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

2. What segment of the U.S. population has traditionally pushed for open access for Mexican laborers?
(a) Agricultural employers.
(b) Welfare workers.
(c) The police.
(d) Hospital employees.

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

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

5. Under the laws of the Manchu dynasty, what could Chinese men not return to China without?
(a) Their wives.
(b) Their queues.
(c) Their job training.
(d) Their savings.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Chinese America crime rate compare to other immigrant groups?

2. Where was the first Puerto Rican community in New York?

3. What does the typical Chinese immigrant in the U.S. do more than others?

4. What is a "wetback"?

5. How many slaves came to the Western Hemisphere?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the "pushes" and "pulls" that bring Mexican immigrants to the United States?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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