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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which religion forbade the owning of slaves and produced many abolitionists?
(a) Methodist.
(b) Presbyterian.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Quaker.

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

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

4. What did the Japanese government do when immigrants to Hawaii were unhappy with working conditions?
(a) Banned them from returning to Japan.
(b) Started a war with Hawaii.
(c) Repatriated them.
(d) Compensated them for lost wages.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was a Californio?

3. Japanese pieceworkers earned ____________ than whites doing the same work.

4. Blacks are the only ethnic group that came to the U.S. under what condition?

5. During the Civil War, what percentage of Union troops were black?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did most Chinese immigrants work in laundries and restaurants in the U.S.?

2. How did American law operate against Chinese immigrants?

3. What factors account for Chinese success in the United States?

4. What factors make Puerto Rican immigrants unique?

5. What anti-Japanese legislation in California caused problems for the Japanese immigrants?

6. What qualities distinguished Japanese school children in the U.S.?

7. In what ways did geography contribute to the perpetuation of slavery?

8. Why was marriage among slaves encouraged by slave owners?

9. How did Japan view the United States in the 19th century?

10. Why has Mexican immigration divided the mainstream population?

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