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