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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What "pulled" Mexicans into the U.S. in the early 20th century?
(a) The building of factories.
(b) The construction of railroads.
(c) The development of large agribusinesses.
(d) The lure of Hollywood.

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

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

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

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

7. What did Nat Turner lead?
(a) A black unit in the Civil War.
(b) A political party.
(c) The first black college.
(d) A slave uprising.

8. How did Chinese immigrants finance business startups?
(a) Theft.
(b) Borrowing from employers.
(c) Maintaining high credit ratings.
(d) Rotating credit associations.

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

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

11. What vices were commonly available in Chinatown?
(a) Drinking and smoking.
(b) Prostitution, drugs, and gambling.
(c) Theft and murder.
(d) Gambling and drinking.

12. Many Japanese immigrants were successful entrepreneurs because of their ability to _________________.
(a) Accept risk.
(b) Foreseen trends.
(c) Calculate costs.
(d) Share profits.

13. In California, Japanese immigrants initiated what two business models?
(a) Market gardens and ornamental horticulture.
(b) Language schools and bakeries.
(c) Restaurants and dance academies.
(d) Contract gardening and produce markets.

14. In New York, what percentage of Chinese residents accepted federal aid during the Great Depression?
(a) 1%.
(b) 100%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 50%.

15. What was one result of social isolation and fragmentation in Africa?
(a) Community development.
(b) Cultural interaction.
(c) Political and military vulnerability.
(d) Peace and quiet.

Short Answer Questions

1. The generation gap between first and second generation Japanese immigrants was caused by _____________ marriages.

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

3. What was a Pachuco?

4. What is a "wetback"?

5. Why have the Chinese been called "the Jews of Asia?"

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