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Soc 185 - Final Study Guide Updated Version 2023 2024 100% Complete Guaranteed Success 3 categories of admission for permanent residents - Correct Answer ~Employment -related preferences - Demands for certain types of workers from some immigrants - has to do with skills and resources immigrants have for certain work. ~Family -related preferences and relatives of U.S. citizens ~Refugees (kicked out of their own country, fled to US) 20th century laws overturned. - Correct Answer discrimination in workplace against women was legally permitted and corporations had actual policies --couldn't hold positions of authority or expertise or opportunity for advancement 1964 Civil Rights Act and Women's Liberation Movement - Correct Answer there was a component of the civil rights that f ought for womens rights too. Although there was more emphasis on race. Gov ban on discrimination was more towards race. The gov didn't enforce rules towards women. In comes the WLM pushing for women rights. 1965 Immigration Reforms - Correct Answer Eliminated b Correct Answer + restrictions - got rid of discriminatory quota system where certain countries weren't allowed, to now a cap on people from all countries. Preferences for people with U.S family. It was a blanket policy rather than a target policy. Eliminated Brocero Progra m- which allowed mexic Correct Answer to come in for a short period of time. **Massive spike in undocumented workers. Ban on immigration from China (1882): Then all of Asia (1917) - Correct Answer AsiCorrect Answer couldn't become citizens or white under the law. To discourage them from c oming here/ then came the ban. The various white immigrants were included in citizenship under the law/ legally white. Still subjected to discrimination. During this period while immigration was closed to all AsiCorrect Answer , Latin America was encouraged (especiall y mexic Correct Answer ) to come. There wasn't a ban. Before 1960s - legally -reinforced gender inequality - Correct Answer The laws of the American State that legally gave men advantages in the economy over women. Throughout the 19th Century, women couldnt own property. They wou ld get married, and then lose the things they owned. Capital income - Correct Answer The amount of money a person receives from owning capital of any sort (profit, interest, rent, etc.). In other words, this is the amount of money a person makes off of their existin g wealth. Child -rearing strategies (see Lareau 2003) - Correct Answer approx. one generation ago, there was more natural growth even in middle class, then there was a historical shift to concerted cultivation; when parents begin to realize success is embedded in class structure, it drives these parents to compete for this concerted cultivation. Class origins - Correct Answer class positions of the family/ household in which individuals were raised - Social class has to do with where you start or how your previous generations le ft you off financially; automatically putting you in a social category. Different Sociologist emphasize different terms when they are talking about social class * Class positions - Correct Answer sets of individuals who have a common location but unequal distribution of economic resources (social position due to wealth accum.) corporate community - Correct Answer rich owners who try and influence what the government does. Pushing for go v policies for corporate. They waged a campaign against workers and to give even more money to owners. Corporations largely won. Corporate community vs. liberal -labor coalition (Domhoff 2010) - Correct Answer conflict between workers and owners De-unionization - Correct Answer decline in the percentage of the labor force that is unionized --to eliminate labor unions from (a company, industry, etc) --unions are losing members (so you get more benefits favoring the rich). Unions are important for decrease in inequality in mid 20th century, but reason for increase in it after. With less powerful unions companies effectively push min labor down and unions down. Unions originally succeeded in getting a min wage, against child labor, bargained for benefits. difference between first & second wave - Correct Answer (1) first wave consisted of mostly immigrants from Europe were poor and uneducated -- fleeing from poor conditions. Undocumented immigrants were very rare before 1960's, and this surged after the 1965 immigration reform (2) second wave co nsisted of mainly latin Americ Correct Answer and Asi Correct Answer ; but majority of immigrants brought college degrees, valuable tools, skills, bringing acquired resources, many have wealth and capital economic differences - Correct Answer Education, occupation, income, etc. - 70% of IndiCorrect Answer have degrees compared to 30% of Americ Correct Answer . Doesn't simply reflect home countries - ex- India is not a wealthy country, but they send over their most skilled workers ( so they have higher economic standing in U.S) effects of racial justice movements - Correct Answer Openly racist laws eliminated and unconstitutional Discrimination banned in most areas Meanings of race and racism are changed --being racist is looked down upon --Diversity is celebrated Explanations for Rising Income Inequality in the U.S. - Correct Answer (1) Technological Change (2) Offshoring of jobs (50s -60s--mid 20th century)
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