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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. As those with different views left the South, what changed in the southern population?

2. How did Chinese immigrants cope with discrimination?

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

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

5. What was a "hatchet man"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did American law operate against Chinese immigrants?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In your essay, address the following questions: What is stereotyping? Where does the image of the drunken, brawling Irishman or the knife-wielding Mafioso become a stereotype? What's wrong with stereotyping? Why do we stereotype others? Are stereotypical images without factual bases?

Essay Topic 2

Migration does not bring a random cross section of the population of the native country. In your essay, examine which members of a population are most likely to emigrate. Consider, for example, Japanese emigrants who were pre-screened by their government before they were permitted to leave. What factors were considered? What factors are most likely to promote success in a new environment?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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