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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) Quaker.
(d) Catholic.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many languages were and are spoken in Africa?

2. What was a Pachuco?

3. What is a "wetback"?

4. How were Japanese immigrants treated initially?

5. What ethnicities are combined in Puerto Ricans?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was unusual about the Japanese government's approach to emigration to the U.S.?

5. Why is it particularly difficult to measure advancement in the immigrant Puerto Rican community?

6. What is unique about the Mexican population in the Southwest?

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

8. How did American law operate against Chinese immigrants?

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

10. What factors make Puerto Rican immigrants unique?

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