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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why have the Chinese been called "the Jews of Asia?"
(a) Their success in business has been resented.
(b) Their success in business has been applauded.
(c) They have been universally welcomed.
(d) They have been universally excluded.

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

4. Where did the Alien Land Law prohibit Japanese immigrants from buying land?
(a) The United States.
(b) California.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Japan.

5. What was higher among Puerto Ricans in New York than among either blacks or whites?
(a) Education.
(b) Political participation.
(c) Income.
(d) Fertility rates.

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

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

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

9. What historical events at the turn of the century raised Japanese confidence?
(a) Winning wars against China and Russia.
(b) Being twice voted most popular tourist destination.
(c) Accumulating more wealth than other Asian nations.
(d) Winning Nobel prizes for science and math.

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

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

12. What mode of travel was first predominantly used in the Puerto Rican migration to the U.S.?
(a) Air.
(b) Rail.
(c) Sailing ships.
(d) Steamships.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Six Companies?

2. How many languages were and are spoken in Africa?

3. As those with different views left the South, what changed in the southern population?

4. Where was the first Puerto Rican community in New York?

5. What was a Californio?

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