Deck 4: Immigration and Oppression: The Assault on Cultural and Language Diversity

Question 1

Whenever Jamia sees someone wearing traditional Middle Eastern clothing or a woman with a hijab, she gets very upset. She will cross the street to avoid them and turn down another aisle in the store to avoid them. If she accidentally comes close to someone she believes is Muslim or Middle Eastern she gets nervous and has to leave immediately. What is Jamia experiencing?

A) Assimilation
B) Anti-Semitism
C) Nativism
D) Xenophobia

Answer 1

Xenophobia

Question 2

What is xenophobia?

A) The demand that immigrants reject their ethnic identity and conform to dominant American ways
B) The fear of people from other nations
C) The process of adapting cultural traits in order to be identified with that country
D) The ideology advocating for the protection of "native" inhabitants of a country from immigrants viewed as dangerous or threatening

Answer 2

The fear of people from other nations

Question 3

Both Ben Franklin and George Washington believed in

A) A homogeneous, Anglicized population.
B) A mixture of cultures to strengthen the colonies.
C) An established American culture that was a mixture of Anglo culture and other cultures from around the world.
D) A heterogeneous population and culture.

Answer 3

A homogeneous, Anglicized population.

Question 4

What strategy was not used by American Catholics to avoid anti-Catholic violence?

A) Creating their own private school system
B) Publishing their own Catholic newspapers
C) Changing religious affiliation to Protestant
D) Starting Catholic organizations for political and community action

Question 5

When the United States was being established what religion was most influential?

A) Catholicism
B) Judaism
C) Protestant Christianity
D) Mormonism

Question 6

What claim was central to the nativist perspective?

A) Immigrants were un-American
B) Immigrants brought a rich history and culture to the American culture.
C) Americans were anarchists.
D) Immigrants should become nationalized citizens and participate in political activity.

Question 7

Union actions to demand better wages and working conditions

A) Were thought of as distinctly "American" in that these actions demonstrated freedom of speech.
B) Were largely supported by the Native American party.
C) Were unnecessary given that most immigrants prospered quickly upon arriving to the U.S.
D) Were thought of as an expression of anarchist, radical ideals.

Question 8

What was the Know-Nothing's original political platform?

A) To increase the influence of Catholics and immigrants
B) To stop the political influence of Catholic and immigrants
C) To support Abraham Lincoln for president
D) To condemn secret political organizations and activities

Question 9

What issue split apart the Know-Nothing party and American parties and decreased their political force?

A) Immigration
B) Slavery
C) Religious freedom
D) Xenophobia

Question 10

What did nativists groups believe would happen if European ethnic groups continued to immigrate to the United States after World War I?

A) The immigrants would assimilate into American culture.
B) The culture of the United States would be enriched.
C) Their industriousness would build up American businesses.
D) The Anglo ideal would disappear.

Question 11

How were German Americans treated in the early 1900s?

A) They were considered to be model immigrants with a favorable work ethic.
B) They were encouraged to maintain their German customs and culture.
C) They were denounced for abandoning their German heritage in favor of becoming Americanized.
D) They were denounced for claiming dual identity.

Question 12

What was the result of a scientific study published by William Ripley of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in which he categorized three European races?

A) The lessening of xenophobic fears because he proved there were few differences in the races
B) An increase in immigration to the United States
C) An increase in nativism by suggesting that individuals with blonde-hair and blue-eyes should be given preferential treatment
D) An increase in intercultural marriages to improve the diversity their offspring

Question 13

What was the concept of race based on in the early 1930s?

A) National origin
B) Color of the skin
C) Religion
D) Immigration status

Question 14

The purpose of the eugenics movement was to

A) Help immigrants assimilate into American society.
B) Improve racial qualities for future generations.
C) Diversify the genetic stock of Americans for a stronger blood line.
D) Provide a safe place for new immigrants to live as they learned about the American way of life.

Question 15

Which of the following was not a legacy of the eugenics movement?

A) Standardized testing
B) Special Education
C) Race based IQ theories
D) The English Only movement

Question 16

What group is the most affected by the English Only movement?

A) African Americans
B) Asian immigrants
C) Latino immigrants
D) European Americans

Question 17

Which is not a result of the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965?

