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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many slaves came to the Western Hemisphere?
(a) Twenty million.
(b) Ten million.
(c) Five million.
(d) One million.

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

3. What was the Bracero Program of 1942?
(a) Legal residence for contract Mexican workers.
(b) Citizenship programs for illegal Mexican residents.
(c) Amnesty for illegal Mexican residents.
(d) Deportation of illegal Mexican workers.

4. Mexican immigrants rank highest in what index?
(a) Reverse migration.
(b) Fertility.
(c) Education.
(d) Income.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What indicates slow acculturation?
(a) Rapid language acquisition.
(b) Low rates of application for citizenship.
(c) Sending money home.
(d) Long vacations in the home country.

15. What was one tragic result of the U.S. government's restrictions on Chinese immigration?
(a) A high rate of Chinese returning to China.
(b) A low return on Chinese investment.
(c) A high rate of suicide among Chinese men.
(d) A low Chinese birth rate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Six Companies?

2. Why did lighter skin become overrepresented among achieving blacks?

3. What was one significant difference between slavery in the U.S. and slavery throughout history, as identified by Sowell?

4. What was one result of social isolation and fragmentation in Africa?

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

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