CMN 214 Midterm 2 Exam Study Questions and Answers 2024
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CMN 214
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CMN 214
Hispanic - Correct Ans-a term that covers people with many different origins and skin colors, people that identify themselves as having Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or other Spanish origin
Chicano Movement - Correct Ans-civil rights movement in the 1960s and 70s to strengthen Hispanic cultural ...
CMN 214 Midterm 2 Exam Study
Questions and Answers 2024
Hispanic - Correct Ans-a term that covers people with many different origins and skin
colors, people that identify themselves as having Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or
other Spanish origin
Chicano Movement - Correct Ans-civil rights movement in the 1960s and 70s to
strengthen Hispanic cultural heritage and draw attention to injustice
GI Forum - Correct Ans-Latino civil rights organization established to advocate for
Mexican Americans after WWII
Puerto Ricans - Correct Ans-Spanish speaking immigrants who settled in large numbers
in New York City in the 1920's, the country these people come from is part of the United
States but does not have statehood, so these people cannot vote
Cubans - Correct Ans-many of these people immigrated to the US in 1959 when Fidel
Castro seized their country by force, mostly educated and wealthy due to US
government support
Dominicans - Correct Ans-immigrants that came to the US first in 1965 when we
intervened in their civil war, originally were of higher socioeconomic status
Jones Act of 1917 - Correct Ans-Gave citizenship to Puerto Ricans
Public Law 94-311 - Correct Ans-Requires federal government agencies to categorize
and collect data on Hispanic origin
inter-ethnic employment discrimination - Correct Ans-discrimination practiced by racial
and ethnic minority groups against other minorities
colorism - Correct Ans-a process that privileges light over dark-skinned people of color
in areas such as income, education, and housing
Justice, Safety, and Equality in the Workplace - Correct Ans-EEOC initiative that
combatted the exploitation of Latinx immigrants, used education, outreach, and anti-
discrimination enforcement to fix disparate pay, segregation, harassment, and human
trafficking
Employment hardship - Correct Ans-joblessness, involuntary part-time work, and
working poverty
, Underemployment - Correct Ans-when workers are overqualified for their jobs or work
fewer hours than they would prefer
bilingualism - Correct Ans-The ability to speak two languages, regardless of being a
valuable workforce skill, people are still harassed for speaking languages other than
English
Mendez v. Westminster - Correct Ans-Made it illegal to segregate Mexican American
children in California schools
Family-based immigration - Correct Ans-Immigration status to family members of US
citizens, this accounts for the majority of immigrants
employment-based immigration - Correct Ans-employer-granted immigration status that
requires you are working in the US
humanitarian immigration - Correct Ans-immigration status where people come to the
US fleeing something in their country of origin, this accounts for the minority of
immigrants
migrant workers - Correct Ans-people, typically farmers, who move from place to place
to harvest fruits and vegetables, create the backbone of the country but we still don't
have a lot of workplace safety precautions to protect them
Asian-American - Correct Ans-A heterogeneous group of people having origins in the
Asia Pacific region—people from the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian
subcontinent, including Cambodia, India, Malaysia, and Pakistan.
1908 Gentlemen's Agreement - Correct Ans-stopped Japanese emigration entirely
1924 National Origins Act - Correct Ans-A law that severely restricted immigration by
establishing a system of national quotas that blatantly discriminated against immigrants
from southern and eastern Europe and virtually excluded Asians. The policy stayed in
effect until the 1960s.
Executive Order 9066 - Correct Ans-authorized the evacuation and internment of
Japanese people in relocation centers during World War II
1988 Civil Liberties Act - Correct Ans-authorized payments of $20,000 to 66,000
surviving Japanese internees, is often considered to be too little, too late
Yuri Kochiyama - Correct Ans-Japanese American activist that was part of the Black
Liberation Movement
Chinese Exclusion Act - Correct Ans-law that restricted Chinese immigration between
1882 and 1943
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