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

2. What was a "tong?"
(a) A Chinese overlord.
(b) A Chinese secret society.
(c) A Chinese riddle.
(d) A tool for Chinese cooking.

3. What did Chinatowns become in the 20th century?
(a) Tourist attractions.
(b) Slums.
(c) Danger zones.
(d) Crime-infested areas.

4. How did Chinese immigrants cope with discrimination?
(a) Pugnacity and toughness.
(b) Fear and intimidation.
(c) Aggression and violence.
(d) Withdrawal and inconspicuousness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did many Japanese property owners in the U.S. put title to the land in the names of their children?

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

3. In California, Japanese immigrants initiated what two business models?

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

5. Most slaves worked in the farming of what product?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Puerto Ricans compare economically with other immigrant groups?

3. Why were most early Chinese immigrants to the U.S. sojourners?

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

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

6. How have Chinese immigrants traditionally been received in host countries?

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

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

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

10. What field of endeavor was essentially invented by immigrant Japanese?

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