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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IX, The Puerto Ricans.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of Puerto Ricans voted for independent nationhood?
(a) One percent.
(b) 39%.
(c) 60%.
(d) 10%.

2. How did Chinese immigrants cope with discrimination?
(a) Aggression and violence.
(b) Withdrawal and inconspicuousness.
(c) Fear and intimidation.
(d) Pugnacity and toughness.

3. What was a "tong?"
(a) A Chinese riddle.
(b) A Chinese secret society.
(c) A Chinese overlord.
(d) A tool for Chinese cooking.

4. What ethnicities are combined in Puerto Ricans?
(a) Spanish, Indian, and Portugese.
(b) Spanish, African, and Indian.
(c) African, Indian, and British.
(d) Portugese, African, and Indian.

5. What language did German Jews speak?
(a) English.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) German.
(d) Yiddish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one tragic result of the U.S. government's restrictions on Chinese immigration?

2. What occupations did Chinese immigrants typically take in the mining camps?

3. What drug was introduced in the U.S. by Chinese immigrants?

4. Under the laws of the Manchu dynasty, what could Chinese men not return to China without?

5. How many years did a German indentured servant typically have to work to pay off his transportation to America?

(see the answer key)

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