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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Japanese pieceworkers earned ____________ than whites doing the same work.
(a) More gradually.
(b) More rapidly.
(c) Less.
(d) More.

2. What was unique among immigrant groups about Chinese population size in the U.S.?
(a) The immigrant Chinese population grew more rapidly.
(b) The immigrant Chinese population disappeared.
(c) The immigrant Chinese population maintained a constant size.
(d) The Chinese population was the only immigrant group to get smaller.

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

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

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

6. How were Japanese immigrants treated initially?
(a) They were hated.
(b) They were tolerated.
(c) They were rejected.
(d) They were welcomed.

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

8. Under the laws of the Manchu dynasty, what could Chinese men not return to China without?
(a) Their queues.
(b) Their job training.
(c) Their savings.
(d) Their wives.

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

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

11. Which Western country imported the most slaves?
(a) Canada.
(b) Brazil.
(c) The United States.
(d) Jamaica.

12. Heightened, more militant group consciousness typically appears in which generation?
(a) Second.
(b) Third.
(c) First.
(d) Fourth.

13. What was a "hatchet man"?
(a) A lumberjack.
(b) A woodsman.
(c) A member of a Chinese secret society.
(d) An entertainer.

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

15. What drug was introduced in the U.S. by Chinese immigrants?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Opium.
(d) Marijuana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What quality did U.S. slave owners encourage in their slaves?

2. What was the Six Companies?

3. Mexican immigrants rank highest in what index?

4. What did the Japanese government do when immigrants to Hawaii were unhappy with working conditions?

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

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