Final Exam:
Please answer all four (4) questions in the form of complete essays. Be specific and explain your answers in detail.
Explain the significance of De Jure Segregation, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Civil Rights Act. Currently, what are African-Americans experiencing in our society? Has their quality of life been improving or not?What is your personal opinion on Civil Rights in America?
With respect to American Indians, discuss the significance of the initial European contact, the “Indian Problem”, the Ghost Dance Movement and the Dawes Act. What does the future hold for these American Indians?
Discuss the immigration patterns of Hispanic groups. How do they all differ? What is the significance of the Chicano Movement? How are the experiences of Mexicans, Puerto Ricans and Cubans different? What do you see as the future for Hispanic Groups in America?
With respect to Asian Americans, explain the two categories of the Asian experience. How do the immigration patterns of the Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Filipinos and Vietnamese differ? Discuss the significance of the “Yellow Peril” and the Japanese Internment Camps during World War II. What is the future for Asian Americans in America?
Are white ethnic groups a minority? Discuss why. Explain how the patterns of immigration differ for the various white ethnic groups and how the Jewish immigrant experience is a special case. Discuss the three factors affecting the mobility and assimilation of white ethnic groups. Also, what effect does industrialization play?
How does contemporary immigration differ from that of these white ethnic groups? What is your personal opinion on new groups immigrating to America?
Why is there gender inequality in the US? What roles do patriarchy and sexism play? What is the experience of women in the workplace, economic system, educational system and political system? How do feminists see this situation and what solutions do they propose? How will the role of women in American society change in the future?
Are people from different sexual orientations treated as minorities? What is the significance of heterosexuality, bisexuality, asexuality, and homosexuality? Discuss the Gay Rights Movement in contrast to the Civil Rights Movement. Are there differences and similarities? What is the future for same-sex marriage and transsexuals in America?
Requirements:
Typed in 12 point Arial font
Double spaced
One inch margins (top, bottom, left and right)
Number your essays
Minimum 11 pages in length (feel free to exceed this suggestion)
Saved in a Word document
Please include your name and date at the top of the first page of the paper!
DO NOT use any sources other than the class lessons. DO NOT USE ANY OUTSIDE SOURCES FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
You do not need to cite the class lessons
Title your document LastName.docx (for example: JSmith.docx)
Save you document in Microsoft Word only!!!
Exams submitted late will be penalized 10 points per day late.
Exams submitted more than 48 hours late will not be accepted and will receive a grade of zero = F.
