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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 one tragic result of the U.S. government's restrictions on Chinese immigration?
(a) A low Chinese birth rate.
(b) A high rate of suicide among Chinese men.
(c) A low return on Chinese investment.
(d) A high rate of Chinese returning to China.

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

3. During the Civil War, what percentage of Union troops were black?
(a) 5%.
(b) 2%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 10%.

4. Who did Puerto Rican nationalists attempt to assassinate in 1952?
(a) President Truman.
(b) President Roosevelt.
(c) President Eisenhower.
(d) President Nixon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Under the Gentleman's Agreement, ____________limited the number of Japanese immigrants to the U.S.

2. On what basis were Japanese immigrants to the U.S. preselected by the Japanese government?

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

4. What was a "hatchet man"?

5. In New York, what percentage of Chinese residents accepted federal aid during the Great Depression?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why has Mexican immigration divided the mainstream population?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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