Government Policy and Its Consequences

Question 1

What was the Cuban exodus?

Answer 1

The Cuban exodus is the mass emigration of Cubans from the island of Cuba after the Cuban Revolution of 1959

Question 2

Why did the Cubans want to escape?

Answer 2

The new government allied itself with the Soviet Union and began to introduce communism, which disillusioned many Cubans

Question 3

From 1959 and 1990, how many Cubans emigrated to the US?

Answer 3

1 million

Question 4

Fall of Saigon

Answer 4

The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People’s Army of Vietnam

Question 5

How many refugees did the USA take in after the fall of Saigon?

Answer 5

130,000 Vietnamese refugees

Question 6

What was the Bracero program?

Answer 6

Need for American agribusiness and around 5 million Mexican braceros were allowed in

Question 7

When was the Bracero Program?

Answer 7

1942 - 1964

Question 8

How many Mexicans were repatriated?

Answer 8

over 1 million

Question 9

How did labourers make Mexican immigration worse?

Answer 9

happy to have cheap, exploitable labour

Question 10

in 1961 how many more Chinese were let into the USA?

Answer 10

14,000

Question 11

Nativism

Answer 11

the favouring of residents of a country as opposed to immigrants