All of the Following Statements Regarding Latinos in the United

question 49

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements regarding Latinos in the United States are true EXCEPT that

• A) Puerto Rican migrants established a large community in New York City.
• B) large numbers of Central American immigrants arrived in the U.S. in the 1980s.
• C) Cuban immigrants in the 1980s were more well-to-do than their counterparts in the 1960s.
• D) by the late 1960s, Mexican Americans were one of the largest population groups in the West.
• E) by 1960, Los Angeles had a bigger Mexican population than any place except Mexico City.

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