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urrections: This midterm is divided into three sections.

Section I will assess your knowledge in determining if a statement is true or false. Section II will assess your knowledge to select the best answer to complete a statement or question.

Section III will assess your knowledge to write a short answer to complete a response or statement.

Section I: True and False Statements: You will write a "T" for true and "F" for false on the line provided before the statement.

1. There is unequal wealth and resource distribution, unfair treatment of individuals with differing tmits (race, culture, sexual orientation, religion, and laws that support segregation.

2. Social justice is about assuring the protection of equal access to liberties, rights, and opportunities, as well as taking care of the least advantaged members of society. 3. Social justice is promoting a just society by challenging injustice and valuing diversity."

4. Social justice exists when "some people share a common humanity and therefore have a right to equitable treatment, support for their human rights, and a fair fair allocation of community resources.

5. In conditions of social justice, people are allowed to be discriminated against on the basis of age, disability, religion, social class, or other characteristic of background.

6. Race is a social construct.

7. In the article" Black Women Are Learning and Getting Nowhere" by Emily Peck the author found in their research that black women am not as nearly as much as white women to say they aspire to a powerful job with a prestigious title.

8. Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome is a condition that exists as a consequence of multigenerational oppression of Africans and their descendants resulting from centuries of chattel slavery.

9. The underclass is undercastc, a lower caste of individuals who are temporarily barred from the mainstream society.

10. The current system of control permanently locks a huge percentage of the African American community out of the mainstream society and economy.

11. Brown vs. The Board of Education in 1954 was a decision by the Supreme Court that "Separate but Equal was Unconstitutional"

12. "The Star Spangle Banner" written by Francis Scott Key is a positive influence in our Society and it is one of the most pro•slavery and racist songs in America.

13. The Great Migration was the mass movement of about five million southern blacks to the north and west between 1915 and 1960.

14. The economic motivations for migration were a combination of the desire to escape oppressive economic conditions in the south and the promise of greater prosperity in the north. _

15. The law enforcement targeted poor neighborhoods of color during a drug sweep, resulting in high numbers of African Americans and Latinos filing our nation's prisons.

16. Stereotypes of African American males and females in America are morepositive than the stereotypes of European American males and females.

17. Whites, particularly white youth, are more likely to engage in illegal drugs dealing than people of color.

18. The National Institute on Drug Abuse reported that black students use cocaine at seven times the rate of white students, and use crack cocaine at eight times the rate of white students.

19. There are more people in prison and jails today just for drug offenses than were incarcerated for all reasons in 1980.

20. The origin of the term "African American" was popularized by Jesse Jackson in 2010, but a Yale research found the term was used in a publication 233 years ago.

Section II:

1. Unequal Government Regulation involves laws and regulations that discriminate against groups in opportunities and resources. Examples are: a. Poverty (lacking access to food, clean water, and shelter) b. Access to Health Care c. Civil Rights d. Death Penalty e. All of the above.

2. There are four types of racism discussed in class. They are: a. Internalized, Interpersonal, Institutional and Ideology b. Intrapersonal, Individual, Group and Institutional. c. Interpersonal, Internalized, Structural and Social d. Internalized, Interpersonal, Institutional and Structural. e. Interpersonal, Institutional, Intrapersonal and Structural.

3. Internalized Racism is defined as: a. Racism between individuals b. Racism outside of one's race within groups. c. Racism that targets our youth. d. Racism that lies within the individual. e. Racism that targets a group of people who are marginalized.

4. An example of Institutional Racism is ...: a. Racial Equality b. Police Support c. Mass Incarceration d. Segregated Housing e. College Entrance Selection

5. The title of the video that chronicled the life of black people in poor neighborhoods targeted by the police for drugs was entitled: a. American Victims b. Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome c. Drug Lords d. Roses are Drugs e. American Violet

6. This system is the process of placing people in occupational groups where the elite and upper class have all the power. a. Community System b. Segregated Schools c. Levels of Opportunity d. Dominant System e. Caste System

7. The new system of control in America has been Slavery and Jim Crow. Today it is: a. Unemployment b. Mass Incarceration c. Police Brutality d. Poverty e. A College Degree 8. These documents influenced a Caste System and Racism with the exception of one of the following: a. Dred Scott Decision b. The Constitution c. Brown vs. Board of Education d. Civil War Amendments e. Slave Trade

9. Social Justice issues occur on the following levels: a. globally, nationally, and within groups. b. nationally, regionally, locally and within groups. e. nationally, regionally, and locally. d. nationally, regionally, locally, and internally. e. Globally, nationally, regionally, locally and within groups.

10. This was a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court that upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal"

a. The Missouri Compromise

b. Plessy vs. Ferguson

c. Civil Rights Act

d. Brown vs. Board of Education

e. The Jim Crow Laws

11. This legislation outlawed a despicable act. Which is true about the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

a. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (July 1964) is a landmark case that outlawed discrimination.

b. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 called for a redistribution of economic and political powc,r.

c. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed interracialmarriages.

d. The Civil Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark case that outlawed integration in education.

e. The Civil Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark case that outlawed lynching.

12. Among racial and ethnic groups, had the highest poverty rate, 27.4 percent, followed by at 26.6 percent and at 9.9 percent

a. Hispanics, African Americans and Caucasians.

b. Caucasians, African Americans and Hispanics

c. African Americans, Asians, and Caucasians

d. Caucasians, Hispanics and African Americans.

e. African Americans, Hispanics and Caucasians.

13. The Civil Rights Movement addressed segregation and

a. lynching

b. police brutality

c upper class

d poverty

e.Black Lives Matter

14. This man was only 26 years old when he led the Civil Rights Movement and is widely regarded as America's pre-eminent advocate of nonviolence and one of the greatest nonviolent leaders in world history.

a. Dr. Jesse Jackson

b. Dr. Frederick Douglass

c. Dr. Booker T. Washington

d. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

e. Dr. W.E.B. DuBois

15. Between 1960s - 1980s President Nixon, Reagan and others declared "The War on Drugs" that first focused on:

a. Poverty and drugs were major themes of the campaign.

b. Crime and Welfare were major themes of the campaign.

c. Alcohol and Crime were the major themes of the campaign.

(I. Alcohol and Drugs were major themes of the campaign. C. Tobacco and Alcohol were major themes of the campaign.

16. This report iheused on the deep roots of black poverty in the United States and controversially concluded that the high rate of' families headed by single mothers would greatly hinder progress of blacks toward economic and political equality.

a. Daniel Jones Report on the Family Report

b. Booker T. Washington Report on the Black Family

c. Daniel Patrick Moynihan report on the Black Family

d. W.E.B.DuBois Report on the Black Family

e. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Moynihan Report on the Black Family.

17. Which statement is a myth of the War on Drugs.

a. The war was aimed at ridding the nation of drug kingpins or big time dealers.

b. The war was primarily concerned with dangerous drugs.

c. The war targeted a certain group of people.

d. The decline in legitimate employment opportunities among inner-city residents increased incentives to sell drugs.

e. Police officers used minor traffic violations as an excuse to search for drugs.

SC What amendment is designed to protect the people as it states that the right of the people is to he secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated and no warrant issued, but upon probably cause, etc.

a. 1 3th Amendment

b. 15th Amendment

c. First Amendment

d. Third Amendment

e. Fourth Amendment

19. There are racial disparities in our

a. anthropology system

b. criminal justice

c. educational system

d. athletic system

C. political system system: