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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. During the Civil War, what percentage of Union troops were black?

2. What was a Pachuco?

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

4. What did the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision declare that blacks did not have?

5. What was a Californio?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why has Mexican immigration divided the mainstream population?

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

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

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

9. What factors make Puerto Rican immigrants unique?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways are socioeconomic differences influenced by location in the host country? What keeps immigrants from moving to the most desirable spots? In your essay, examine the factors that cause immigrant groups to cluster where they do, and what effect that clustering has on their assimilation and economic success.

Essay Topic 2

Recent immigrants have been shown to surpass more established immigrants of the same ethnicity in education and socioeconomic success. In your essay, give examples of this phenomenon and your opinion about its causes.

Essay Topic 3

It may seem ironic that established immigrant groups have been shown to discriminate against more recent immigrants of the same ethnicity. Using examples from the text, write an essay examining this phenomenon and give your opinion about its causes and effects.

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