EXAM 4 REVIEW

Round 1:

1. How much of Mexico’s territory was lost to Texas after the Texas War for Independence?

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2. Which state accepted Spanish as a second state language?

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3. What is meant by “Mestizo”?

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4. What is the Bracero Program?

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5. What are the Zoot-Suit riots?

Round 1: Answers

1. About ½2. New Mexico3. Both Spanish and Native Mexican heritage4. Allowed day-workers to come from Mexico to

the US5. Anglo soldiers attacking Mexican American

neighborhoods

Round 2:

1. What does LULAC stand for?

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2. What type of flower is most commonly used during the Day of the Dead?

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3. What is the Great Tradition?

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4. Jews from Spain are called ________.

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5. What is yiddishkayt?

Round 2: Answers

1. League of United Latin American Citizens2. Marigolds3. Codified and systematized, official version of

Judaism4. Sephardim/Sephardic Jews5. Little Tradition from Russia

Round 3:

1. What did the Alien Land Law do?

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2. After which war did the US assume colonial rule over the Philipines?

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3. Early Sikhs who immigrated to the US were from which region in India?

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4. Early Arab immigrants to the US were considered to be _______, meaning that they weren’t laborers, but didn’t have large land holdings.

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5. Early Lebanese immigrants to the US were primarily of what religious tradition?

Round 3: Answers

1. Barred non-citizens from owning or leasing agricultural land

2. Spanish-American War of 18983. Punjab4. Middle Peasants5. Christian

Round 4:

1. What were the goals of the Arab American Institute?

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2. What language is spoken by the Old Order Amish?

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3. What is La Raza Unida?

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4. What is a Bird of Passage, and which groups had the highest and lowest rates of this phenomenon?

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5. Mexican Americans draw pride from their heritage to what ancient culture?

Round 4: Answers

1. Increase political activism for Arab Americans2. Pennsylvania Dutch 3. Political Party, gained some success in Texas4. Moving back and forth between countries

1. Italians/Jewish Americans

5. Aztec heritage

Round 5:

1. Which Asian group is characterized by a high rate of intermarriage with Anglo Americans?

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2. Which Asian group was exempted from the Oriental Exclusion Act of 1924, and why?

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3. What is the “Parole Power” of the president?

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4. True/False: By 1869, all Amish people had immigrated to the US.

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5. What did the War Brides Act do?

Round 5: Answers

1. Japanese Americans2. Filipinos, American nationals3. Allows an entire group to come to the US as

refugees4. TRUE5. Allow foreign spouses and children of US

servicemen to come the US