Chapter 17

Quiz for Chapter Seventeen America in Global Context: Christianity in the United States and Japan

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Question 1

What was the goal of Kinzo Hirai’s address at the 1893 Chicago World’s Columbian Exhibition?A. To bring Christian missionaries to Japan to educate, convert, and modernize the Japanese
B. To reverse the legislation that banned Asian immigrants to the United States
C. To open free trade relationships between the United States and Japan
D. To underline the hypocrisy of American policies that discriminated against the Japanese

Question 2

Kinzo Hirai’s address provides evidence for which of the following phenomena?A. Americans’ widespread acceptance of ideas associated with eugenics
B. U.S. Christians’ openness to explicit critiques of Social Darwinism
C. American Protestants’ strong rejection of nativism and discriminatory immigration laws
D. Americans’ widespread acceptance of ideas associated with ethnic and religious diversity

Question 3

Beyond the reasons of religious and racial difference, what other excuse did Kinzo Hirai accuse Western nations as using for the mistreatment of Japan and the Japanese?A. Europeans and Americans were naturally fit to rule.
B. Japan was not yet civilized.
C. Japan was too weak to resist.
D. Japanese were naturally violent.