Discuss the impact of the Immigration Act of 1965.

What will be an ideal response?


Varies. It abolished national quotes (replacing them with quotas for the Eastern and Western Hemispheres) and did much to increase immigration and alter the racial makeup of the United States.

Sociology

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Research using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) suggests that

A. the DSM has a high degree of reliability. B. clinicians are able to arrive at consistent diagnoses. C. different clinicians may diagnose the same patient differently. D. politics are not involved in the construction of diagnostic categories. E. diagnostic categories are stable over time.

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What group is most likely to experience environmental racism?

a. New immigrants b. White families c. Children d. Racial minorities

Sociology

Unlike white women, black women ________.

A. provide a significantly small proportion of their income to their families B. provide more education but less income to their families C. are less likely to work full-time D. have a more consistent history of being employed outside the home

Sociology

Who “runs the large corporation today”?

a. it varies by corporation, but generally those who own the company run it b. managers who have little or no ownership but know how the company works and how to make it profitable c. banks and hedge fund managers who finance the company’s debt and must be paid back d. the thousands or millions of people who own stock in the large corporation

Sociology