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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter X, The Mexicans.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take to cross the Atlantic in a steamship?
(a) Ten days.
(b) Ten weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) Ten months.

2. What indicates slow acculturation?
(a) Rapid language acquisition.
(b) Sending money home.
(c) Low rates of application for citizenship.
(d) Long vacations in the home country.

3. Why did farmers in southern Italy live on hillsides?
(a) To hide from invaders.
(b) To get a better view.
(c) Because arable land was in the hills.
(d) To avoid malaria.

4. Why are the Hong Kong youth gangs a threat to Chinatowns?
(a) They frighten away tourists.
(b) They cause property destruction.
(c) They cause loss of life.
(d) They intimidate business owners.

5. What did the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision declare that blacks did not have?
(a) Rights white men had to respect.
(b) Any rights at all.
(c) Rights other blacks had to respect.
(d) The right to be respected.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "pushed" Mexicans to leave Mexico in the early 20th century?

2. What gave free persons of color a head start over other blacks?

3. How did Chinese immigrants cope with discrimination?

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

5. What kind of work provided a start for most wealthy American Jewish families?

(see the answer key)

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