An APUSH SAQ — The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Ten questions designed to help students review for the annual exam and that relate to a post-World War II law of Congress that resulted in a significant altering of the ethnic makeup of the U.S.

1. Briefly describe one historical event, development, or process that occurred before the presidential signing of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
2. Briefly describe one historical event, development, or process that after the presidential signing of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
3. After the presidential signing of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, immigrants from around the world sought access to the political, social, and economic opportunities in the United States. Describe one important political opportunity the post-1965 immigrants sought access to. Also one important social opportunity and one important economic
4. Briefly describe one major historical similarity and one major historical difference between the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
5. Briefly describe one major historical similarity and one major historical difference between the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 and the Immigration Act of 1924.
6. Briefly describe one major historical similarity and one major historical difference between the immigrants who came to America during the First Industrial Revolution (1800–1865) and the immigrants who came to America after the presidential signing of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.
7. Briefly describe one major historical similarity and one major historical difference between the immigrants who came to America during the Second Industrial Revolution (1865–1914) and the immigrants who came to America after the presidential signing of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.
8. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 resulted in a significant altering of the ethnic makeup of the U.S. Briefly describe one major piece of evidence in support of this claim.
9. Briefly explain how one major historical factor that contributed to the change depicted in the graph below
10. Briefly explain one specific historical effect that resulted from the change depicted in the graph below.

Click here for fifteen questions designed to help students review for the annual exam and that relate to a post-World War I Congressional law seeking to preserve the ideal of U.S. homogeneity (aka the Immigration Act of 1924)