MIDTERM EXAM STUDY GUIDE (Dated: 9/20/2024)

· The midterm will be held October 3, 2024.

· We will begin the exam at 1:45 and end at 3:25.

· You must bring an examination book to take the exam.

· This midterm examination is worth 30 percentage points.

Part I: Identification / Closed Notes and Readings / Define and state the relevance of the following items.

I will choose SEVEN and you will answer FIVE (3 points each / 15 points total).

Anglo-Conformity

Segmented Assimilation

Asian American Panethnicity

Globalization and Asian Americans

What It Means to be Asian in America

Naturalization Act of 1780

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Alien Land Acts of 1913 and 1920

Ozawa v. United States (1922)

United States v. Thind (1923)

Immigration Act of 1924

Racialization

Racial Projects

Race as Social Structure

Race and Common Sense

Ethnicity versus Race

Intersection of Race and Gender

Black-White Binary

Yellow Peril

Vincent Chin

Wen Ho Lee

First Wave of Asian Immigration

Asian Americans and World War II

Asian Americans and the Cold War

Immigration Act of 1965

Resurgence of Yellow Peril

Bimodal Economic Incorporation

Glass Ceiling

Economic Issues Confronting:

Professionals

Laborers

Poor

Small Business Owners

H-1B Visa Program

EB-5 Visa Program

Gendered Labor Market

Chain Migration

Ethnic Enclave Thesis