Deck 10: The Future of Ethnicity in America

Question 1

How did patterns of immigration to the United States change between 1950 and 1990?

Answer 1

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Question 2

What pieces of immigration legislation have affected immigration from Asian and Latin American countries? Explain their impact.

Answer 2

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Question 3

In the 21^st century, what factors will contribute to tensions between African Americans and other ethnic populations?

Answer 3

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Question 4

Is there an association between increased immigration and rising resentment toward immigrants? If so, what is the nature of the consequences of this association?

Question 5

Is there a difference in the manner in which Asians and Hispanics are perceived as being a threat to the Anglo-Saxon core?

Question 6

What social forces and/or social factors may reduce the identifiability of Hispanics in American society?

Question 7

Why can we say that the "ethnic diversity" in America is the result of immigration?

Question 8

The vast majority of Latin American-born immigrants to the United States have not finished high school.

Question 9

Contrary to earlier periods of immigration, present-day immigration laws have less effect on the composition of immigrants.

Question 10

When the total numbers of Asian and Hispanic immigrants are considered, there are more Asian than Hispanic immigrants to the United States.

Question 11

As a result of the Immigration Acts of 1965 and 1986, the American population has become more Hispanic and more Asian.

Question 12

Tighter control of the U.S.-Mexico border will reduce the flow of undocumented immigrants from Mexico and Latin America.

Question 13

The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 removed amnesty from long-term undocumented residents in the United States.

Question 14

The Refugee Act of 1980 resulted in the arrival in the United States of large numbers of immigrants from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.

Question 15

Immigration is a key factor in creating a diverse society in the United States.

Question 16

Legal immigration to the United States increased after World War II, but then declined up to 1980.

Question 17

About two-thirds of Asian-born immigrants have college degrees.

Question 18

In terms of their employment index, European-born immigrants do consistently better than other recent immigrant populations.

Question 19

Unlike those of European ancestry, those Hispanics who are already in the United States want more Hispanics to come.

Question 20

Latin American immigrants are less likely than the Asian-born to seek full U.S. citizenship.

Question 21

In the future, expanding entrepreneurial niches will provide Hispanics with the same opportunities as Asians.

Question 22

In the future, many Hispanics will become part of the Anglo-Saxon mainstream at the same time that many others will be confined to the barrios and, hence, outside the American mainstream.

Question 23

Over the next decades, the current antagonisms between whites and Hispanics will recede.

Question 24

Which ethnic subpopulation is estimated to account for over thirty percent of the U.S. population in the year 2050?

A) Asian/Pacific Islanders
B) Non-Latino blacks
C) Non-Latino whites
D) Latinos

Question 25

Between 2000-2002 how many immigrants came from the country of Mexico?

A) 290,000
B) 406,000
C) 844,000
D) 1,014,000

Question 26

Which of the following is the fastest growing ethnic population in America?

A) Asians
B) Hispanics
C) blacks
D) whites

Question 27

Immigration from Latin America was facilitated by

A) the Immigration Act of 1965.
B) the Immigration Act of 1980.
C) the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
D) all of the above

Question 28

The Refugee Act of 1980

A) increased the number of Cuban immigrants to the United States.
B) favored immigration from Asian countries - especially from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
C) targeted refugees in the United States for deportation.
D) favored immigration from Central America.

Question 29

The Immigration Act of 1965

A) eliminated proportional, country-specific quotas that favored European countries.
B) eliminated immigration from Asia, Mexico, and Central America.
C) required fluency in the English language.
D) none of the above

Question 30

The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) targeted

A) Asian refugees.
B) agricultural workers.
C) long-term, undocumented residents.
D) both b and c.

Question 31

Between 1983 and 1991, the Immigration and Naturalization Service found that the area sending the most legal immigrants to the United States was

A) Asia.
B) Central America.
C) Mexico.
D) South America

Question 32

Which state receives the most new immigrants?

A) Florida
B) Texas
C) New York
D) California

Question 33

Which of the following reasons had the highest response rate as a reason Mexicans believe Mexicans immigrate to the United States?

A) A higher standard of living exists.
B) Better employers can be found in the United States.
C) There is no employment in Mexico.
D) Mexicans want to earn more money.

Question 34

Which Asian population has not been growing at a rapid rate over the last decade?

A) Japanese
B) Chinese
C) Korean
D) Filipino

Question 35

Which areas will be "flash points" between Asians and other ethnics in the future?

A) middleman minority positions
B) professional and managerial positions
C) blue-collar service and labor positions
D) both a and b

Question 36

In the future, the likelihood of increased hostility between African and Hispanic Americans will most likely be over

A) middleman niches.
B) professional-managerial positions.
C) low-and semi-skilled positions.
D) both a and b.

Question 37

The metropolitan area in which the greatest percentage of immigrants settle is _________.

Question 38

The piece of immigration legislation that established amnesty for long-term undocumented residents was the _________.

Question 39

A person who arrives in a host country out of a fear of persecution in his or her home country is referred to as a(an) _________.

Question 40

Immigration from Asian countries was promoted by the __________ of 1980.

Question 41

The region sending the most legal immigrants to the United States is _________.