Reference no: EM131695743
True and False Questions.
1. The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act made it illegal for Mexican immigrants to work in the United States.
2. In 2000, Illinois was the state with the third-highest Mexican-origin population, after California and Texas.
3. Immigrant Mexican women were more highly educated than US-born Chicanas.
4. The Chicano Studies program at UCLA was created as a result of student protest including a hunger strike and a march.
5. Latino electoral strength grew between 1990 and 2000.
6. Chicano Studies remained a male-dominated field in the 1990s.
7. By 1980, the large number of Mexican Americans had made them a powerful political force in United States politics.
8. Most Central American immigrants in the 1980s were political refugees.
9. Mexican immigration rose in the 1980s due to a civil war in Mexico.
10. Workers organized unions in low-wage jobs like cleaning services and used confrontational tactics to challenge employers and gain members.