SOC 322U EXAM 2 QUESTIONS

Which term BEST describes the reason why Cubans prefer to settle in Miami?

propinquity

Which of the following best describes what pioneering migrants are?

the first original migrants to establish settlements

Iowa's Babble Proclamation of 1918 signified that:

the government believed that speaking English promoted assimilation to American society

The Babel Proclamation of 1918 outlawed

the public use of all foreign languages in Iowa

What was the race of the first person who discovered America?

Asian

Which of the following Acts restricted immigration?

(All of the above) Cable Act of 1922 Expatriation Act of 1907 Barred Zone Act of 1917

The US Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952:

(all of the above) Combined all immigration acts. Guaranteed eligibility for all races to migrate to the US. Eliminated gender-discrimination in regards to migration to the US.

Where are entrepreneurial minorities typically found?

(all of the above) Large urban areas Areas of principal ethnic concentration Near sources of labor

Which of these is a social element of migration?

(all of the above) Social organization Social capital Social networks

Which of the following is a feature of U.S. immigration?

(all of the above) Some members of society feel anxiety and threatened by immigrants Government policies are enacted to control immigration Reactionist movements and organizations form

When referring to the language shift, which of the following are true for every nationality?

(all of the above) Vast majority of first-generation immigrants who come to the U.S. as children speak English well Bilingualism is most common among second-generation children English-only is the predominant pattern by the third generation

What holiday does Central America celebrate on Columbus Day?

Día de la Raza

Which of the four immigration waves was the highest?

Fourth wave

Benjamin Franklin used to be concerned that there were too many immigrants from _______________ in America. He even referred to the people of this country as Palatine Boors.

Germany

What did the Chinese refer to the United States during the second wave?

Gold Mountain

When the Chinese migrated to the United States, how would they refer to the west coast?

Gold Mountain

Which group, due to certain locational decisions during immigration, became the most spatially dispersed?

Indians

Which immigrant group does not rely on much of pre-existing networks when they come to the United States?

Indians

What was the name of the pamphlet the state of Iowa's Board of Immigration published?

Iowa: The Home for Immigrants

Why was proximity to homeland an important factor on where to settle for migrants?

It reduced the cost of the journey and reduced the cost to return home

During the nineteenth and early twentieth century, which of the following was a reason that bilingualism was unfavorable?

It was considered un-american

Which theory emphasized equilibrium in labor markets?

Macro

What do Macro- and Microeconomic Theories fail to address?

Politically induced refugee flows

Which act restricted the number of new immigrants per year to 3 percent of the number of residents from that country already in the U.S.?

Quota Act of 1921

Which of the following is not a major area of concentration of immigrants?

Salt Lake City, Utah

Where were the first people to discover America from?

Siberia

Immigrants of Contemporary Immigration move toward the _____ and away from the _____?

South ; North

Which of the following explains propinquity in the behavior of migrants?

The decisions of contemporary immigrants are influenced by the ethnic concentrations of migrants in the past

Most of the workers that built the transcontinental railroad from 1863-1869 were of Irish and Chinese origins. However, once the railroad was finished and a picture of the workers from the East and West side of the railroad was taken, there was a discrepancy in the picture. What was this discrepancy?

The original picture did not include any Chinese workers, hence in 2014 efforts were made to reenact this moment in history and portray the Chinese workers.

What best defines orthodox neoclassical economic perspective?

The orthodox neoclassical economic perspective views immigrant labor as a supplement to a scarce domestic labor force.

What is a problem with push-pull theories according to Portes and Rumbaut?

They can't be used to predict migration

What is the reason for which people from Central America do not celebrate Columbus Day?

They highly dislike Columbus Day because many indigenous people were murdered and executed by the Spaniards. Instead they celebrate "Dia de la Raza".

Why was the "new economics of migration" formulated?

To fill in the gaps of structural-historical and world systems theories