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In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, immigration was the engine of social change. |
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Between 2000 and 2002, Asia sent the most immigrants to the United States. |
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Ethnic diversity accompanied by rapid shifts in the relative numbers of diverse ethnic subpopulations make ethnicity a salient and unsettling issue. |
| | A) | True |
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The Refugee Act of 1980 eliminated country-specific quotas that had favored European countries. |
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Between 2000 and 2002, most immigrants to the U.S. settled in Florida. |
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Europe-born immigrants are naturalized at higher rates than other populations. |
| | A) | True |
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Recent immigrants are welcomed by the majority of the American public. |
| | A) | True |
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The earnings gap between European immigrants and native-born European American workers has exceeded parity. |
| | A) | True |
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As the largest minority in the future, Latinos will be able to fill the middleman minority niches and positions. |
| | A) | True |
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Korean Americans now constitute the largest Asian-American population in the U.S. |
| | A) | True |
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The success of Asian Americans will generate hostility among those who are less successful. |
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As African-American culture and its icons (e.g., celebrities in sports, music, movies, etc.) continue to penetrate the Anglo-Saxon core, the general population of blacks will experience less discrimination. |
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Ethnic pluralism must revolve around relatively weak ethnic identification or it will become a focal point for social disintegration. |
| | A) | True |
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American ideology and cultural beliefs in equality may mitigate the ethnic tensions in the United States. |
| | A) | True |
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When discrimination is intense and long-term, and inhibits assimilation, it causes social cleavages that are among the most volatile forces of human organization. |
| | A) | True |
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2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education