Discussion questions for Es Unit 2

Which of the statements below is false about how the model minority myth affected people living in the US?

1. low waged workers lacked access to social safety nets

2. less funding is given to Asian Americans because the type of work they did

3. Asian Americans who don’t have a college degree were able to do well in the US

4. Asian Americans who worked off the books were unable to receive Medicare

Which of the statements below is false about how the model minority myth affected people living in the US?

1. low waged workers lacked access to social safety nets

2. less funding is given to Asian Americans because the type of work they did

3. Asian Americans who don’t have a college degree were able to do well in the US

4. Asian Americans who worked off the books were unable to receive Medicare

3.Asian Americans who don’t have a college degree were able to do well in the US

What are the three primary pathways for immigration to the US?

family sponsorship. economic/job, war refugees

Who was the highest country of the waiting list registrants?

Mexico

True/False: The Fred Korematsu case was legally overturned

False because the case was not offically and legally overturned as it did not make it to the Supreme Court

What industry did Cambodian refugees tend to join?

Donut Shops

What is the “public Charge” ground for exclusion?

Anyone sponsored by family coming in isnt going to be public charged

True/False: Moynihan's perspective on Black Americans and how to address their socioeconomic conditions after the Civil Rights movement had to do with at the heart of the deterioration of the fabric of negro society is the deterioration of the negro family

True

Which of the following legislative acts introduced the concept of a preference system in immigration, prioritizing family reunification as a basis for immigration to the United States?
a) 1870 Naturalization Act
b) 1906 Naturalization Act
c) 1952 McCarran-Walter Act
d) 1965 Immigration Act

d) 1965 Immigration Act

Which group of refugees began starting up donut shop businesses around California to make a living

a)Vietnamese

b) Chinese

c) Cambodians

d)Indians

c) cambodians

Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 periods of 20th century US Immigration?

A- Classic Era

B- First Wave

C- Long Hiatus

D- New Regime

B- First Wave

Why is incarceration a stronger term than evacuation or internment?

Since they did not receive due process and shows true impact of events

True/False: The AB 540 law of 2001 exempted non-resident students from non-resident tuition if they attended CA HS for 3 years and received diploma or equivalent

True

True/False Executive Order. 9066 was signed by President Franklin which allowed the military to take over and invade Hawaii

False becuase the executive order allowed for the military to designate areas for the purposed of protecting against espionage or sabotage

Which of these were required for one to be considered a refugee in the eyes of US Law and Policy?

a) is located outside the US

b) is of special humanitarian concern to the US

c) is not firmly resettled in another country

d) demonstrates that they were persecuted due to race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in some social group

e) all of the above

e) all of the above

What was the first place to evacuate Japanese Americans during WWII?

A. Oahu, Hawaii

B. Bainbridge Island, Washington

C. San Francisco, California

D. Los Angeles, California

B. Bainbridge island, Washington

How did immigration reforms passed in 1996 (Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibilty Act) affect deportations?

 

a)included crimes involving moral turpitude at risk for deportation

b)Didn't let lawful residents reenter U.S.

c)Only deported certain Asian American group

a)included crimes involving moral turpitude at risk for deportation

Whose perspective on addressing socioeconomic conditions after the Civil Rights Movement for Black Americans was geared more towards the fact that they had more of a female-led household?

A) Johnson

B) Moynihan

C) both

D) neither 

B) Maynihan

T/F: In the concentration camps there was a struggle to recreate family life with the disappearance of the traditional family mean and a transformation of a balance of power within the family

True

T/F: Siblings of adult US citizens cannot qualify for family based visas

False because they are fourth preference

What was the Plenary Power Doctrine?

a). The Supreme Court declaring they have the legal power to decide matters of immigration

b)The Supreme Court giving up all power to decide matters of immigration to the other branches

c)a result of Chae Chan Ping v. US (1889)

d) b and c

d) b and c

What act/law allowed children of undocumented immigrants to stay in the US?

A)Dream Act

B) DACA Act

C)Page Law

D) Scott Act

B)DACA ACT

T/F: Did the Federal Resettlement Program help keep Vietnamese communities together?

True

T/F: With the repatriation agreement between US and Cambodia, 1033 individuals have been deported to Cambodia

True

What is naturalization?

The process in which a person not born in the USA voluntarily becomes a US citizen

What does it mean for someone to be pan ethnic?

Generalization of solidarity among ethnic subgroups

Which of the following describes the second wave of refugees from Vietman?

a) referred to as the boat people

b) primarily from rural areas, less formally educated, and came with fewe marketable job skills

c) came from middle class and elite backgrounds

d) spent a short time in the processing camps after arriving in the US

e) A and B

e) A and B

All of the following are true about Japanese Internment Except

a) Japanese families had to sell all their possessions and were forcibly relocated
b) Mitsuye Endo helped prove the Japanese were unfairly incarcerated without due process
c) In the camps, the Japanese were given a questionnaire that had them swear loyalty to the US and implied they would have to serve in the military.
d) Fred Korematsu was arrested for not relocating, but eventually the case was overturned by the Supreme Court

D) Fred Korematsu arrested for not relocating, but eventually the case was overturned by the Supreme Court

T/F: Are refugees admissible within the US?

True

Which of the following people would be considered a refugee by the US government?(more than one answer)

A: person 1: fled war in home country, lived in Germany for 3 years

B:person 2: fleeing dire poverty in home country

C: person 3: Fleeing religious persecution in home country

D :person 4 fled communist country entered US

c: person 3:fleeing religious persecution in home country

Who was the person, commonly referred to as the “Donut King”, that built his own donut business after fleeing Cambodia as a refugge?

Ted Ngoy

What’s the difference between assimilation and cultural pluralism?

Assimilation: The process by which a subordinate individual or group takes on the characteristics of the dominant group and is eventually accepted as part of that group. A+B+C=A

Cultural Pluralism: Where differences and boundaries between cultures and maintained. A+B+C=A+B+C

What was the reason for American intervention in Vietnam?

a) To "civilize the Vietnamese"

b) To stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam

c) To annex North Vietnam and make it a state

d) All of the above

e) None of the Above

b) to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam