SOWK 147 exam 2 (All Correct)

Nativism correct answers beliefs and policies favoring native-born citizens over immigrants Chain Immigration correct answers Immigrants sponsor several other immigrants who, on their arrival, may sponsor still more Chinese Exclusion Act correct answers -1882 -Denied naturalization rights to Chinese in Us -Decline in legal immigration Xenophobia correct answers The fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners Sinophobes correct answers -People with a fear of anything associated with China -Threat they posed as laborers Patterns of Immigration correct answers 3 patterns: -Immigration has fluctuated dramatically over time due to government policy changes -settlement has not been uniform across the country; centered in certain regions and cities -the source of immigrants has changed over time National Origin System correct answers -Quotas went unfilled and immigration dropped -backlog in other countries How did quota system breakdown? correct answers -established quotas based on percent of each group from the 1910 census -Drawn to block growing immigration from southern europe, such as greece and italy Brain Drain correct answers skilled workers, professionals, and technicians desperately needed by their home countries Transnational correct answers -Immigrants who sustain multiple social relationships -Linking their societies of origin and settlement Bilingualism correct answers Use of 2+ languages in work or education and the treatment of each language as legitimate Refugees correct answers -People living outside their country for fear of political or religious persecution -enough exist to populate an entire nation -US makes the largest contribution of any nation to worldwide assistance programs -US government is officially committed to accepting refugees from other nations -1968 United Nations treaty on refugees Asylees correct answers -Foreigners who have already entered the US and now seek protection because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution