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Asian and Pacific Island Americans
True or False
1
In 2000, the median household income was lower for Asian Americans than for white Americans.
A)
True
B)
False
2
Poverty rates for Asian Americans have increased over the last decade.
A)
True
B)
False
3
Asian Americans receive less "return" (i.e., income) than whites do for their level of educational achievement.
A)
True
B)
False
4
The model minority stereotype for Asian Americans is often used to indict other minorities for their lack of similar success.
A)
True
B)
False
5
Asian Americans are the victims of discrimination in the college admissions process.
A)
True
B)
False
6
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, Asian Americans have a higher death rate from accidents and homicides than do white Americans.
A)
True
B)
False
7
In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which suspended the immigration of Chinese laborers to the United States for 10 years.
A)
True
B)
False
8
Hirabayashi v. United States (1943) was a legal challenge to the constitutionality of the Japanese relocation camps.
A)
True
B)
False
9
During World War II, the U.S. government suspended German- and Italian-American civil rights and liberties at the same level that it did Japanese-Americans rights.
A)
True
B)
False
10
Asian Americans who have white-collar management and professional positions earn less than white Americans in similar positions.
A)
True
B)
False
11
In a study of Asian workers in management positions in the San Francisco area, Amado Cabezas found that Asian-American workers were at the top of the managerial tier.
A)
True
B)
False
12
Executive Order 9066 was not formally rescinded until 1976, by Presidential Proclamation 4417.
A)
True
B)
False
13
Pacific Islanders are overrepresented in managerial and professional occupations.
A)
True
B)
False
14
Asian Americans are perceived by the larger society to be recent immigrants.
A)
True
B)
False
15
Relative to their population size, Asian Americans are underrepresented in politics.
A)
True
B)
False
16
The U.S. Census Bureau currently does NOT distinguish between Asians and Pacific Islanders.
A)
True
B)
False
17
Pacific Islanders constitute less than one percent of the total U.S. population.
A)
True
B)
False
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