Chicano Studies - Unit 6

Affirmative action is defined as "the practice or policy of favoring individuals belonging to groups regarded as disadvantaged or suffering from discrimination." One common complaint by those who oppose affirmative action is that:

• it results in reverse discrimination against white people and males

• in unfairly targets minorities over women

• it excludes and negatively affects the Asian American community

• none of the above

NAFTA is an agreement between all of the following countries EXCEPT

• United States

• Mexico

• Spain

• Canada

What is the pan-ethnic term that refers to being from a Spanish speaking country like El Salvador, Mexico or Spain? This usage of this term has decreased throughout the 21st century.

• Hispanic

• Latino

• Mestizo

• Chicano

Which of the following was NOT a cause for large immigration from Mexico and Central America during the 1980s?

• Civil War

• Displaced Workers

• Droughts & Famine

• Population Growth

How did NAFTA create a pull-factor for Mexican immigrants to the U.S.?

• NAFTA led to a decrease in industrial jobs and an increase in low-skilled service based jobs throughout the U.S., which many American workers would not fill

• NAFTA led to an increase in industrial union based jobs throughout the U.S., increasing the demand for skilled workers

• NAFTA opened up borders for citizens of the United States, Canada, and Mexico to travel and move freely

• NAFTA resulted in the loss of higher-paying jobs throughout Mexico, and massive losses to an already non-industrialized economy, causing people to leave to the United States

According to Acuña, how did immigrants positively impact the American economy during the late 20th century?

• The immigrant labor force diversified the American economy.

• The availability of an immigrant labor force spurred economic activity and profits for the nation as a whole.

• Immigrants increased wages and salaries for everyday American workers.

• Immigrants kept all manufacturing companies from moving overseas to countries with cheaper labor.

Which California ballot proposition proposed that “preferential treatment” because of race, sex, ethnicity, or national origin should be forbidden, challenging affirmative action laws already in place?

• Proposition 140

• Proposition 187

• Proposition 209

• Proposition 227

According to Acuña, why did the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have a devastating effect on the Latino community?

• The wars caused an economic downturn throughout the American Southwest, creating high numbers of unemployment throughout Latino communities

• The total cost for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, was at least $3.2 to $4 trillion in direct and indirect costs, which created massive tax increases in the lower classes of the U.S.

• Some 3700 undocumented Latinos served in those wars, many of those were not granted citizenship or were deported to their home countries.

• Latinos disproportionately made up a huge percentage of fatalities in Iraq & Afghanistan, although they only comprised a small percent of the total enlisted.

According to Acuña, which of the following was a false narrative made about the Mexican community during the 2008 recession?

• That Americans lost their jobs because immigrants were taking them away.

• Undocumented workers are not taking the high-paying jobs that are being outsourced to Asian and other Third World countries

• That Latinos created an immigration crisis, bringing more death and dispair from their third world countries.

• That Latinos used emergency health care because employers refuse to pay the social costs of production for their workers.

What is the intention of the DREAM Act?

• Give legal status to certain young immigrants who meet certain strict conditions and with the determination to live and contribute to the country

• To accelerate the growth of the Latino population, so that surpasses and becomes the majority group in the United States

• Give legal status to all immigrants who met certain strict conditions, regardless of what age or where they immigrated from

• To limit immigration numbers to the United States, because Racist nativist anti-immigration groups have spent millions of dollars in framing the immigrant debate talking incessantly and irresponsibly about the “illegal alien” threat.