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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Puerto Rican nationalists attempt to assassinate in 1952?
(a) President Truman.
(b) President Nixon.
(c) President Roosevelt.
(d) President Eisenhower.

2. 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) Winning wars against China and Russia.
(d) Accumulating more wealth than other Asian nations.

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

4. What quality did U.S. slave owners encourage in their slaves?
(a) Initiative.
(b) Literacy.
(c) Dependence.
(d) Independence.

5. For Japanese schoolchildren in the U.S., academic success was a matter of family ______________.
(a) Interest.
(b) Honor.
(c) Responsibility.
(d) Loyalty.

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

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

8. What percentage of Puerto Ricans voted to be accepted as a U.S. state?
(a) 39%
(b) 60%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 74%.

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

10. 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.

11. What percentage of Puerto Ricans voted for independent nationhood?
(a) One percent.
(b) 10%.
(c) 39%.
(d) 60%.

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

13. How did many of the Japanese regard the United States during the 19th century?
(a) As an "earthly paradise."
(b) As a "hell on earth."
(c) As the "home of our enemies."
(d) As a "deprived nation."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a "hatchet man"?

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

3. How did Chinese immigrants finance business startups?

4. What was a "picture bride"?

5. Chapter VIII states that the cruelest slave masters were of what nationality?

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