Upfront Magazine Quiz - 11/4/16

A) has been declining in recent years

B) is at an all-time high

C) is about equal to the number of authorized immigrants

D) is expected to rise after the U.S. presidential election

A) slow illegal immigration from Mexico into the U.S.

B) ease political tensions between the U.S. and Mexico

C) boost trade among the U.S., Mexico, and Canada

D) keep companies from moving jobs from the U.S. to Mexico

A) They run a $30 billion illegal drug trade

B) They frequently pay off police and government officials

C) They control large swaths of territory in Mexico

D) Most of the drugs they sell are consumed by Mexico's urban poor

A) college attendance requires going to the U.S.

B) drug cartels control most colleges and universities

C) the government provides no financial aid

D) none of the above are correct

A) People in Mexico are paying close attention to America's upcoming presidential election

B) Drug cartels and a weak public education system are among the many problems plaguing Mexico

C) Although Mexico faces challenges, its growing economy is giving Mexicans greater opportunities

D) U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have very different stands on dealing with illegal immigration from Mexico

A) mounting unemployment in Mexico

B) corruption in all levels of Mexico's government

C) Mexico's low rates of secondary school completion

D) outdated and inaccurate stereotypes Americans have of Mexico

A) "The middle class has grown..."

B) "...it now ranks as the world's 12th-largest exports economy..."

C) "Of Mexico's 122 million people, 55 million...live in poverty."

D) "Many were outraged when Trump visited Mexico in late August..."

A) John Tyler

B) John Adams

C) Thomas Jefferson

D) James Madison

A) presiding over the Senate

B) determining foreign policy

C) taking over for a president who dies

D) taking over for a president who can no longer serve

A) led to the practice of the president and vice president running on the same ticket

B) specified that the candidate who finishes second in the presidential race becomes vice president

C) said that the vice president must attend national security briefings

D) none of the above are correct

A) William McKinley

B) Franklin D. Roosevelt

C) Bill Clinton

D) Barack Obama

A) introduce the main candidates for vice president

B) describe famous vice presidents in U.S. history

C) explore the history and importance of the role of vice president

D) compare the roles of president and vice president

A) arrival of scores of "new immigrants" from southern and eastern Europe and Asia

B) shift of manufacturing jobs from eastern cities to western cities

C) movement of millions of Southern African-Americans to cities in the North and West

D) entry of many women and children into the industrial workforce

A) black Americans had equal protection under the law

B) it was constitutional to have separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites

C) African-American men had the right to vote

D) none of the above statements are correct

A) discriminatory Jim Crow laws

B) the explosion of urban jobs

C) religious persecution

D) real estate covenants

A) passage of the 15th Amendment

B) creation of the first labor unions

C) Harlem Renaissance in New York City

D) all of the above statements are correct

A) African-American arts and culture flourished in the Harlem Renaissance

B) The Great Depression led to a dip in migration rates

C) The black newspaper "The Chicago Defender" began running ads for jobs in the North

D) Many white families left cities for the suburbs in a phenomenon known as "white flight"