SECTION 2 TIME—25 MINUTES 18 QUESTIONS DIRECTIONS

7.

Which of the following statements about the first two

tional culture. Cultural and instrumental components of

definitions of ethnicity discussed in the first

paragraph is supported by the passage?

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) ethnicity are not mutually exclusive, but rather reinforce

one

another.

(A) One is supported primarily by sociologists, and

The Civil Rights movement also brought changes in the

the other is favored by members of ethnic groups.

uses to which ethnicity was put by Mexican American

people. In the 1960's, Mexican Americans formed

(B) One emphasizes the political aspects of ethnicity,

and the other focuses on the economic aspects.

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) community-based political groups that emphasized ancestral

heritage as a way of mobilizing constituents. Such emerg-

(C) One is the result of analysis of United States

ing issues as immigration and voting rights gave Mexican

populations, and the other is the result of analysis

American advocacy groups the means by which to promote

of European populations.

ethnic solidarity. Like European ethnic groups in the

D) One focuses more on the ancestral components of

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) nineteenth-century United States, late-twentieth-century

ethnicity than does the other.

Mexican American leaders combined ethnic with contem-

porary civic symbols. In 1968 Henry Cisneros, then mayor

(E) One focuses more on immigrant groups than does

of San Antonio, Texas, cited Mexican leader Benito Juarez

the other.

as a model for Mexican Americans in their fight for con-

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) temporary civil rights. And every year, Mexican Americans