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a.
Guadalupe Hidalgo b.
Gadsden c.
Adams-Onis d.
Spanish-Mexican 55.
Formerly enslaved, regarded as the first African American poet and had to prove authorship by undergoing an oral exam. ANSWER: a.
Lucy Terry Prince b.
Jupiter Hammon c.
Phillis Wheatley d.
Crispus Attucks 56.
“In Whose Honor” focused on Charlene Teters, a Spokane Indian, and her fight against the mascot of which American university. ANSWER: a.
Stanford University b.
University of Illinois c.
Indiana University d.
Arizona State University 57.
Series of violent attacks by lay people, angry about debt, on courthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts that began in 1786 and led to a dramatic military confrontation in 1787. ANSWER: a.
S
hay’s Rebellion
b.
Fries’ Rebellion
c.
Bacon’s Rebellion
d.
Whiskey Rebellion 58.
Following the “Battle
of Alamo,” what was the concluding battle for Texas?
ANSWER: a.
Laredo b.
San Jacinto c.
El Paso d.
San Antonio 59.
Largest slave uprising in American history (largely written out of history book until 21
st
century). ANSWER: a.
State of Muskogee b.
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
c.
German Coast Uprising d.
John Brown
’s Raid
60.
Largely self-educated in astronomy and mathematics, he was later called upon to assist in the surveying of territory for the construction of the nation's capital. ANSWER: a.
George Washington Carver b.
Benjamin Banneker c.
Booker T. Washington d.
Elijah McCoy 61.
Joe Feagin’s formula, “A + B + C + … = A” represents which intergroup contact theory? ANSWER: a.
Melting Pot b.
Assimilation c.
Acculturation d.
Internal Colonialism 62.
Mighty Native American group whose confederation inspired Thomas Jefferson and became the model of the U.S. government. ANSWER: a.
Algonguin b.
Ottawa c.
Sioux d.
Iroquois
63.
One of the earliest revolts on slave ships occurred in 1765 aboard what ship? a.
Amistad b.
Pegasus c.
Harwich d.
Hope 64.
Currently, scientists have determined that the ancestor of blonde hair and blue eyed people originated from one person who lived over 10,000 years ago in what region? ANSWER: a.
Caspian Sea b.
Red Sea c.
Black Sea d.
Mediterranean Sea 65.
In 1829, wrote a pamphlet about the abuses of slavery, and appealing to “coloured citizens of the world” to unite. In response, the South passed more oppressive acts against Black people. ANSWER: a.
Benjamin Banneker b.
David Walker c.
Marcus Garvey d.
W.E.B. DuBois 66.
The United States created this “instrument”
of punishment to subdue insubordinate enslaved Africans, without leaving as much trace of abuse. ANSWER: a.
The Cat-of-Nine-Tails b.
The Lash c.
The Flogging Stick d.
The Paddle 67.
Term created by the English to refer to those of European and American Indian ancestry. ANSWER: a.
Metis b.
Mulatto c.
Half Breed d.
Mongrel 68.
Which “symbolic” theory about prejudice discusses a process which relies on labeling and dehumanization, such that prejudicial attitudes can be justified and restrictive acts and outright violence can be rationalized. ANSWER:
a.
Displacement of hostility b.
Rationalization c.
Sick personality d.
Social Change 69.
In discussing why “chattel slavery” began as it did in the United Stat
es, Carl Degler of Stanford University points to which theory of prejudice? ANSWER: a.
Exploitation b.
Ignorance c.
Ethnocentrism d.
Symbolic 70.
What is the name of the U.S. policy that declared that all the Americas are off limit to any new European colonization? ANSWER: a.
Specie Circular b.
American Colonization Society (ACS) c.
Sovereign Citizens Movement d.
Monroe Doctrine 71.
Who said, “
Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just
.”
ANSWER:
a.
Frederick Douglass b.
George Washington c.
Thomas Jefferson d.
J
ohn O’Sullivan
72.
Name of the enslaved woman who was accused of witchcraft during Salem witch trials. ANSWER: a.
Peony b.
Tituba c.
Serafina d.
Bertha 73.
The Spirit of Crazy Horse
focused on story of an American Indian war leader; which of the following is NOT
a people, culture or band directly associated with Crazy Horse? a.
Oglala b.
Lakota c.
Sioux d.
Minneconjou 74.
The concept of “passing” is related to which prejudice theory
? ANSWER: a.
Rationalization b.
Ignorance c.
Exploitation d.
Ethnocentrism 75.
Thanksgiving commemorates an event that occurred at which site? a.
Roanoke b.
Jamestown c.
Plymouth Rock d.
Salem Part II: Essay Question.
Answer ONE
of the following essay questions (16 points). [
NOTE
: A question is the entirety of #75a-b or #76a-b.] 76.
Slavery has been called one of the most tragic events in American history. With this in mind, perform the following: a.
Provide at least two justifications the South used to defend slavery, their “peculiar institution.”
Write ANSWER below/next page. b.
Provide at least two rebuttals from the North to the Southern defense of slavery. Write ANSWER below/next page. 77.
From Ethnic Notions, briefly discuss/describe how and why four specific African American stereotypes emerged in the United States to justify slavery. For this answer, you should discuss what “real” African Americans were
doing versus what becomes the stereotype/image of African Americans. Write ANSWER below/next page. Part III: Essay Question.
Answer ONE
of the following essay questions (9 points). 78.
Provide two reasons why white colonists in Virginia (then all of United States) altered the image of Native Americans. For this answer, you should discuss what “real” American Indians were versus what
becomes the image of American Indians by colonists. Write ANSWER below/next page. 79.
Undoubtedly, the loss of indigenous people contributed to the development of the United States. Describe/identify two methods used by White Americans to “steal” land from the Mexican
Americans after 1849. Be specific. Write ANSWER below/next page. EXTRA CREDIT. (1 point each = 5 points) 80.
Name and provide 5 specific examples of John Blassingame’s Black contributions to the United States.
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