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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Puerto Ricans the only immigrants born possessing?
(a) Free passage to the U.S.
(b) U.S. citizenship.
(c) Enough money to immigrate.
(d) The English language.

2. What does the typical Chinese immigrant in the U.S. do more than others?
(a) Intermarry outside their ethnic group.
(b) Send money home.
(c) Return to their homeland.
(d) Work and study.

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

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

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

6. What was a "tong?"
(a) A Chinese riddle.
(b) A Chinese overlord.
(c) A tool for Chinese cooking.
(d) A Chinese secret society.

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

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

9. Under the Gentleman's Agreement, ____________limited the number of Japanese immigrants to the U.S.
(a) The United States.
(b) An international tribunal.
(c) The job market.
(d) Japan.

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

11. How does the Chinese America crime rate compare to other immigrant groups?
(a) It is comparable to the mainstream of society.
(b) It is exceptionally erratic, changing every year.
(c) It is unusually high.
(d) It is unusually low.

12. Why did lighter skin become overrepresented among achieving blacks?
(a) Lighter skin is better looking.
(b) Lighter skin means higher intelligence.
(c) Lighter skin leads to greater ambition.
(d) Free persons of color had more white ancestors.

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

14. Why are the Hong Kong Chinese vulnerable to employer exploitation?
(a) Many do not understand U.S. customs.
(b) Many are engaged in criminal activity.
(c) Many do not have job skills.
(d) Many are in the U.S. illegally.

15. Why are the Hong Kong youth gangs a threat to Chinatowns?
(a) They frighten away tourists.
(b) They intimidate business owners.
(c) They cause loss of life.
(d) They cause property destruction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one tragic result of the U.S. government's restrictions on Chinese immigration?

2. What was a "picture bride"?

3. How long is the border between the U.S. and Mexico?

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

5. Where did the Alien Land Law prohibit Japanese immigrants from buying land?

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