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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A During the Obama administration, the number of deportees has dramatically decreased
B An important issue addressed by advocacy groups is changing the negative perceptions of Latino immigrants
C The DREAM act offers a legalization path for some unauthorized immigrant youth
D Youth advocate groups such as United We Dream have been among the most vocal
Question #2
A Led to many arrests, but no deportations
B Led to a rapid increase in the number of arrests, mostly of violent criminals
C Was focused solely on workers in the agricultural sector
D Excluded ICE and operated solely at the local level
E researchers found no evidence that the increased Latino population contributed to increasing crime rates
Question #3
A was immediately deemed unconstitutional and its influence did not spread to other parts of the US
B was never enacted in the Pennsylvania town
C helped to create an environment that was more open to unauthorized immigrants
D established English as the city’s only official language
Question #4
A Allows for individuals to be tried in court all at once to expedite deportations
B Did not have a significant impact on the number of deportees
C Focus primarily on immigration into California
D Is enforced by a renegade border control group known as the “Minutemen”
E Was largely a reaction to the Mexican peso devaluation of the 1980s
Question #5
A Was first introduced to block the wave of immigrants in the 1960s
B Was passed by California laters, but later declared unconstitutional
C Was not passed by California voters
D Was concerned mostly with taxing undocumented migrants working in California
Question #6
A Very few Cubans entered the US prior to the Cuban Revolution in 1959
B The Bracero Program brought in industrial workers to work in factories during World War II
C “Operation Wetback” during the 1950s deported more than four million Mexicans
D The US Border Patrol was established in the 1980s following the devaluation of the Mexican Peso
E The first significant wave of migrants from Latin America was during World War I to fill labor needs
Question #7
A ideas of racial and ethnic superiority would diminish
B Migration would be viewed as less significant
C destabilize notions of Latin America as a bounded space
D It would be viewed as a more fluid space
Question #8
A integration with non-Latino populations is evident throughout the country
B new spatial constructions have emerged that restrict integration
C local officials are less interested in enforcing federal policy
D boundaries exist solely along racial lines (not economic or social)
Question #9
A southern states
B the midwest
C rural and suburban areas
D California
E New York City
Question #10
A California
B Nevada
C Virginia
D Florida
E Washington