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"The conventional wisdom on the origins of the Immigration Reform Act of 1965 suggests that it was primarily a product of the civil rights movement… However,ideational effects of the cold war also played a part in the political developments of 1965… Cold war foreign-policy considerations pressed for increased openness for ethnic minority immigration to reduce tensions with allied (or potential allied) countries,and conversely,civil rights leaders were able to gain leverage for the Civil Rights Act by exploiting this tension and forcing Americans to practice the liberalism reflected in their founding myths."
Christopher Rudolph,National Security and Immigration: Policy Development in the United States and Western Europe Since 1945,2006
-The most significant result of the policy change described in the passage was that
Power Strokes
Power strokes are the force-generating steps in the cycle of motor proteins, such as those involved in muscle contraction and cellular motility.
Neuromuscular Junction
Specialized synapse between a motor neuron and a muscle fiber.
Presynaptic Terminal
The end of a neuron where neurotransmitters are stored before being released across the synapse to another neuron.
Synaptic Cleft
The narrow gap between the terminal end of a neuron and the neighboring neuron or muscle cell, across which neurotransmitters can send signals.
Q17: The developments depicted above came about as
Q21: Despite the problems highlighted by the author,which
Q25: The farming conditions,as described in the excerpt,<br>A)
Q26: Sustained warfare among Europeans in the sixteenth
Q27: Calhoun was the political enemy of<br>A) slaveholders.<br>B)
Q29: Civil rights activists who disagreed with the
Q37: Work in the cotton mills of New
Q44: In this excerpt,"the law of the land"<br>A)
Q51: The cartoon demonstrates the growing economic divisions
Q52: The actions of women like the one