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Hispanic American History

Choose an answer from the three choices offered after each question and then click "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz to see how you scored. All of the answers can be found in World Book.

1.   

According to the 2000 U.S. census, approximately how many people of Hispanic descent live in the United States?

    3.5 million
    35 million
    350 million

2.   

According to the 2000 U.S. census, Mexican Americans make up what percentage of the Hispanic population in the United States?

    35 percent
    59 percent
    63 percent

3.   

What city is home to nearly one-third of all Puerto Ricans in the United States?

    Miami
    Los Angeles
    New York

4.   

What event in the early 1900's sparked a tremendous wave of Mexican immigration into the United States?

    An influenza outbreak in Mexico City
    The Mexican Revolution
    Famine

5.   

What state is home to nearly two-thirds of all Cuban Americans?

    New York
    Florida
    California

6.   

Who established the National Farm Workers Association in 1962, and later led a successful nationwide boycott of grapes?

    Romana Acosta Banuelos
    Cesar Estrada Chavez
    Henry Gabriel Cisneros

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