The Civil Rights Movement (Multiple Choice)

The Civil Rights Movement
 
  a. was influenced by the philosophy of Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi.
 b. was the first movement working for the rights of African Americans in the U.S.
 c. was originally motivated by the establishment of Affirmative Action legislation.
 d. was large but ineffective.

Question 2

Which type of theorist is most likely to emphasize that culture serves the interest of powerful group in society?
 
  a. Functionalism
 b. Conflict theory
 c. Symbolic interaction
 d. New cultural studies

Question 3

The major force behind the most progressive social change in race relations in the U.S. was
 
  a. an upturn is the economy during the 1960s and 1970s.
 b. the Civil Rights Movement.
 c. the end of the Cold War.
 d. the Bakke decision ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Question 4

Classical sociologists placed most emphasis on _____.
 
  a. material culture
 b. nonmaterial culture
 c. real culture
 d. cultural constructions

Question 5

William Julius Wilson rejects the _____ explanation in favor of a social/economic explanation of racial differences.
 
  a. Moynihan
 b. culture of poverty
 c. cultural deficiencies
 d. inner city

Question 6

Conflict theorists see contemporary culture as
 
  a. produced within institutions that are based on inequality and capitalist principles.
 b. functional for society.
 c. the product of social interactions in everyday life.
 d. the product of the Protestant ethic.

Question 7

William Julius Wilson believes the cause of the emergence of an urban underclass is
 
  a. the culture of poverty.
 b. prejudice and racism.
 c. economic and social structural deficits in society.
 d. too much immigration from some areas.