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1
The chapter introduction tells the story of Juan Chanax to
A)make the point that many immigrants now settled in suburban areas.
B)explain the difficulties of emigrating from Guatemala.
C)use the more global nature of immigration as an example of how American society was more tightly linked to the global community.
D)explain what a "migration chain" is.
2
The Asian immigrants arriving in the U.S. after 1970 included each of the following EXCEPT
A)college graduates who played a vital role in the computer and software industries.
B)blue-collar workers in debt to labor contractors.
C)families that increasingly moved to southern cities such as Atlanta and Charlotte.
D)educated immigrants who experienced downward mobility in their professional lives.
3
The Immigration and Control Act of 1986
A)provided illegal immigrants who had arrived before 1986 with amnesty, allowing them to become legal residents.
B)kept California's fruit and vegetable growers from filling their labor needs.
C)was effective in reducing the flow of illegal immigrants.
D)prevented now-legal immigrants from bringing their families across the border.
4
Which of the following was true of the new immigrants?
A)For the most part, they severed their ties with their home countries.
B)Most of them worshiped in established churches and synagogues.
C)They encouraged their children to Americanize very quickly.
D)Their links to their homelands connected the U.S. to communities all over the world.
5
The "Don't ask, don't tell" approach
A)was the policy of White House staffers about the Clintons' private lives.
B)symbolized a pattern of compromise positions in the Clinton administration.
C)characterized the relationship of President Clinton with the media.
D)was how Clinton resolved his opposition to gays in the military.
6
American troops intervened as peacekeepers in each of the following nations EXCEPT
A)Somalia.
B)Rwanda.
C)Haiti.
D)Yugoslavia.
7
One of Clinton's most important legislative accomplishments was
A)an economic recovery and deficit reduction package.
B)a comprehensive health-care reform plan.
C)a protectionist trade plan that replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement.
D)a series of proposals called the "Contract with America."
8
The 1994 midterm elections
A)gave Clinton a mandate to implement both his domestic and foreign policies.
B)spurred the House Republicans to pass most of the proposals from Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America."
C)revealed the electorate's indifference to Washington politics.
D)All these answers are correct.
9
Each of the following was part of Gingrich's "Contract with America" EXCEPT
A)expanded health care coverage.
B)term limits.
C)tax cuts.
D)expansion of the death penalty.
10
The effort to impeach Clinton
A)failed in the House.
B)was a bipartisan effort.
C)failed in the Senate, with all the Democrats and five Republicans voting to acquit.
D)was supported by the majority of public opinion.
11
In the presidential election of 2000
A)Bush won the popular vote but Gore won the electoral college.
B)the Supreme Court determined the outcome.
C)Florida was the only state in which the legitimacy of the vote was questioned.
D)All these answers are correct.
12
The average earnings of which of the following workers actually fell between 1973 and 1996?
A)white female workers
B)white male workers
C)black female workers
D)All these answers are correct.
13
Which of the following was NOT an election proposition put forward by California during the 1990s?
A)a challenge to the policies of affirmative action
B)a proposal to make English the official language of the state
C)a proposal to end the death penalty
D)a proposal to restrict benefits for immigrants and aliens
14
The effect of Proposition 209
A)has been to substantially reduce the number of minorities attending college in California.
B)has been to substantially reduce the number of minorities attending elite universities and professional schools in California.
C)has had no effect on the number of minorities attending universities in California.
D)has increased the number of minorities attending universities in California.
15
The attacks of September 11, 2001
A)convinced the Bush administration to adopt a foreign policy based on multilateralism.
B)caused a struggling President Bush to drop even further in the polls.
C)created a domestic and international surge of support for a previously struggling President Bush.
D)left the United States fighting alone in the "war on terror."
16
The circumstances that fostered the development of terrorist movements in the Middle East included
A)a decline in population.
B)a rise in per capita income.
C)training and weapons that future terrorists received from the United States and the Soviet Union.
D)improved education facilities across the region.
17
The USA Patriot Act
A)restricted the ability of the federal government to investigate possible terror suspects.
B)expanded the federal government's ability to investigate suspected terrorists.
C)allowed the president to jail American citizens deemed to be "enemy combatants" indefinitely.
D)was not a significant instrument in the war on terror.
18
Growing public disillusionment with the Bush administration and the Republican party emerged as a result of
A)their response to Hurricane Katrina
B)the stalemate in Iraq.
C)a series of scandals regarding sexual and financial improprieties by Republican legislators.
D)All these answers are correct.





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