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

2. By 1970, which city had the most Puerto Ricans?

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

4. What did Nat Turner lead?

5. Why did many Japanese property owners in the U.S. put title to the land in the names of their children?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How are black Americans both the oldest and the youngest immigrant group?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Patterns emerge among all ethnic groups that show differences between the first generation of immigrants and the second and third generations. In your essay, select one or two ethnic groups to examine and compare generational differences.

Essay Topic 3

Over time, most immigrant groups are first discriminated against, then eventually accepted and assimilated. In your essay, examine the factors that contribute to increasing mutual acceptance. Consider, for example, "the destructive toll of mutual intolerance." What is that toll? Who pays it? How does the economy reward cooperation?

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