SOC 269 EXAM #2 || QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
early chinese immigration (1800s) PUSH correct answers colonization
early chinese immigration (1800s) PULL correct answers Gold Rush (1849)
Transcontinental Railroad (1860s)
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 correct answers didn't exclude all Chinese, only laborers
Chinatown correct answers offered safety of urban anonymity and neighborhoods where culture
could be maintained / "invisible minority"
tsu correct answers clans- families with common ancestors
hui kuan correct answers benevolent associations - based on district of origin in China
tongs correct answers secret Chinese societies and violent criminal organizations involved in the
opium trade and prostitution
primogeniture correct answers A system of inheritance in which the eldest son in a family often
inherits most / all of parents' wealth
Correct order of Japanese American timeline ?
A) Japanese Occupations / Alien Land Laws, Picture-Bride Invasion, Exclusion, Gentlemen's
Agreement (1908), Internment
, B) Gentlemen's Agreement (1908), Picture-Bride Invasion, Japanese Occupations / Alien Land
Laws, Exclusion, Internment
C) Picture-Bride Invasion, Internment, Gentlemen's Agreement (1908) Japanese Occupations /
Alien Land Laws , Exclusion
D) Gentlemen's Agreement (1908), Exclusion, Japanese Occupations / Alien Land Laws,Picture-
Bride Invasion, Internment
E) Internment, Japanese Occupations / Alien Land Laws, Gentlemen's Agreement (1908),
Picture-Bride Invasion, Internment correct answers B) Gentlemen's Agreement (1908), Picture-
Bride Invasion, Japanese Occupations / Alien Land Laws, Exclusion, Internment
De jure versus De facto segregation (which one has not been abolished ?) correct answers De
facto - segregation in practice, not laws "just seems to happen"
Modern Racism (has it been abolished ?) correct answers No
Income versus wealth correct answers Wealth - generational, build up over time (property,
stocks, bonds, liquid assets)
Income - individual, from job
Slavery in the US versus Brazil correct answers Slavery in Brazil, system lasted longer than US -
unfortunate victims of economic systems
Seen more as people than in the U.S. - If you have money, can buy freedom
White Primary correct answers prevented African Americans from taking part in primary
elections
ANSWERS
early chinese immigration (1800s) PUSH correct answers colonization
early chinese immigration (1800s) PULL correct answers Gold Rush (1849)
Transcontinental Railroad (1860s)
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 correct answers didn't exclude all Chinese, only laborers
Chinatown correct answers offered safety of urban anonymity and neighborhoods where culture
could be maintained / "invisible minority"
tsu correct answers clans- families with common ancestors
hui kuan correct answers benevolent associations - based on district of origin in China
tongs correct answers secret Chinese societies and violent criminal organizations involved in the
opium trade and prostitution
primogeniture correct answers A system of inheritance in which the eldest son in a family often
inherits most / all of parents' wealth
Correct order of Japanese American timeline ?
A) Japanese Occupations / Alien Land Laws, Picture-Bride Invasion, Exclusion, Gentlemen's
Agreement (1908), Internment
, B) Gentlemen's Agreement (1908), Picture-Bride Invasion, Japanese Occupations / Alien Land
Laws, Exclusion, Internment
C) Picture-Bride Invasion, Internment, Gentlemen's Agreement (1908) Japanese Occupations /
Alien Land Laws , Exclusion
D) Gentlemen's Agreement (1908), Exclusion, Japanese Occupations / Alien Land Laws,Picture-
Bride Invasion, Internment
E) Internment, Japanese Occupations / Alien Land Laws, Gentlemen's Agreement (1908),
Picture-Bride Invasion, Internment correct answers B) Gentlemen's Agreement (1908), Picture-
Bride Invasion, Japanese Occupations / Alien Land Laws, Exclusion, Internment
De jure versus De facto segregation (which one has not been abolished ?) correct answers De
facto - segregation in practice, not laws "just seems to happen"
Modern Racism (has it been abolished ?) correct answers No
Income versus wealth correct answers Wealth - generational, build up over time (property,
stocks, bonds, liquid assets)
Income - individual, from job
Slavery in the US versus Brazil correct answers Slavery in Brazil, system lasted longer than US -
unfortunate victims of economic systems
Seen more as people than in the U.S. - If you have money, can buy freedom
White Primary correct answers prevented African Americans from taking part in primary
elections
