Recent Hispanic immigrants often perform better in school than those who have been here longer. What does this exemplify?

A. the immigrant advantage
B. immigrant motivation
C. immigrant paradox
D. first-generation pressure


Answer: C

Sociology

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The Niagara Movement's legacy was ________

a. documenting slave revolts that accelerated the intensity of oppression b. enduring poverty that gripped a large proportion of the descendants of slavery c. making amendments for the injustice of slavery d. educating a new generation of African Americans in the politics of protest

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A) permissive B) uninvolved C) indulgent D) authoritative

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According to Lenski, early radical social reformers included

a. the Hebrew prophets b. the Egyptian pharaohs c. the Roman Senate d. the Hindu priests

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