Saturday, November 5, 2011

Changing the Rules


For Monday, please read Chapter 13 and be prepared to answer the following questions:

  • Recap: What are the Immigration Act of 1924 and the national origins system?
  • How did the Cold War effect immigration and immigration policy?
  • What was surprising about who was admitted under the Displaced Persons Act of 1948?
  • What did President Truman say was the greatest vice of the quota system and what was he specifically referring to?
  • While immigration policy was still focused on Europe, who was really immigrating to the U.S. in larger numbers and why?
  • What was revolutionary about the Immigration Act of 1965 and how did it fit with the national mood?
  • What were the unanticipated results of the 1965 law?
  • What is parole authority and how does it relate to the Refugee Act of 1980.
  • How does a refugee differ from an asylee?
  • How did American attitudes toward refugees change between WWII and 1980?
  • What was the Mariel Crisis and how did it compare with Haiti's boat people?
  • What's so interesting about the numbers of legal immigrants and the quota limits?

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