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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of Puerto Ricans voted for independent nationhood?

2. How long is the border between the U.S. and Mexico?

3. Heightened, more militant group consciousness typically appears in which generation?

4. Which Western country imported the most slaves?

5. What was a "picture bride"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Chinese cultural diversity similar to that of Italy?

2. What are the "pushes" and "pulls" that bring Mexican immigrants to the United States?

3. How are black Americans both the oldest and the youngest immigrant group?

4. How have Chinese immigrants traditionally been received in host countries?

5. What obstacles to progress were faced by emancipated slaves?

6. Why did most Chinese immigrants work in laundries and restaurants in the U.S.?

7. How do Puerto Ricans compare economically with other immigrant groups?

8. How did Japan view the United States in the 19th century?

9. What was unusual about the Japanese government's approach to emigration to the U.S.?

10. What was unique about the slave population of the United States when compared with slaves in other countries?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The alternating welcome/rejection of Chinese immigrants is a complicated story. In your essay, examine how and why restrictive immigration laws ultimately led to crime and vice among Chinese immigrants.

Essay Topic 2

Sowell speaks of acculturation in concentric rings. What does he mean by this metaphor? What are examples of groups which would be in the inner circles? What are examples of groups which would be on the outer circles?

Essay Topic 3

Sowell contends that looking for causes and effects in history is very different than looking for justification or condemnation. In your essay, examine the differences between the two approaches to the same data.

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