APIDA Heritage Month @ quip (Round 2)

Question 1

Why was May chosen to celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage month?

Accepted Answer

Both of these.

Question 2

How many Japanese Americans were confined in internment camps in the U.S. during WWII?

Accepted Answer

120,000

Question 3

The Luce-Celler Act of 1946 limited immigrants from India to what quantity?

Accepted Answer

100 per year

Question 4

When was the Chinese Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned immigrants from China & lasted 10 years, signed & implemented?

Accepted Answer

1882

Question 5

Which celebrity has done yellow face?

Accepted Answer

Eddie Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, Nicholas Cage, Jake Gyllenhal

Question 6

This Chinese-American man, 27, was beaten to death by 2 Detroit-area auto-workers in 1982 for "stealing their jobs:"

Accepted Answer

Vincent Chin

Question 7

Yuji Ichioka coined the term "Asian-American" in 1968 when he needed a name for what?

Accepted Answer

A student activist group

Question 8

This term describes the racist theory that Asian immigrants are a threat to Western society & aim to conquer the West

Accepted Answer

Yellow Peril

Question 9

The Transcontinental Railroad in the Western U.S. was built primarily by laborers from what Asian country?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 10

The Bellingham Riots in 1907 were orchestrated by the "Asiatic Exclusion League" to keep which group from the workforce?

Accepted Answer

East Indians

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