Deck 9: Puerto Ricans and Mexican Americans: Identity and Incorporation

Question 1

Which subgroup of U.S.Hispanics is the largest?

A) Mexicans
B) Puerto Ricans
C) Dominicans
D) Cubans

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Based on one study,the most preferred racial-group classification was:

A) Hispanic.
B) Latin.
C) Mexican.
D) Spanish-origin.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

According to the U.S.Census 2000,Latinos comprise ________ of the total U.S.population.

A) 9.3 percent
B) 12.5 percent
C) 37 percent
D) 56.3 percent

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which ethnic group has been among the most successful in maintaining their cultural heritage ? in the United States?

A) Italians and Asians
B) French and Russians
C) Poles and Africans
D) Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans

Question 5

LULAC fought the school district in the Lemon Grove,California case because:

A) They would not let Hispanics participate in extra-curricular activities.
B) They forbade Spanish-speaking students from attending schools.
C) They integrated schools.
D) They built a Mexican-only school.

Question 6

Which is the most important factor when determining if children will speak Spanish or ? English?

A) if their parents speak English
B) if the schools teach English only
C) if the schools teach bilingual
D) if the community is English-speaking

Question 7

The majority of Puerto Ricans live in ________ states.

A) Southwestern
B) Northeastern
C) Texas and California
D) Florida and Missouri

Question 8

All of the following are examples of U.S.Census Bureau struggles to define Mexican and ? Puerto Rican Americans except:

A) Mother tongue.
B) the use of the term "other."
C) last name spelling.
D) skin color.

Question 9

The Lau task Force Remedies recommended ________ education for New York City children.

A) five language
B) Spanish-only
C) bilingual
D) English-only

Question 10

Which subgroup of U.S.Hispanics is the second largest?

A) Cubans
B) Dominicans
C) Puerto Ricans
D) Mexicans

Question 11

The bilingual education debate is framed by Anglo conformity and ________ ideologies.

A) discrimination
B) cultural pluralist
C) anti-assimilationist
D) conflict

Question 12

What percent of the U.S.Hispanic population is foreign-born?

A) 5 percent
B) 20 percent
C) 38 percent
D) 40 percent

Question 13

The historic concentration of the Latino population in the United States is where?

A) Southeast
B) Northwest
C) Southwest
D) Midwest

Question 14

Puerto Rico was at one time under the control of all of the following except:

A) France.
B) Spain.
C) United States
D) Christopher Columbus.

Question 15

As incomes increase,fluency in English:

A) decreases.
B) increases.
C) disappears.
D) is accompanied by fluency in Spanish.

Question 16

Cultural pluralist would encourage children to learn:

A) English only.
B) Spanish only.
C) two languages.
D) More than one language in bilingual programs.

Question 17

When Puerto Ricans voted in the 1950 referendum,they chose a:

A) U.S. state status.
B) democracy with a president.
C) commonwealth.
D) dictator.

Question 18

The ________ Act of 1968,Title VII was an amendment to the 1965 Elementary and Secondary ? Education Act which funded bilingual education programs.

A) Language Equity
B) Fairness in Learning
C) Bilingual
D) English-Only

Question 19

According to your text,early in U.S.history,Mexican American children were believed to be ? ________ in language.

A) deficient
B) capable
C) retarded
D) incapable

Question 20

The best way to describe the Hispanic population is:

A) shrinking.
B) homogeneous.
C) heterogeneous.
D) assimilating.

Question 21

Which Hispanic group typically scores segregation index scores above 70?

A) Mexican Americans
B) Puerto Ricans
C) Cubans
D) Dominicans

Question 22

The Brown v.Topeka Board of Education case of 1954 was preceded by a case in New York City ? brought in behalf of Puerto Rican children.

Question 23

Puerto Ricans,it has been found,provide ________ of the care their elderly or disabled family ? require.

A) none
B) most
C) some
D) all

Question 24

Mexican Americans make about ________ on Anglos dollars.

