Question
Communities of this religious group in Philadelphia and Boston formed “social test tubes” used by E. Digby Baltzell to study the American elite. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this religious group that Baltzell popularized the acronym WASP to describe. This group’s work ethic is a driving force in the emergence of capitalism according to Max Weber.
ANSWER: Protestants [or word forms like Protestantism; accept Puritanism, Quakerism, Calvinism, or other subsets of Protestantism; accept The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism; prompt on Christians or word forms like Christianity; reject “Catholics” or “Catholicism”]
[10h] Baltzell contrasts Puritan and Quaker views towards the “institutionalization” of this concept, which reduced the need for wealth and prestige. According to Weber, charismatic challenges to the “traditional” type of this concept are reconciled through “routinization.”
ANSWER: authority [accept class authority, traditional authority, or charismatic authority; accept legitimate authority or Weberian authority]
[10m] When republishing W. E. B. DuBois’s The Philadelphia Negro in 1967, Baltzell described this subset of “exceptional men” whose charismatic leadership DuBois promised would uplift Black American society.
ANSWER: talented tenth
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Summary
| 2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Warwick | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
Data
| Waterloo Aspidistra | Waterloo Basic | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |