9864782195 | It repealed the quota system established in the 1920s | What was the purpose of the Immigration Act of 1965? | 0 | |
9864782196 | Immigration from non-European countries increased dramatically. | What change in immigration occurred after the Immigration Act of 1965 was passed? | 1 | |
9864782197 | migration chains | The preference given to family members of immigrants residing in the US created | 2 | |
9864782198 | the increase in illegal immigration | What growing problem in the 1980s prompted the creation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986? | 3 | |
9864782199 | employers who knowingly hired unauthorized immigrants | The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 established penalties for | 4 | |
9864782200 | the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks | What event caused Congress to tighten border controls and created the Department of Homeland Security? | 5 | |
9864782201 | Latin America | In the 1990s, more than half of new immigrants came from | 6 | |
9864782202 | Hundreds of thousands of refugees from Southeast Asia arrived after 1974. | How did the Vietnam War contribute to the growing immigrant population of the US? | 7 | |
9864782203 | Unauthorized immigrants are often unskilled, resulting in poverty and a need for social services | What effect on society do critics of illegal immigration say the problem creates? | 8 | |
9864782205 | Immigration Act of 1965 | Which law ended the system of quotas based on national origins and allowed every country an equal number of immigrants into the US? | 9 | |
9864782206 | those with close relatives already living in the US | Which applicants were given priority for admission to the US under the Refugee Act of 1980? | 10 | |
9864782207 | More liberal immigration laws have allowed more legal immigrants to enter | Why has the number of legal immigrants to the US increased since 1980? | 11 | |
9864782208 | Aliens suspected of terrorism can be deported based on secret evidence. | What has been one of the effects of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. | 12 |
Immigration Since 1965 Flashcards
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