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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Japanese crime rate compare with that of other immigrant communities?
(a) Slightly higher.
(b) Far lower.
(c) Far higher.
(d) Slightly lower.

2. During the Civil War, what percentage of Union troops were black?
(a) 5%.
(b) 2%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 10%.

3. What is a "coyote"?
(a) A Mexican gang.
(b) An Aztec symbol.
(c) An illegal drug.
(d) A smuggler of illegal immigrants.

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

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

6. What kind of governmental structure did most Puerto Ricans vote to continue?
(a) Independent nationhood.
(b) Commonwealth status.
(c) Statehood.
(d) Status as a territory.

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

8. What did the Japanese government do when immigrants to Hawaii were unhappy with working conditions?
(a) Compensated them for lost wages.
(b) Repatriated them.
(c) Started a war with Hawaii.
(d) Banned them from returning to Japan.

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

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

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

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

13. Blacks are the only ethnic group that came to the U.S. under what condition?
(a) Without official permission.
(b) At the government's request.
(c) All at once.
(d) Against their will.

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

15. The generation gap between first and second generation Japanese immigrants was caused by _____________ marriages.
(a) Rare.
(b) Belated.
(c) Long-distance.
(d) Multiple.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Hong Kong Chinese vulnerable to employer exploitation?

2. Who did Puerto Rican nationalists attempt to assassinate in 1952?

3. How many slaves came to the Western Hemisphere?

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

5. By 1970, which city had the most Puerto Ricans?

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