Please answer the following questions in complete sentences. The assignment is due Saturday before noon.
CHAPTER 9
- Who is Gunnar Myrdal. What did he call US associations?
- What becomes society’s “central organizing principle” after slavery ended?
- What was the one organization that gained membership after the Civil War?
- Why was it necessary for nonwhite groups to form their own associations?
- What benefits did African American fraternal orders offer its members?
- What traditionally white organization adopted an interracial charter in 1946?
- Define “ethnic nationalism.” Give examples from the black, Chicano and Native American experience.
- Who was Marcus Garvey?
- What was the UNIA? Describe its goals.
- What eventually happened to Garvey?
- Why did Malcolm X go to prison?
- What were the goals of the Nation of Islam?
- What is the Hajj?
- Who are more likely to join civic organizations, whites or nonwhites?
- What seems to be the one variable that is most closely associated with joining civic organizations?
- What is the best explanation for Asian Americans lack of participation in civic organizations?
- What is homophily, especially in regard to one’s choice of civic activity?
- What did MLK say was “the most segregated hour in this nation”?
- What are the goals of Jack and Jill of America? Who are its members?
- With integration has civic engagement gone up or down? How do you explain this (2 reasons)?
- What is the “Florida Effect”?
- What does MEChA stand for? What are its goals?
- Which two black businesses are considered “the second-best means of communication” after the black church?
- What do Pedro Corzo, Jose Gonzales and David Ritcheson have in common?
- According to the Southern Poverty Law Center how many hate groups are currently active in the US?
- What 3 factors have led to white evangelicals contributing to the race problem in the US?