A) 27 cents
B) 55 cents
C) 67 cents
D) 99 cents

Question 25

What percentage of Puerto Ricans live in poverty,according to mid 1980 data?

A) 20 percent
B) 33 percent
C) 41 percent
D) 50 percent

Question 26

Even the fourth generation of Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans have retained the value ? of:

A) speaking English.
B) returning home each year.
C) familism.
D) machismo.

Question 27

Bilingual education in the United States has been implemented with very little controversy.

Question 28

Cubans and Mexican Americans are culturally similar in the United States.

Question 29

Many Mexican American and Puerto Rican youth:

A) graduate high school.
B) graduate college.
C) drop out of college.
D) drop out before graduating high school.

Question 30

Many Puerto Rican islanders speak Spanish better than English.

Question 31

Puerto Ricans,seeking employment opportunities have been moving more toward:

A) sunbelt states.
B) Northwest.
C) Southwest.
D) Midwest.

Question 32

Which category of Mexican American is most likely to interracially marry (marry out)?

A) those with parents born in Mexico
B) those with parents born in New York
C) those with native parents
D) those with non-native parents

Question 33

When Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States,the locals chose English as the official ? language.

Question 34

At one time in Puerto Rico's history,the United States had political control of the island.

Question 35

Pluralists want only minority children to be bilingual in the United States.

Question 36

Most Puerto Rican migration to the United States came after WWII.

Question 37

More and more Mexican American men are moving into:

A) exports.
B) farm work.
C) manual labor.
D) professions.

Question 38

Very few Mexican Americans live in the southwestern U.S.states.

Question 39

Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans have not:

A) substituted Spanish for English.
B) substituted English for Spanish.
C) remained for generations in the United States.
D) voted in favor of bilingual education.

Question 40

Hispanics are a very diverse category of U.S.ethnics.

Question 41

According to Gordon's theory,Puerto Ricans and Mexican Americans are assimilating by ? substitution.

Question 42

The post-colonial perspective can be applied to Puerto Rican Americans.

Question 43

White Hispanics typically have White friends.

Question 44

Compare the Mexican American and Puerto Rican assimilation experience (or lack of ? assimilation experience) using information provided in Chapter 9.

Question 45

Describe some of the unique hardships faced by Mexican Americans and by Puerto Ricans.

Question 46

Organizers for English-only language support bilingual language programs.

Question 47

Unemployment for Whites and Puerto Ricans is almost identical.

Question 48

Describe the progress made by Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans in terms of primary and ? secondary assimilation and structural assimilation.

Question 49

Summarize the key historical events and dates leading up to Puerto Rico's current status with ? the United States.

Question 50

Williams (1990) found that Mexican Americans are trying to assimilate into Anglo America ? when seeking professions.

Question 51

Lemann proposed that dark skinned Puerto Ricans may face racial discrimination once living ? in the United States.

Question 52

Describe the value of family in Hispanic culture using examples from Mexican American and ? Puerto Rican ethnic groups.
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Question 53

It is estimated that 323 languages are currently spoken in the United States.

Question 54

Male Mexican Americans who completed four years of college made the same money as did ? white male college graduates.

Question 55

The authors claim total support for immigrant and colonial models,based on their findings.

Question 56

Make the argument that all U.S.children should learn at least two languages.Which ? perspective would you be using?

Question 57

How is Puerto Rico similar to or different from the current 50 U.S.states?

Question 58

Briefly summarize the bilingual education debate including key arguments for and against and ? key principles of success from the assimilationistic and pluralistic perspectives.

Question 59

Puerto Rican youth often receive rural and small school educations in the United States.

Question 60

Mexican Americans appear to be achieving higher levels of education.

Question 61

Make the argument that Hispanics represent a very diverse ethnic category of peoples.Use ? evidence from Chapter 9.

Question 62

Describe who and how Mexican Americans and/or Puerto Ricans are experiencing upward ? socioeconomic movement.