Deck 13: Racism, Nativism, and Immigration Policy

Question 1

The presumed superiority of native-born citizens, favoring the allocation of resources to them over immigrants and promoting a fear of foreign cultures is called:

A) American exceptionalism.
B) ethnic cleansing.
C) racism.
D) nativism.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following was not an immigration policy but because it referred to free-White persons, it applied to foreign-born White people?

A) The Residence Act of 1790
B) The Naturalization Law of 1790
C) The Naturalization Act of 1793
D) The Alien and Sedition Act of 1798

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What was the 1893 landmark Supreme Court case that involved three Chinese nationals who claimed they deserved constitutional protections in their deportation cases?

A) Fong Yue Ting v. United States
B) Gong Lum v. Rice
C) Yick Wo v. Hopkins
D) United States v. Wong Kim Ark

Answer 3

A

Question 4

In 1924, the U.S. Congress implemented three restrictive measures that effectively cut off immigration from most countries. Which of the following is NOT one of those measures?

A) The Immigration Act of 1924
B) 1924 Oriental Exclusion Act
C) Native American Citizenship Act of 1924
D) Creation of the Border Patrol

Question 5

There were several non-democratic countries who were among the first one to change racist immigration policies to more inclusive ones. Which of the following is NOT included among them?

A) Paraguay
B) Venezuela
C) Argentina
D) Chile

Question 6

The second wave of 4.6 million Mexicans came under a program created by the U.S. government to meet labor shortages caused by World War II. The program was called the:

A) Bracero Program.
B) Operation Wetback.
C) Guest Worker Program.
D) Campesino Program.

Question 7

Under the McCarran Internal Security Act of 1950, deportation proceedings were initiated against 15,000 suspected or confirmed Communists. How many of the 15,000 people were deported?

A) 14,378
B) 7,144
C) 3,456
D) 253

Question 8

The 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act was also called the:

A) 1965 Long-Hayden Act.
B) 1965 Metcalf-Hickenlooper Act.
C) 1965 Hart-Cellar Act.
D) 1965 Boggs-Ford Act.

Question 9

Under the 1924 Immigration Act, the number of immigrants from Asia dropped from 36,080 in the 1850s to __________ in the 1930s.

A) 23,577
B) 19,231
C) 10,034
D) 4,658

Question 10

Following the 1943 repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese immigration to the United States:

A) stayed the same because the U.S. was no longer desirable.
B) dropped even further as China's economy grew.
C) slowly began to pick up again.
D) quickly began to pick up again as WWII raged on in Japan.

Question 11

In 1929, California began to see Filipinos as a threat, so they asked Congress to restrict Filipino Immigration. Congress passed the Tydings-McDuffe Act in 1934 which limited Filipino immigration an annual quota of:

A) 50.
B) 150.
C) 350.
D) 550.

Question 12

Between 1966 and 1981, over 200,000 Asian Indians came to the United States. The majority of these new immigrants were __________.

A) farm laborers
B) factory workers
C) doctors
D) professionals

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic about Korean immigrants?

A) They were relatively highly educated.
B) Thirty percent came on skills-based visas.
C) Fifty percent came on student visas and twenty percent as brides.
D) Seventy percent came on family reunification visas.

Question 14

Latin American migration increased dramatically in the 1990s, when ____________ Latin Americans became legal permanent residents.

A) 9 million
B) 7 million
C) 5 million
D) 3 million

Question 15

Since 1965, approximately 3.5 million Caribbean immigrants came from each of the following countries EXCEPT:

A) Puerto Rico.
B) Dominican Republic.
C) Cuba.
D) Jamaica.

Question 16

Prior to 1965, there were no limits on the number of immigrants who could be admitted from __________.

A) France
B) Mexico
C) Egypt
D) Nigeria

Question 17

The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) had two prongs. The first was to offer legalization option for people who lived in the United States but did not have the proper authorization to work and the second was:

A) to give tax credits for employers who helped workers obtain legal authorization to work.
B) to create another bracero program to assist employers.
C) to offer incentives for employers to turn in undocumented workers.
D) to impose sanctions on employers who hired undocumented workers.

Question 18

As Californians were debating Proposition 187 in the early 1990s, which of the following was NOT a statement made about Mexicans:

A) The proposition was a response the "Mexican impact on the state of California."
B) "I just wanted something to be done about too many Mexican people all of a sudden."
C) "It's time to get these dirty, lazy Mexicans out of here."
D) The governor "widely publicizing the estimated costs of keeping illegal aliens in prison."

Question 19

What was the 1996 legislation that denied government services and benefits to legally present migrants?

A) Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
B) The America First Budget Reconciliation Act
C) The Citizenship Protection Act
D) The Freedom from Welfare Act

Question 20

Deportation policy is also gendered. About 90% of all deportees are men, even though about half of all immigrants are men. What, according to Golash-Boza, is a likely reason for this?

A) Men are the breadwinners and are more likely to get caught in immigration raids.
B) Men are more likely to be in public places increasing the chances for coming to the attention of authorities.
C) Men commit more crimes than women and get arrested and deported.
D) Men are more likely to be involved in the drug trade.

Question 21

What is a troubling aspect of the Mr. Bautista story at the beginning of the chapter?

Question 22

What was the state of immigration when the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed?

Question 23

What was the effect of the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on Mexican immigration?

Question 24

What led to the continued growth of the Vietnamese population?

Question 25

In 2018, 1 million people who became legal permanent residents. From highest to lowest, which countries/continents were represented in that number?

Question 26

What paved the way for Dominicans to enter the United States?

Question 27

What are some of the immigration policies related to Cuba?

Question 28

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act was designed to "end welfare as we know it." It had nativist provisions that were based on unfounded stereotypes. What were some of those myths?

Question 29

What makes the 1996 laws disproportionally applied to Blacks and Latinos?

Question 30

What is to be learned from Hector's story under Voices?

Question 31

How was the Mr. Bautista case resolved?

Question 32

What was the legal precedent set by Fong Yue Ting?

Question 33

What was Operation Wetback?

Question 34

Where do Puerto Ricans fit in the immigration policy?

Question 35

Historian George Sanchez suggest that three factors distinguish contemporary racialized nativism from that of a century ago. What are they?