Ch13 Complete Test Bank Racism, Nativism, And Immigration

Chapter 13: Racism, Nativism, and Immigration Policy

Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 01

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.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 02

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

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 03

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

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 04

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

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 05

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

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 06

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.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 07

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

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 08

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.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 09

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

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 10

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.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 11

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.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 12

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

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 13

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.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 14

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

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 15

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.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 16

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

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 17

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.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 18

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.”

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 19

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

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 20

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.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 01

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

Page reference: Introduction

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 02

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

Page reference: Race and Making of the U.S. Immigration Policies: 1790 to 1924

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 03

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

Page reference: Nativism Between 1924 and 1964: Mass Deportation of Mexicans and The McCarran Internal Security Act

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 04

4) What led to the continued growth of the Vietnamese population?

Page reference: The 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act and the Changing Face of Immigration

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 05

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

Page reference: The 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act and the Changing Face of Immigration

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 06

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

Page reference: The 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act and the Changing Face of Immigration

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 07

7) What are some of the immigration policies related to Cuba?

Page reference: Latin American and Caribbean Immigration

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 08

8) 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?

Page reference: Proposition 187 and the Lead-Up to IIRIRA

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 09

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

Page reference: The 1996 Laws and the Detention and Deportation of Black and Latino Immigrants

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 10

10) What is to be learned from Hector’s story under Voices?

Page reference: Voices: Hector, a Guatemalan Deportee

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 01

1) How was the Mr. Bautista case resolved?

Page reference: Introduction

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 02

2) What was the legal precedent set by Fong Yue Ting?

Page reference: Race and the Making of U.S. Immigration Policies: 1790 to 1924

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 03

3) What was Operation Wetback?

Page reference: Operation Wetback

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 04

4) Where do Puerto Ricans fit in the immigration policy?

Page reference: Caribbean Immigration

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 05

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

Page reference: Immigration Policy and Nativism in the Twenty-First Century