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Quiz for American Voices: Immigration After 1965: Its Defenders and Critics

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1. John F. Kennedy’s ideas about immigration policy were best represented in which of the following policies?

North American Free Trade Agreement of 1993

California Proposition 187

California Proposition 227

The Dream Act, as described by Barack Obama

Correct. The answer is d. Kennedy’s hope for a fair, flexible immigration policy that would welcome both the “opulent and respectable stranger” and the “oppressed and persecuted . . . if by decency and propriety of conduct they appear to merit the enjoyment” was best represented by the Dream Act, which would have offered citizenship to illegal immigrants who were brought to this country by their parents.

Incorrect. The answer is d. Kennedy’s hope for a fair, flexible immigration policy that would welcome both the “opulent and respectable stranger” and the “oppressed and persecuted . . . if by decency and propriety of conduct they appear to merit the enjoyment” was best represented by the Dream Act, which would have offered citizenship to illegal immigrants who were brought to this country by their parents.

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2. In “A Nation of (Too Many) Immigrants?” Roy Beck suggests that immigration has created a problem for the United States for which of the following reasons?

Immigrants commit too many crimes and tax the policing and justice systems.

High numbers of Hispanic and Asian immigrants threaten to make whites a minority.

Immigrants are politically inexperienced and are unable to participate in democratic politics.

The massive number of immigrants has made the population of the United States too high.

Correct. The answer is d. Roy Beck argued that immigrants threatened the prosperity and security of the United States simply because there were too many of them. He believed that the large increase in the U.S. population was responsible for the nation’s economic, social, and political problems.

Incorrect. The answer is d. Roy Beck argued that immigrants threatened the prosperity and security of the United States simply because there were too many of them. He believed that the large increase in the U.S. population was responsible for the nation’s economic, social, and political problems.

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3. In their 1994 article, “Still an Open Door?” Vernon Briggs and Stephen Moore wrote, “Because most immigrants are not poor, tired, huddled masses, but rather are above the average of their compatriots in skill and education levels, the immigration process has a highly beneficial self-selection component, a skimming of the cream of the best workers and top brainpower from the rest of the world.” In this statement, the authors were arguing that

American society could not progress further unless it liberalized its immigration policies.

immigrants are generally intelligent and productive people who contribute to U.S. society.

people from countries outside the United States are more productive and intelligent than Americans.

immigrants from the early 1900s were hardworking, but those from the 1990s are not.

Correct. The answer is b. Briggs and Moore suggested that it was wrong to characterize immigrants as poor and needy people who would become a burden to American society. Their words suggested that those people who had the initiative to immigrate were intelligent and productive people who stood to contribute their talents and hard work to American society.

Incorrect. The answer is b. Briggs and Moore suggested that it was wrong to characterize immigrants as poor and needy people who would become a burden to American society. Their words suggested that those people who had the initiative to immigrate were intelligent and productive people who stood to contribute their talents and hard work to American society.