1995 Practice Exam

1.  What sentence did autoworkers Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz receive for the 1982 racially-motivated murder of Vincent Chin?

(blank) 3 years probation six months imprisonment 2 years imprisonment life imprisonment only a suspended sentence

2.  The first multiethnic strike among Hawaiian plantation workers:

(blank) resulted in the abolition of the differential wage system was broken by planters exploiting Korean enmity against the Japanese took place in 1909 served to unite the Chinese, Portuguese and Filipino working classes all of the above

3.  The 1908 assassination of Durham Stevens, an American lobbyist, was viewed as an act of patriotism by many Asian Americans of which ethnicity?

(blank) Chinese American Japanese American Indian American Korean American Filipino American

4.  The intended purpose of the 1934 Tydings-McDuffie Act was:

(blank) to reclassify Filipino Americans as aliens to increase financial pressure on Filipino Americans to build up the American military presence in the South Pacific to satisfy Filipino demands for independence none of the above

5.  British colonial rule in India caused the emigration of Asian Indians to the United States and Canada by:

(blank) giving Indian soldiers the right to settle in British Columbia creating financial pressures on peasant farmers Westernizing Indian culture teaching English to villagers fostering dreams of personal prosperity

6.  Which of the following prominent Americans favored equal rights and opportunities for people of color in American society?

(blank) Thomas Jefferson Theodore Roosevelt John Winthrop Walt Whitman Benjamin Franklin

7.  In the early years of the 20th century, which Asian country characterized the difficulties of the first Chinese Americans as being due to "inferior character" and sought to restrict emigration to well-educated families?

(blank) Japan Korea Thailand the Philippines Thailand

8.  Unlike their parents, second-generation Chinese Americans in the 1930s generally:

(blank) were undisturbed by Japanese aggression in China were significantly better educated than most Americans tended to value personal freedoms over family obligations felt accepted as Americans received fair treatment in employment

9.  The 1943 repeal of the Chinese exclusion laws:

(blank) was supported by Franklin Roosevelt was designed to mute Japanese criticism of American racial discrimination resulted in only a trickle of immigration was supported by the Korean American and Indian American communities all of the above

10.  Japanese American soldiers in World War II have been credited with all of the following achievements except:

(blank) taking the town of Bruyeres rescuing the Texan "Lost Battalion" earning a record number of honors shortening the war by two years assisting the landing of U.S. Marines at Guadalcanal

11.  According to Stephen DeCastro, an effective response to racism against Filipino Americans must include:

(blank) renouncing past assimilationist behaviors compassion for others in the struggle joining community organizations a high degree of political involvement a critique of the dominant Filipino perspective

12.  According to David Mura, the removal of racial categories may actually work against a marginalized group by:

(blank) robbing its individual members of their cultural identity denying inequalities of power confusing the debate on race relations exaggerating internal differences weakening the group's influence as a special interest

13.  The first Asian American Studies courses to be offered in an independent Ethnic Studies department were introduced in 1969 at

(blank) San Francisco State University University of California at Los Angeles University of California at Berkeley University of Hawaii Stanford University

14.  The number of Asian Americans in the 1990 census was approximately:

(blank) 3 million 5 million 8 million 10 million 13 million

15.  Sophea Mouth (as interviewed by Sonia Shah) would probably view which of the following problems facing the Asian community in Madison, Wisconsin, as the most urgent?

(blank) conflict in the community on the issue of abortion mental illness associated with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome the church's failure to convert Hmong people to Christianity the community's failure to assimilate according to mainstream expectations the mutual failure of cultures to understand each other's customs and values

16.  According to Margaretta Lin and Cheng Imm Tan, domestic violence against women is aggravated in Asian Pacific American families by all of the following factors except:

(blank) poverty among immigrant women greater sexism and misogyny among ethnic Asian men the cultural defense in criminal trials linguistic and cultural obstacles to obtaining assistance social isolation of immigrant families

17.  According to Kent Wong, which strategy is most likely to benefit the Asian American labor movement in the coming years?

(blank) encouraging contract labor shop-by-shop organizing alliances between national unions and community organizations unifying along ethnic instead of class boundaries formation of independent Asian American unions

18.  In the aftermath of the Soon Ja Du murder trial in 1992, the African American leader of the Brotherhood Crusade who called for a boycott of Korean American businesses in South Central Los Angeles was:

(blank) Latasha Harlins Al Sharpton Maxine Waters Danny Bakewell Lee Arthur Mitchell

19.  The number of Filipinos who died defending American interests during World War II was approximately:

(blank) 100,000 250,000 500,000 1 million 2 million

20.  According to Glenn Omatsu, Asian American neo-conservatives are unable to address fundamental problems in the community because they:

(blank) are preoccupied with opposing Communism in Asia have no experience of poverty and racial violence fail to recognize discrimination against other people of color have no experience of the "glass ceiling" agree with all of the conservative Republican positions