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Question 19 • United States History and Geography

How did the Vietnam War affect immigration to the United States in the 1970s?

Answer

Asian immigration increased because many Vietnamese people escaped the chaos and violence after the war.

War refugees were kept from entering the country because they were considered illegal immigrants.

Only a few children emigrated from Vietnam because families of US service personnel faced restrictive policies.

Fewer Vietnamese people were interested in immigrating to the United States in the wake of the war.

Explanation

After the Vietnam War ended in 1975, many Vietnamese people fled the violence and upheaval, and the United States admitted large numbers of refugees. This increased Asian immigration to the United States during the 1970s. The claim that refugees were kept out as illegal immigrants does not describe this postwar migration.

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