Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Between 1890 and 1900, the Mexican-origin population grew by five million persons.
2. The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 made it legal for employers to hire illegal immigrants as long as they were employed full time.
3. Compared to other minorities in the United States, the Mexican-origin population has been able to avoid severe negative stereotypes.
4. Despite the guarantees of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848), Anglos assumed the right to impose the English language on all the inhabitants of the Southwest.
5. By 1790, the population of the southwestern United States was practically all English-speaking.
1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
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