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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the 1906 earthquake, when 10,000 Japanese were left homeless, how many applied for public relief?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) None.

2. What was one result of social isolation and fragmentation in Africa?
(a) Cultural interaction.
(b) Community development.
(c) Peace and quiet.
(d) Political and military vulnerability.

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

4. What is a "wetback"?
(a) A strong swimmer.
(b) An agricultural worker who perspires freely.
(c) An illegal Mexican immigrant.
(d) A mariachi musician.

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

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

7. How many states in the U.S. were originally part of Mexico?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

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

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

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

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

12. Most Japanese immigrants in the 19th century were young men from what kind of background?
(a) Trade.
(b) Farming.
(c) Transportation.
(d) Industry.

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

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

15. What was a Californio?
(a) An enslaved California Hispanic of the 19th century.
(b) A wealthy California Hispanic of the 20th century.
(c) A wealthy California Hispanic of the 19th century.
(d) A California stagecoach robber.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Nat Turner lead?

3. How were Japanese immigrants treated initially?

4. Among all ethnic groups in the U.S., Puerto Ricans in 1930 had the highest rate of what factor?

5. What percentage of Puerto Ricans voted for independent nationhood?

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