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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. What was the Six Companies?
(a) A Chinese immigration association.
(b) A Chinese crime syndicate.
(c) A Chinese mutual aid association.
(d) A Chinese gang.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did many of the Japanese regard the United States during the 19th century?

3. What occupations did Chinese immigrants typically take in the mining camps?

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

5. What vices were commonly available in Chinatown?

Short Essay Questions

1. What negative effects did total dependence have on the slave population?

2. How are black Americans both the oldest and the youngest immigrant group?

3. What are some signs of the slow acculturation of Mexican immigrants?

4. What are some socioeconomic results of early marriages and high fertility rates among Puerto Rican immigrants?

5. What was unique about the slave population of the United States when compared with slaves in other countries?

6. What effect did Chinese immigration to the United States have on Japanese immigrants?

7. How was Chinese cultural diversity similar to that of Italy?

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

9. Why has Mexican immigration divided the mainstream population?

10. What obstacles to progress were faced by emancipated slaves?

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