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