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Copy of U.S. ETHNIC STUDIES SECOND SEMESTER FINAL EXAM (5/1/2026)

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Question 1
1.

Approximately what percentage of the black vote went to George W. Bush in the 2000 presidential election?

Question 2
2.

Under President George W. Bush, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice both served as
Multiple choice question.

Question 3
3.

Democrats and blacks alleged that many African-American voters were systematically disenfranchised during the 2000 presidential election in which crucial state?

Question 4
4.

In the 2004 case of Vieth v. Jubelirer, the Supreme Court struck a blow against black electoral participation when it

Question 5
5.

Which congressperson has, with little success, introduced legislation every year since 1989 in hopes of creating a commission to consider the possibility of paying reparations for slavery to African Americans?

Question 6
6.

In 2004, an effort to gain compensation for the survivors and heirs of the 1921 Tulsa race riot through the courts was

Question 7
7.

As of 2007, all of the following states’ legislatures had issued apologies for their past roles in slavery EXCEPT

Question 8
8.

Which of the following statements about the spread of HIV/AIDS in black communities is LEAST accurate?

Question 9
9.

African Americans constitute roughly what percentage of America’s prison population?

Question 10
10.

According to More Than Just Race, by sociologist William Julius Wilson,

Question 11
11.

Which of the following statements about the American prison system is LEAST accurate?

Question 12
12.

Who was mayor of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005?

Question 13
13.

What effect did Hurricane Katrina have on race relations in the United States?

Question 14
14.

Which black performer notoriously proclaimed that, “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” during a live broadcast of a Hurricane Katrina benefit concert?

Question 15
15.

Which country’s music scene has blended Hip Hop with its traditional tassou performances to produce international stars such as MC Solaar and Duggy Tee?

Question 16
16.

Figures such as Ras Baraka and groups such as Project Blowed are leaders in the effort to

Question 17
17.

What role did Hip Hop artists play in the 2008 presidential election?

Question 18
18.

As part of a new “Great Migration” in the early twenty-first century, African Americans are moving

Question 19
19.

Which of the following states has experienced the steepest decline in its African-American population?

Question 20
20.

The cities with the largest African-American populations as of 2004 included all of the following EXCEPT

Question 21
21.

In 2000, blacks represented what percentage of the total American population?

Question 22
22.

Roughly what percentage of American Hispanics identify themselves as blacks?

Question 23
23.

Which of the following statements about black American settlement patterns is MOST accurate?

Question 24
24.

What was “Camp Obama”?

Question 25
25.

Barack Obama’s presidential candidacy was nearly derailed by an inflammatory sermon delivered by

Question 26
26.

What accounts for the disparities in health between white and black Americans? Is the root cause of these disparities economic or racial? Can the health crisis be solved within the black community itself or does it need to be addressed by outside intervention from the federal government? Would even government intervention be able to address the problem, or does it require a fundamental restructuring of America’s social and economic structures?