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