Despite the Progressives’ failure to gain strength as a major party, they did succeed in the adoption of

Examine the role of third/minor parties in U.S. politics. How have third parties affected the electoral system? What limitations have kept them from achieving major-party status? Provide an assessment, from the individual voter's perspective, on

the utility of voting for a third party. What will be an ideal response?

The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)

a. established a bracero program in the United States, allowing Mexican workers to enter the United States to provide much-needed manpower. b. made it illegal to Mexican migrant workers in the United States to send remittances to their relatives in Mexico. c. allowed migrants who had resided in the United states for a long time to gain legal residency rights. d. heightened efforts in the United States to establish a border fence along the U.S.–Canadian and U.S.–Mexican borders to make crossing these borders more difficult. e. cut off social services for undocumented Mexican migrants in the United States.