What did Plyer v. Doe prohibit?

Denying public education to undocumented children

What was primary purpose of the US DOJ's China Initiative (2018)?

to investigate and prosecute espionage and IP theft linked to China

What was the outcome of Lau v. Nichols?

Required language support for non-English speakers

What was legal significance of Takao Ozawa v. US?

declared Japanese immigrants ineligible for naturalization

What was the outcome of Chae Chan Ping v. US ?

Ping wasn't allowed to reenter despite holding a valid certificate to enter

In Wing Chung v. Mayor of LA, the plaintiffs were denied recovery for riot related property damage because:

court said plaintiffs started the riot and didn't notify authorities

What legal rationale did Terrance v. Thompson use to uphold Washington State's Alien Land Act?

state authority to regulate land use

In Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board, plaintiffs alleged that:

school board used facially neutral admissions to reduce Asian enrollement

What rationale did the CA SJC use to justify the decision in People v Hall?

Chinese were classified as "indian" and barred under statute

In Hirabayashi v. US, the Court upheld:

curfews on Japanese Americans were justified by wartime

What was the legal outcome of People v. Hall?

Chinese witnesses can't testify against white defendants

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1
Which case involved the Supreme Court rejecting scientific racial classifications in favor of "common understanding"?
Perez
Bhagat Singh Thind
Yick Wo
Wong Kim Ark
2
What law authorized reparations for surviving Japanese American internees?
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
Alien Land Repeal Act
Civil Rights Act
Civil Liberties Act of 1988
3
What legal mechanism was used to reopen and overturn Korematsu's conviction?
habeas corpus
writ of coram nobis
equal protection challenge
executive pardon
4
Which case upheld the constitutionality of curfews targeting the Japanese?
Chae Chan Ping v US
Fujii v. US
Yasui v. US
Wong Kim Ark v. US
5
What did Plyer v. Doe prohibit?
Excluding noncitizens from jury duty
deporting noncitizens
Using race in college admissions
Denying public education to undocumented children
6
Which case reaffirmed birthright citizenship for children of Chinese immigrants?
Chae Chan Ping
Wong Kim Ark
Lau v. Nichols
Bhagat Singh Thind
7
What was primary purpose of the US DOJ's China Initiative (2018)?
to deny green cards to Chinese immigrants
to promote US-Chinese scientific research
to investigate and prosecute espionage and IP theft linked to China
to decrease Chinese enrollment in US universities
8
What was the outcome of Lau v. Nichols?
Ended busing in schools
Struck down affirmative action
Affirmed English-only instruction
Required language support for non-English speakers
9
What was legal significance of Takao Ozawa v. US?
repealed alien land laws
declared Japanese immigrants ineligible for naturalization
guaranteed voting rights for naturalized citizens
recognized cultural assimilation as a citizenship factor
10
Which case involved the rejection of citizenship despite military service to the US
Chae Chan Ping
Wong Kim Ark
Bhagat Singh Thind
In re Alverto
11
What was the outcome of Chae Chan Ping v. US ?
The Chinese Exclusion Act was invalid because it violated the constitution
Congress forced uphold international treaties that allows immigration
Ping was the man trying to bring 22 lewd women into the US
Ping wasn't allowed to reenter despite holding a valid certificate to enter
12
What federal program disproportionately targeted Muslim and South Asian men for surveillance post 9/11?
SEVP
NSEERS
MAVNI
Operation Streamline
13
In Wing Chung v. Mayor of LA, the plaintiffs were denied recovery for riot related property damage because:
city provided reparations through federal funds
court said plaintiffs started the riot and didn't notify authorities
insufficient evidence of riot damage
city proved racial animus didn't exist
14
What legal rationale did Terrance v. Thompson use to uphold Washington State's Alien Land Act?
state authority to regulate land use
japanese immigrants were "white" for property purposes
alienage protected under Equal Protection Clause
deference to government's opinion
15
In Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board, plaintiffs alleged that:
standardized testing was favoring white test takers
title IX prohibited demographic shifts in public education
charter schools were denying immigrant admissions
school board used facially neutral admissions to reduce Asian enrollement
16
What rationale did the CA SJC use to justify the decision in People v Hall?
Chinese were classfied as "black" and barred under statute
Chinese were classified as "indian" and barred under statute
Chinese has no property rights
linguistic barriers invalidated testimony
17
The Fong Yue Ting case classified deportation as a criminal punishment
True
False
18
The Naturalization Act of 1790 restricted naturalization to...
all free persons
free white persons
all immigrants
all native born persons
19
In Hirabayashi v. US, the Court upheld:
loyalty questionnaires as a condition for citizenship
curfews on Japanese Americans were justified by wartime
Japanese Americans drafted into the military
exclusion of Japanese Americans from entering US
20
What was the legal outcome of People v. Hall?
No immigrants can testify
Chinese witnesses can't testify against white defendants
Chinese testimony only admissible in civil cases
Chinese witnesses allowed to testify if Christian

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