Hispanic Americans MCQ

Repatriation explains that the government campaign began during the Great Depression of the______ to deport illegal immigrants back to Mexico.

Answer

Correct Answer: 1930

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A government program developed in the ________ to deport illegal immigrants from Mexico in operation wetback

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Correct Answer: 1950s

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Marielitous explains the refugees from Cuba who arrived in the United States in ______.

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Correct Answer: 1980

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A cultural value stressing men’s _______, virility, and honor is called machismo

Answer

Correct Answer: Dominance

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Chicanos is a group name for Mexican Americans; associated with the ideology of Chicanismo, which emerged in the ______

Answer

Correct Answer: 1960s

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Chicanismo is a militant ideology of the Mexican American protest movement that appeared in the ________. The ideology took a critical view of U.S. society, made strong demands for justice and an end to racism, and expressed a positive image for the group.

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Correct Answer: 1960s

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Female-headed Latino families are affected by a triple-handicap: They only have one wage earner, and their earning potential is limited by discrimination against both women and Latinos.

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Correct Answer: True

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All of the following are true about differences between Mexican American and Anglo-American culture except ______.

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Correct Answer: Mexican Americans tend to suffer from higher rates of a “culture of poverty” than Anglo-Americans

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Which Chicano leader successfully used nonviolent direct protest to organize the United Farm Workers, the first union to represent migrant workers?

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Correct Answer: César Chávez

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Most immigrant groups leave their native country and move to another one because of a combination of which two factors?

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Correct Answer: “Push and Pull”

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Compared to other immigrants from Latin American, Cuban immigrants, on average are more likely to retain their native language.

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Correct Answer: False

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Which of the following is true regarding Latino acculturation to the United States?

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Correct Answer: Hispanics follow many of the same patterns of assimilation as European groups.

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With the exception of Miami, FL and the surrounding Dade County, the vast majority (90%) of Hispanic Americans live in rural areas of the western United States.

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Correct Answer: False

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The three largest Hispanic groups in the United States are ______.

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Correct Answer: Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans

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The value system that stresses Mexican men’s dominance, honor, virility, and violence as well as being a good provider and a respected father is known as ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Machismo

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When Mexican Americans were excluded from Labor Unions they formed their own unions.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Which of the following illustrates a concern with the term Hispanic?

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Correct Answer: It reinforces the idea that all Spanish-speaking people are the same.

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Immigrant groups whose 1st generation members bring higher levels of human capital (e.g., education and job skills) are similar to the dominant group in occupation and economic affluence in future generations.

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Correct Answer: True

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