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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a "picture bride"?
(a) A bride from Japan accepted on the basis of a photograph.
(b) A perfectly beautiful bride.
(c) A bride who spoke no English.
(d) A bride from the U.S. accepted on the basis of a photograph.

2. What percentage of Puerto Ricans voted to be accepted as a U.S. state?
(a) 60%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 74%.
(d) 39%

3. What did Chinatowns become in the 20th century?
(a) Danger zones.
(b) Crime-infested areas.
(c) Tourist attractions.
(d) Slums.

4. What mode of travel was first predominantly used in the Puerto Rican migration to the U.S.?
(a) Rail.
(b) Steamships.
(c) Air.
(d) Sailing ships.

5. Most Japanese immigrants in the 19th century were young men from what kind of background?
(a) Farming.
(b) Industry.
(c) Transportation.
(d) Trade.

6. By 1970, which city had the most Puerto Ricans?
(a) San Juan.
(b) New York.
(c) Boston.
(d) Miami.

7. What historical events at the turn of the century raised Japanese confidence?
(a) Winning wars against China and Russia.
(b) Accumulating more wealth than other Asian nations.
(c) Winning Nobel prizes for science and math.
(d) Being twice voted most popular tourist destination.

8. As those with different views left the South, what changed in the southern population?
(a) It became better educated and more worldly.
(b) It became more liberal.
(c) It became aware of its inconsistencies.
(d) It became more conformist and intolerant.

9. What percentage of white families in the South owned no slaves at all?
(a) 15%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 75%.

10. Most slaves worked in the farming of what product?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Tobacco.

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

12. For Japanese schoolchildren in the U.S., academic success was a matter of family ______________.
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Responsibility.
(c) Interest.
(d) Honor.

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

14. Why did many Japanese property owners in the U.S. put title to the land in the names of their children?
(a) The children could avoid excessive taxation.
(b) The children were born in the U.S. and not subject to the Alien Land Law.
(c) They children could attract better marriage partners.
(d) They hoped for greater prosperity for their children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what basis were Japanese immigrants to the U.S. preselected by the Japanese government?

2. What was higher among Puerto Ricans in New York than among either blacks or whites?

3. What indicates slow acculturation?

4. In New York, what percentage of Chinese residents accepted federal aid during the Great Depression?

5. How many slaves came to the Western Hemisphere?

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