Sociology 3000 Test Questions with Complete Solutions

What factors account for the "Great Migration" of Blacks to the urban north during the early 20th century? How did the Great Migration differ from the preceding era of European immigration? Whites in the South made laws heavily biased against blacks. Manufacturers up north needed workers because of WWI, so they went south and recruited blacks. The Great Migration differed for blacks because they did not gain much during their migration, whites did not sell to blacks and used violence to try to push blacks out of neighborhoods. In the south they were paid 75 cents where they could be getting $5 in the north from companies like ford Sharecropping Workers worked in southern farms under credit and if there work at the end on the harvest was not good enough for the land owners they were in debt. couldn't leave had to pay it off- reason for great migration What role did the "old black middle class" play in the black community during the Great Migration? during the great Migration, whites often wouldn't serve blacks. Blacks decided to create their own businesses. Black ownerships, teachers, pastors, barbers The "urban crisis" is understood chiefly as an event of the 1960s and 1970s. Why does Sugrue think it is important to analyze the historical "origins" of this crisis? Elaborate. Has to analyze the origins because it is impossible to understand with out its roots. ignoring problems with housing, segregation, racism, and economic issues caused the crisis. African Americans faced disproportionate economic inequality caused by capitalist growth. What does Sugrue mean when he states, that while " auto work offered blacks their greatest opportunities in the postwar era, it was also the source of some of their greatest frustrations?" Black received jobs in the auto work industry with decently fair work and slightly less discrimination. But blacks were stuck in unskilled labor jobs because higher white workers were in fear of replacement. most vulnerable to replacement and lay offs. How does a "ghetto" differ from an "ethnic neighborhood" in the U.S.? Elaborate. ghettos were more about racial identity and were socially forced. Ethnic neighborhoods are usually in better condition, not forced and more about culture and values. Example: Chinatown