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