ESTUDYR
ASA 1 FINAL EXAM MOST TESTED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ WITH RATIONALES
The phrase “1924–1945 periodization” most directly refers to which trend in Asian American
communities?
A. Mass repatriation of Asian immigrants to their countries of origin
B. ✔ Emergence (and delayed emergence) of a sizable American-born second generation in
the 1920s–1940s.
C. Immediate full assimilation of first-generation immigrants after 1924
D. An era dominated by U.S. open-door immigration policy
Rationale: The period marks demographic shifts — particularly the slow formation of U.S.-born
second generations under restrictive immigration laws (1924 quotas).
What were “paper sons”?
A. Legal apprenticeships for immigrant youth
B. ✔ Chinese immigrants claiming to be the children of U.S.-based Chinese citizens, often
using falsified documents after the 1906 San Francisco fire.
C. A translation service for immigration applicants
D. An agricultural labor program
Rationale: The San Francisco earthquake/fire destroyed records; many Chinese used forged
papers to claim family ties and entry rights.
Angel Island interrogations were designed primarily to:
A. Grant automatic citizenship to all arrivals
B. Encourage voluntary repatriation
C. ✔ Detect “paper sons/daughters” by asking extremely detailed questions about family
history and village relationships.
D. Provide translation services for detainees
Rationale: Officials used intense, specific questioning to verify identity/family claims and deter
fraud.
“Nisei” refers to:
A. Japanese immigrant laborers in Hawaii
B. ✔ American-born children (second generation) of Japanese immigrant parents.
C. First-generation Japanese immigrants
D. Japanese diplomats in the U.S.
Rationale: Nisei = second generation; Issei = first generation immigrants.
, ESTUDYR
The phrase “Mexican-Punjabi marriages” in U.S. history highlights:
A. Government-sponsored cultural exchanges
B. ✔ Intermarriage between Punjabi (South Asian) men and Mexican women, producing
ambiguous racial status questions and cross-ethnic family formation.
C. A fiction novel title
D. Labor union alliances only
Rationale: In some Western U.S. communities Punjabi men married Mexican women,
complicating racial boundaries and social classification.
The “Second-Generation Dilemma” most often refers to:
A. Difficulty obtaining language services
B. Universal economic success of second generation
C. ✔ Second-generation Americans facing institutional racial barriers, frustration with
constrained citizenship, and questions about belonging.
D. A legal doctrine about dual citizenship
Rationale: Many U.S.-born children confronted limited opportunities and identity tensions
despite citizenship.
Flora Belle Jan’s “New Chinese American Woman” rhetoric emphasized:
A. Adopting all traditional customs
B. ✔ Rejecting some old customs and asserting new freedoms and modern identities for
Chinese American women.
C. Returning to China for schooling
D. Opposition to U.S. citizenship
Rationale: Jan and similar writers advocated modern, less tradition-bound roles for American-
born Chinese women.
The “Double Victory” campaign during WWII called for:
A. Victory only in Europe
B. ✔ Fighting fascism abroad while demanding civil-rights victories against racism at home.
C. Victory in the Pacific only
D. Segregation of military units
Rationale: African American activists and allies used the rhetoric to press for civil rights while
supporting the war.
Executive Order 8802 (1941) did which of the following?
A. Authorized internment of immigrants
B. ✔ Prohibited employment discrimination in defense industries and created the Fair
Employment Practices Committee (FEPC).
ASA 1 FINAL EXAM MOST TESTED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ WITH RATIONALES
The phrase “1924–1945 periodization” most directly refers to which trend in Asian American
communities?
A. Mass repatriation of Asian immigrants to their countries of origin
B. ✔ Emergence (and delayed emergence) of a sizable American-born second generation in
the 1920s–1940s.
C. Immediate full assimilation of first-generation immigrants after 1924
D. An era dominated by U.S. open-door immigration policy
Rationale: The period marks demographic shifts — particularly the slow formation of U.S.-born
second generations under restrictive immigration laws (1924 quotas).
What were “paper sons”?
A. Legal apprenticeships for immigrant youth
B. ✔ Chinese immigrants claiming to be the children of U.S.-based Chinese citizens, often
using falsified documents after the 1906 San Francisco fire.
C. A translation service for immigration applicants
D. An agricultural labor program
Rationale: The San Francisco earthquake/fire destroyed records; many Chinese used forged
papers to claim family ties and entry rights.
Angel Island interrogations were designed primarily to:
A. Grant automatic citizenship to all arrivals
B. Encourage voluntary repatriation
C. ✔ Detect “paper sons/daughters” by asking extremely detailed questions about family
history and village relationships.
D. Provide translation services for detainees
Rationale: Officials used intense, specific questioning to verify identity/family claims and deter
fraud.
“Nisei” refers to:
A. Japanese immigrant laborers in Hawaii
B. ✔ American-born children (second generation) of Japanese immigrant parents.
C. First-generation Japanese immigrants
D. Japanese diplomats in the U.S.
Rationale: Nisei = second generation; Issei = first generation immigrants.
, ESTUDYR
The phrase “Mexican-Punjabi marriages” in U.S. history highlights:
A. Government-sponsored cultural exchanges
B. ✔ Intermarriage between Punjabi (South Asian) men and Mexican women, producing
ambiguous racial status questions and cross-ethnic family formation.
C. A fiction novel title
D. Labor union alliances only
Rationale: In some Western U.S. communities Punjabi men married Mexican women,
complicating racial boundaries and social classification.
The “Second-Generation Dilemma” most often refers to:
A. Difficulty obtaining language services
B. Universal economic success of second generation
C. ✔ Second-generation Americans facing institutional racial barriers, frustration with
constrained citizenship, and questions about belonging.
D. A legal doctrine about dual citizenship
Rationale: Many U.S.-born children confronted limited opportunities and identity tensions
despite citizenship.
Flora Belle Jan’s “New Chinese American Woman” rhetoric emphasized:
A. Adopting all traditional customs
B. ✔ Rejecting some old customs and asserting new freedoms and modern identities for
Chinese American women.
C. Returning to China for schooling
D. Opposition to U.S. citizenship
Rationale: Jan and similar writers advocated modern, less tradition-bound roles for American-
born Chinese women.
The “Double Victory” campaign during WWII called for:
A. Victory only in Europe
B. ✔ Fighting fascism abroad while demanding civil-rights victories against racism at home.
C. Victory in the Pacific only
D. Segregation of military units
Rationale: African American activists and allies used the rhetoric to press for civil rights while
supporting the war.
Executive Order 8802 (1941) did which of the following?
A. Authorized internment of immigrants
B. ✔ Prohibited employment discrimination in defense industries and created the Fair
Employment Practices Committee (FEPC).
