Which of the following best describes the relationship between immigration and the U.S. population in the late twentieth century?
a. The most common immigrants to the United States were Latinos and Africans.
b. The percentage of white Americans remained constant despite changes in immigrant demographics.
c. The percentage of white Americans increased in spite of immigration.
d. Elimination of the national origin criterion made the U.S. immigrant population more diverse
Ans: d. Elimination of the national origin criterion made the U.S. immigrant population more diverse
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A) ensuring Tories a legitimate political voice B) the emergence of radical democratic ideology C) a decline in the participation of ordinary people in the political process D) universal commitment to abolition of slavery
The policy of encouraging emigration carried out by the Qing dynasty had the effect of
a. raising taxes on the migrants to pay for new lands and start up money. b. spreading Chinese culture and civilization further than ever before. c. displacing all the Mongol peoples who were forcibly removed from their traditional lands. d. cleaning out the jails because only convicts were sent out to the new colonies.
Which of the following statements about the unionization of black auto workers is LEAST accurate?
a. Some black churches obstructed the unionization of black workers because the churches were closely allied with industrialist Henry Ford. b. Throughout the 1940s, the UAW refused to admit black workers into its ranks because of their long history of serving as strikebreakers. c. The unionization of black auto workers contributed to an increase in working-class membership in the NAACP. d. Although black and white workers increasingly came together in unions, racial hostility outside the workplace occasionally exploded into violence.
What caused the OPEC nations to call for the oil boycott of 1974?
a. The Six-Day War b. Israeli occupation of the West Bank c. The Suez crisis d. American actions in Iran e. American military aid to Israel