Question 1
In the second half of the nineteenth century, the working class in the western economy was
A. All these answers are correct.
B. paid higher wages than workers in the East.
C. highly stratified along racial lines.
D. highly multiracial.
E. both highly multiracial and paid higher wages than workers in the East.
Question 2
Chinese tongs were
A. community officials.
B. indentured servants.
C. secret societies.
D. prostitutes.
E. merchants.
Question 3
In the late nineteenth century, which of the following was NOT a major western industry that relied on the East for markets and capital?
A. fur trading
B. mining
C. ranching
D. both fur trading and ranching
E. commercial farming
Question 4
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
A. banned Chinese in the United States from becoming naturalized citizens.
B. had little effect on the size of the Chinese population in America.
C. was only applied in California.
D. was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
E. resulted in the deportation of half of the Chinese in the United States.
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