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?
(25
) 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.
(30
) 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
(35
) 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-
(40
) temporary civil rights. And every year, Mexican Americans