A) New immigrants to the United States were primarily European and white.
B) The majority of new immigrants to the United States were people of color.
C) In forty years the foreign born population increased from 10 million to 40 million.
D) The largest group of immigrants came from Latin American, primarily from Mexico.

Question 18

Demographically, what is the predicted racial make-up of the United States by the year 2050?

A) The majority of immigrants will be of Asian descent.
B) Whites will continue to make up the majority of Americans even with the increased influx of immigrants.
C) After a brief increase in population size people of color will be the minority again.
D) The majority of immigrants will be of Latin descent.

Question 19

How has Arizona's attitude toward immigrants affect school curriculum?

A) The teaching of ethnic studies in public schools was outlawed.
B) They have encouraged Mexican American studies in order to increase the academic achievement of recent immigrants.
C) Textbooks were made available in both English and Spanish.
D) A new ethnic studies law now requires schools with more than 30% immigrant populations to offer ethnic studies classes.

Question 20

Which of the following is not a myth about Latino immigrants?

A) Undocumented workers receive welfare and health care depleting the limited resources of state and local governments.
B) Undocumented workers do not contribute to the U.S. economy.
C) Immigrants do not want to learn English.
D) Latinos have influenced American culture.

Question 21

Which is not an example of how immigrants contribute to the American economy?

A) They take the worst jobs.
B) They pay state income taxes.
C) They pay billions in sales taxes.
D) They have more disposable income than any group in the U.S.

Question 22

The "broken windows" theory states that

A) Vacant or abandoned buildings are a sign of neighborhood decline.
B) Immigrants brought vitality to urban areas.
C) An economically dynamic area benefits native-born people.
D) Large concentrations of immigrant populations result in more crime.

Question 23

Which two languages are spoken by the most people in our world?

A) English and Spanish
B) Spanish and Hindustani
C) Hindustani and English
D) Mandarin Chinese and English

Question 24

What percentage of children attending U. S. schools came from homes where a language other than English is spoken?

A) 10%
B) 17%
C) 21%
D) 33%

Question 25

What happens to the native language of immigrants in the United States after a few generations?

A) They maintain their language at home but they do not speak it in public.
B) It is maintained because immigrants refuse to learn English or to assimilate into American culture.
C) They only learn enough English to function in their daily lives.
D) They lose their native language by the third generation.

Question 26

What was the primary purpose of the Bilingual Education Act in 1968?

A) To make children of immigrants literate in English
B) To create pockets of different languages throughout the country
C) To place immigrant children in separate classrooms so they would not bring down the academic performance of American children
D) To make both immigrant children and American children bilingual

Question 27

Which of the following arguments do advocates use to support the use of bilingual education?

A) It is a way for maintaining the students' native language rather than helping them assimilate quickly.
B) It separates them from their English-speaking peers.
C) Research supports English-only programs more than bilingual education.
D) When taught in their native language, students achieve more academic success.

Question 28

What do five independent meta-analyses of programs educating English Language Learners (ELL) reveal?

A) Teaching students to read in their first language usually results in lower reading achievement in English.
B) Tests results reveal that ELLs tend to have higher scores on measures of academic achievement when they are given in English.
C) Students in bilingual education programs tend to be both bilingual and bi-literate.
D) English language learners may learn to speak English fluently but they will always have difficulty in reading and writing skills.

Question 29

How would you set up your class if you were teaching in a two-way immersion class?

A) An aide would teach ELL students while you taught English speaking students.
B) You would pair English speaking children with ELLs to help both students become bilingual.
C) The classroom would have two teachers working in the same classroom, one who spoke English and one who spoke the native language of the ELL students.
D) Students who were ELL would leave the room for academic instruction but stay in the classroom for other activities.

Question 30

The primary difference between being a refugee and an immigrant is that refugees are defined as immigrants who are

A) Escaping from persecution in their homeland.
B) Homeless and penniless with no means of support.
C) Sponsored and supported by churches.
D) Temporary visitors who plan to return to their homeland.

Question 31

Did the "Native American" political party and other nativists contribute to anti-immigrant sentiments in the 1800 and 1900s? Defend your response.

Question 32

What is nativism and xenophobia and how are they being expressed in today's society?

Question 33

Describe the Eugenics movement and its impact on nativist views in the United States.

Question 34

Give a brief history of the English Only movement.

Question 35

Give three of the six myths regarding immigrants coming to the United States. Explain the reality which contradicted each myth.