8.8 - Demographic Change: - Practice B

Based on the date and the time span shown (1940–1955), which decade is the BEST fit for when historians would place this document?

Which earlier development most directly helps explain the population shift highlighted in the document during the decade after World War II?

Which conclusion about change over time is BEST supported by the document?

Using evidence from the document and the reading stimulus, explain one post–World War II change that contributed to suburban growth or Sun Belt migration and describe one consequence that appeared over time.

Describe one short-term effect (within a few years) and one longer-term effect (over a decade or more) of the population trends shown.

Use chronological language (for example, “initially,” “by the early 1960s”).

The document is dated 1965 and summarizes policy changes that shaped immigration in later decades.

Which decade is the BEST fit for when historians would place this document?

Which earlier immigration policy is MOST directly connected to the change described in the 1965 document?

Which conclusion about change over time is BEST supported by the reading stimulus and the document?

Using evidence from the document and the reading stimulus, explain how the 1965 policy change contributed to increasing cultural diversity over time and describe one policy debate that developed in later decades.

Describe one short-term effect (within a few years) and one longer-term effect (over a decade or more) that communities might experience as immigration increases and becomes more diverse.

Use chronological language (for example, “initially,” “by the 1980s”).