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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quality did U.S. slave owners encourage in their slaves?
(a) Dependence.
(b) Independence.
(c) Literacy.
(d) Initiative.

2. Who were the first free persons of colors?
(a) Indentured servants who had completed their indentures.
(b) Freed slaves.
(c) Blacks from other countries.
(d) Native-born blacks.

3. After the 1906 earthquake, when 10,000 Japanese were left homeless, how many applied for public relief?
(a) None.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 5,000.

4. What occupations did Chinese immigrants typically take in the mining camps?
(a) Cooks and launderers.
(b) Miners and accountants.
(c) Tailors and saloon keepers.
(d) Merchants and farmers.

5. How long is the border between the U.S. and Mexico?
(a) Around 3,000 miles.
(b) Less than 1,000 miles.
(c) Exactly 1,120 miles.
(d) More than 2,000 miles.

6. Chapter VIII states that the cruelest slave masters were of what nationality?
(a) Jamaican.
(b) American.
(c) Arab.
(d) African.

7. Where was the first Puerto Rican community in New York?
(a) Long Island.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Spanish Harlem.
(d) The Bronx.

8. What was a Californio?
(a) A wealthy California Hispanic of the 20th century.
(b) A wealthy California Hispanic of the 19th century.
(c) An enslaved California Hispanic of the 19th century.
(d) A California stagecoach robber.

9. What was the Six Companies?
(a) A Chinese mutual aid association.
(b) A Chinese immigration association.
(c) A Chinese crime syndicate.
(d) A Chinese gang.

10. What type of immigrant group is most likely to retain a foreign language and culture?
(a) Those who are discriminated against.
(b) Those with back-and-forth migration.
(c) Those whose culture is not represented in the U.S.
(d) Those who are mistreated by mainstream governmental agencies.

11. What gave free persons of color a head start over other blacks?
(a) Job skills.
(b) Literacy.
(c) Legal protections.
(d) Nutrition.

12. Why have the Chinese been called "the Jews of Asia?"
(a) They have been universally excluded.
(b) Their success in business has been applauded.
(c) They have been universally welcomed.
(d) Their success in business has been resented.

13. What was higher among Puerto Ricans in New York than among either blacks or whites?
(a) Income.
(b) Fertility rates.
(c) Education.
(d) Political participation.

14. What "pushed" Mexicans to leave Mexico in the early 20th century?
(a) Religious suppression.
(b) The devaluation of the peso.
(c) Overcrowding.
(d) The Mexican revolution.

15. What segment of the U.S. population has traditionally pushed for open access for Mexican laborers?
(a) Welfare workers.
(b) Hospital employees.
(c) Agricultural employers.
(d) The police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of governmental structure did most Puerto Ricans vote to continue?

2. Why are the Hong Kong youth gangs a threat to Chinatowns?

3. What did Chinatowns become in the 20th century?

4. What did the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision declare that blacks did not have?

5. How many states in the U.S. were originally part of Mexico?

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