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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was higher among Puerto Ricans in New York than among either blacks or whites?

3. What quality did U.S. slave owners encourage in their slaves?

4. What percentage of white families in the South owned no slaves at all?

5. Why are the Hong Kong Chinese vulnerable to employer exploitation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did American law operate against Chinese immigrants?

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

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

8. What qualities distinguished Japanese school children in the U.S.?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In an essay, analyze how the various methods of available transportation have affected who was able to immigrate, where they were able to land, and what work they were able to undertake upon arrival.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you compare and contrast two groups of immigrants based on factors such as persistence of the first language, fertility rates, attitudes toward education, etc.

Essay Topic 3

Select one ethnic group for which you will explore how the cultural values that came with them from their country of origin affected their assimilation into the culture of the United States. For example, what effect did Jewish dietary laws and ritual cleansing have on them? What effect did Italian emphasis on self-reliance have on them when they became immigrants?

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