Sociology 3: Quiz 4 Study Guide
Fall 2007
Altenhofel
Section I: 15 of the following will be on your quiz. Each will be worth 1 point.
1. _____ was a policy toward immigrants from Mexico in the 1930s.
A. Operation Wetback.
B. Termination.
C. Repatriation.
D. Assimilation.
E. The Bracero Program.
2. The new immigration policy established in 1965 gave highest priority to immigrants who were:
A. Families of U.S. citizens.
B. Braceros.
C. People with skills in short supply in the U.S.
D. Asians and Latin Americans.
E. Northern and Western European.
3. Which of the following is true of Mexicans and Mexican Americans in the U.S. labor market?
A. Split labor markets, in which some Mexicans and Mexican Americans are paid less for the same jobs than are B.
Anglos, have been common.
B. Men's jobs often took them away from their families to work in the mines and fields.
C. Mexican Americans in all regions tend to be concentrated at the bottom of the occupational ladder.
D. Women's employment was largely limited to agriculture, domestic service, and the garment industry.
E. All of the above.
4. Chicanismo, like the Black Power ideology, marked a shift to:
A. Integration and equality for all minority groups.
B. Pluralism.
C. De jure segregation in American society.
D. Acculturation.
E. Intermarriage and total assimilation.
5. Who organized the United Farm Workers?
A. Linda Chávez.
B. Rodolfo Gonzalez.
C. Jose Gutierrez.
D. Reies Lopez Tijerina.
E. Cesar Chávez.
6. Immigrants from Cuba in the 1960s and 1970s:
A. Created an ethnic enclave.
B. Were almost all females.
C. Were seen as Marielitos and stereotyped as undesirables.
D. Americanized rapidly.
E. Arrived in the U.S. intending to remain and become citizens.
7. Which Hispanic group has the highest levels of educational achievement?
A. Cuban Americans.
B. Mexican Americans.
C. Caribbean Hispanics.
D. Puerto Ricans.
E. They are virtually equal in educational achievement.
8. Based on the information presented in the text, which of the following individuals would probably have the lowest
income?
A. A Cuban American male.
B. A Mexican American male.
C. A Puerto Rican female.
D. A Puerto Rican male.
E. A Mexican American female.
9. True or False: Compare to other Hispanic groups, Cuban Americans have the highest poverty rates.
A. True
B. False
10. True or False: Rates of intermarriage are higher for Latinos than for African Americans.
A. True
B. False
11. Associations based on the region or district in China from which the immigrant had come from were called:
A. Tongs.
B. Gum-Shan-Poos.
C. Huiguan.
D. CCBAs.
E. Clans.
12. Most Japanese Americans were in the relocation camps:
A. Ten years to life, depending on the seriousness of the offense.
B. Only until they agreed to become U.S. citizens.
C. For only a few months.
D. For almost the entire length of World War II.
E. For a generation
13. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Japanese Americans have never been compensated for their economic losses during World War II.
B. In 1988, the Japanese were fully compensated plus given damages of $20,000.
C. In 1988, the U.S. Congress agreed to a compensation plan whereby each living survivor of the camps would receive
compensation at the rate of ten cents on the dollar for any losses due to relocation.
D. In 1988, the U.S. Congress agreed to a compensation plan whereby each living survivor of the camps would receive
$20,000.
E. In 1948, Japanese Americans were fully compensated for their economic losses during World War II.
14. In terms of occupational profiles, Chinese Americans today are:
A. Concentrated in mid?level, blue?collar occupations.
B. Almost entirely concentrated in high status, professional level jobs.
C. Almost entirely concentrated in low wage, insecure jobs.
D. Bipolar, concentrated at both the higher and lower ends of the occupational structures.
E. Highly sex segregated, with women working exclusively in the home or in garment factories.
15. An attempt was made to dislodge the Japanese from the rural economy of California in the:
A. Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907.
B. Agricultural Reform Act of 1918.
C. Alien Land Act of 1913.
D. Japanese Exclusion Act of 1911
E. Dawes Act of 1887.
16. About _____ percent of Chinese Americans have graduate degrees.
A. 37
B. 14
C. 41
D. 58
E. 24
17. Monterey Park, once virtually all white, is now 62% Chinese and is often referred to as:
A. "Chinese suburbanite"
B. "Chinese town"
C. "Chinese High Park"
D. "Chinese Beverly Hills"
E. None of the above
18. Which of the following groups has the highest average income?
A. Japanese American males.
B. Mexican American males.
C. African American males.
D. Cuban American males.
E. Chinese American males.
19. True or False: Native-born Asian Americans are more likely to marry outside their group than the foreign born.
A. True
B. False
20. True or False: Asian cultures tend to stress group membership over individual self-interest.
A. True
B. False
Section II: 5 of the following will be on your quiz. You will answer 3. Each is worth 5 points.
1. Bracero Program
2. IRCA, 1986
3. Ethnic Enclave
4. Chicanismo
5. Chinese Exclusion Act
6. Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
7. Executive Order #9066
8. Alien Land Act