Author Question: The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965: a. Increased restrictions on the number of ... (Read 109 times)

laurencescou · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965:

a. Increased restrictions on the number of immigrants permitted in the U.S.
b. Set immigration quotas on non-whites but allowed open-ended white immigration.
c. Greatly decreased the number of people allowed to legally emigrate from Mexico but increased the number of Asians permitted.
d. Greatly expanded the number of people permitted to immigrate to the U.S. and abolished quotas.
e. Almost completely eliminated immigration to the United States until 1980.

Question 2

Which of the following correctly defines assimilation in the United States?

a. It is change in identity that a country makes when it opens its doors to immigrants.
b. It is a process in which immigrants were expected to leave behind their cultural distinctions in favor of an American identity.
c. It is a process in which two new cultures come together to form a very different types of third culture, including elements of both the immigrant's home culture and also the cultures of American citizens.
d. It occurs when one culture takes precedence over another and suppresses it. We saw this in the early part of U.S. immigration history.
e. It is a process in which immigrants are selected based on allowable quotas in the United States.