The Historical Perspective of Social and Economic Policies Presentation Quiz

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* 1. When considering the Role of Government and Race, please select the following laws Government passed and enforced.

Who could vote?

Who could be a citizen?

Who could own property?

Who was property?

Whose land was whose?

Where you could live?

Who could marry whom?

Whose military service would be honored, and whose would not?

All of the above

None of the above

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* 2. In 1851, Congress passes the Indian Appropriations Act creating the Indian reservation system. Native Americans could leave their reservations without any restriction.

True

False

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* 3. In 1848, a formal peace agreement is reached in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The U.S. required _______ to cede more than half of its land mass to the United States. (10 states including Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming).

Mexico

Great Britain

Spain

China

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* 4. Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882. This is a law that __________.

Granted access for Chinese families.

Denied access for American families.

Banned Chinese migration.

Created grants and employment opportunity for Chinese families.

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* 5. In 2018, a Pew Research Center indicated that and make up a large share of the U.S. Prison Population.

Asian and Blacks

White and Hispanic

Blacks and Hispanic

White and Asian

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* 6. In 1862, the Homestead Act was passed by Congress. Please identify which racial group mostly benefited from this law.

Native Americans

Mexican Americans

Asian Americans

African Americans

White Americans

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* 7. The Urban Institute reported that structural barriers cause poverty, not individual choices. Also, safety net programs perpetuate disparities by focusing on individual deservingness and equity should drive changes in safety net programs. When considering social and economic mobility, a U.S. Census study regarding Poverty Relative to Total Population by Race and Hispanic Origin in 1959 to 2019 found that:

Blacks in poverty had the best outcome.

Hispanics in poverty had the best outcome.

Asians in poverty had the best outcome.

Non-Hispanic whites in poverty had the best outcome.

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* 8. ________________ is defined as racial inequity within institutions and systems of power, such as places of employment, government agencies and social services. It can take the form of unfair policies and practices, discriminatory treatment and inequitable opportunities and outcomes.

Microaggression

Diversity

Structural Racism

Institutional Racism

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* 9. _________________ is defined as a history and current reality of institutional racism across all institutions, combining to create a system that negatively impacts communities of color.

Microaggression

Diversity

Structural Racism

Institutional Racism

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* 10. Equity involves trying to understand and give people what they need to enjoy full, healthy lives.

True

False

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* 1. When considering the Role of Government and Race, please select the following laws Government passed and enforced.

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* 2. In 1851, Congress passes the Indian Appropriations Act creating the Indian reservation system. Native Americans could leave their reservations without any restriction.

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* 3. In 1848, a formal peace agreement is reached in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The U.S. required _______ to cede more than half of its land mass to the United States. (10 states including Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming).

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* 4. Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882. This is a law that __________.

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* 5. In 2018, a Pew Research Center indicated that ______ and ______ make up a large share of the U.S. Prison Population.

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* 6. In 1862, the Homestead Act was passed by Congress. Please identify which racial group mostly benefited from this law.

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* 8. ________________ is defined as racial inequity within institutions and systems of power, such as places of employment, government agencies and social services. It can take the form of unfair policies and practices, discriminatory treatment and inequitable opportunities and outcomes.

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* 9. _________________ is defined as a history and current reality of institutional racism across all institutions, combining to create a system that negatively impacts communities of color.

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* 10. Equity involves trying to understand and give people what they need to enjoy full, healthy lives.

* 5. In 2018, a Pew Research Center indicated that and make up a large share of the U.S. Prison Population.