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05 Filipino Migration and Colonial Histories Online Quiz Questions

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20 questions

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How did Filipinos’ status before 1934 help shape migration to the United States?

A
They were U.S. citizens, but federal law barred them from traveling to the mainland.
B
They were U.S. nationals, not citizens, and could migrate more freely than many other Asians.
C
They were classified as aliens and limited to 50 arrivals per year.
D
They could migrate only if recruited to work in the U.S. military.

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Which description best explains the role of Stockton’s Little Manila in Filipino American life?

A
It developed mainly as a government center for training colonial officials.
B
It was designed as a residential district for families arriving through the 1934 quota.
C
It grew alongside agricultural employment and offered businesses and social spaces for migrants.
D
It served chiefly as a port where sailors departed for Alaska.

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Which sequence describes how Filipino and Mexican American farmworker organizations cooperated at the start of the Delano grape strike?

A
AWOC began the strike, and Itliong asked the NFWA to join.
B
The NFWA began the strike and asked AWOC to provide financial support only.
C
The UFW began the strike as a single organization before either AWOC or NFWA existed.
D
The strike began as a nationwide boycott organized by growers.

True or false

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The Philippines became a Commonwealth in 1935, but World War II interrupted the planned transition to independence. Is this statement true or false?

A
True
B
False

True or false

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California laws restricted interracial marriage during the period described. Is this statement true or false?

A
True
B
False

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What Ilokano term of respect for an older brother or male relative came to describe many members of the early Filipino migrant generation?

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In what year did Larry Itliong join a farmworker strike in Washington?

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Many early Filipino migrants planned to earn money, support relatives in the Philippines, and eventually .

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Alongside agriculture and domestic service, many Filipino migrants on the mainland in the 1920s and 1930s worked in .

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Which migration pathways are described for Filipinos in the early 1900s? Select all that apply.

A
Some came to the United States for education or colonial-government training.
B
Recruiters brought laborers to Hawaiʻi’s sugar plantations.
C
The U.S. government required all migrants to work in domestic service.
D
Some worked as sailors and traveled to Alaska’s salmon canneries.

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Which conditions did Filipino workers face in the workplaces and communities described? Select all that apply.

A
Low wages
B
Poor housing
C
Racial prejudice
D
Exclusion from some unions

Open ended

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Explain how seasonal work and discrimination shaped the kinds of community spaces Filipino migrants built. Include at least two relevant details about their living or working conditions.

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Which labor action took place in Stockton in 1948?

A
The 1930 Alaska salmon cannery strike
B
The 1935 Commonwealth transition strike
C
The 1948 asparagus strike
D
The 1965 nationwide sugar plantation strike

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Which choice best describes two ways U.S. colonial ties shaped early Filipino migration to the United States?

A
Migration was mainly limited to military service and settlement in the Philippines.
B
Some Filipinos came for education or colonial-government training, while recruiters brought laborers to Hawaiʻi’s sugar plantations.
C
U.S. colonial rule prevented Filipinos from traveling to the United States for work.
D
Most early migrants arrived only after World War II to work in factories.

True or false

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The Tydings–McDuffie Act of 1934 set a path toward Philippine independence and limited Filipino arrivals to 50 per year.

A
True
B
False

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A Filipino worker whose job ended after a harvest might seek work at a cannery or in service work elsewhere. Which broader pattern does this example illustrate?

A
Workers generally stayed in one place because jobs were permanent and year-round.
B
Workers mainly moved to find schools for their children.
C
Workers often moved between locations as seasonal jobs in farms, canneries, and service work changed.
D
Workers moved only when immigration law required them to leave the United States.

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Why did Stockton’s Little Manila become an important community center for Filipino migrants?

A
It connected agricultural employment with businesses and social spaces that supported migrants.
B
It was created mainly as a government center to administer immigration limits.
C
It served primarily as a residential area for plantation owners.
D
It was a temporary labor camp with no role in community life.

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On what full date did the United States recognize Philippine independence?

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Which explanation best connects migrants’ circumstances to the growth of shared housing, restaurants, and social clubs?

A
Most migrants arrived with large households, so communities centered on nuclear-family housing.
B
Many migrants were single men, and barriers to family formation helped make shared housing and social spaces important.
C
Migrants were required to live in separate settlements far from businesses and gathering places.
D
Communities formed mainly because seasonal work made it impossible to build social connections.

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After defeating Spain, in what year did the United States take control of the Philippines?