Exam 11: The Japanese Experience

Most anti-Japanese efforts in the United States began about:

Using a cultural argument,explain how Japanese Americans have succeeded in so many ways in spite of their profound history of White dominant abuses.

The Immigration Quota Act of 1924 upheld the Gentlemen's Agreement.

Culture is critical to the understanding of Japanese American experience in the United States.

Briefly summarize the Gentlemen's Agreement,how it came to be,how the Japanese handled it in the United States,and how it disappeared.

Which organization helped to procure a cash settlement in 1988 for each surviving Japanese American detainee and an apology from President George Bush?

It's only a stereotype that East Asian parents still value more education for their children as lower educational achievement scores now indicate.

Approximately how many Japanese Americans were imprisoned without warrants or indictments?

The most important Issei group was the:

How did the family and community values assist the Japanese to succeed in the face of so much anti-Japanese discrimination?

The Picture-Bride program had little effect on Japanese American population counts.

Which U.S.Supreme Court case ruled that all Japanese Americans should be set free immediately?

As one might expect,assimilation was highest among the Sansei.

The Gentlemen's Agreement was reached between the United States and Japan.

Japanese out-marriage appears to be on a/an ________ trend.

The Yonsei and Sansei are the most "American" of all Japanese generations in the United States.

About 20,000 Japanese American men and women were inducted for the war effort.

The "Picture-Bride" program:

The text points out that Japanese Americans exceed Whites in all of the following except:

Make the argument that the model minority stereotype is hurtful to all Americans,and especially to Asians and Japanese Americans.Focus on the destructive nature of prejudice and stereotypes in race relations.