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T or F: Around 20 million Asian Americans were eligible to vote as of 2024
What is False (around 15 million)
Brown V. Board's 1954 SCOTUS decision effectively ended the legal backing for public segregation and gave momentum to this movement.
What is the Civil Rights Movement/Era of the 1950s-1970s
Asian Hate crimes saw a significant surge in the 2020s due to racist correlation with this global event.
What is COVID or the Pandemic
This individual is the spearhead of the new movement of conservatism in America
Who is Donald Trump
Established in 1882, this United States Law made a certain nationality of immigrants and Americans "permanent aliens".
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
6/10 Asian Americans are more likely to lean towards this political party's platforms
What is the Democratic Party
**Daily Double**
The term "Asian American" was not actually coined until this decade of the 20th century
What is the 70s
Former FBI director Christopher Wray said that this country is a threat as a government but also as a society.
What is China
The murder of this individual in 1982 sparked a Civil Rights Movement within the AAPI community, leading to increased activism and awareness of anti-Asian hate
Who was Vincent Chen
In February of 1942, President Roosevelt signed an Executive Order which unlawfully forced Japanese Americans and some German Americans into internment camps-- a response to THIS event
What was the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
This percentage of the US Population is Asian Americans
What is 7%
(within 1%)
Name a modern event that shaped the AAPI community.
What is...
(COVID-19 , Fair Admission V Harvard– SCOTUS , The re-election of President Donald Trump , Pressure from the Federal government to dissolve DEI , Censorship of university students, Dissolution of the White House AANHPI )
DEI is being considered a significant threat by the new conservative movement. In many cases, it is viewed as the most important issue. That is why this was the first Bill introduced by the Ohio Senate in 2025.
What is Senate Bill 1 (SB1)
This individual was the first woman of color elected into Congress, representing Hawaii in the House of Representatives
Who was Patsy Mink
In 1965, this act got rid of national quota system and led to a sharp increase in Asian immigration by prioritizing skill over national origin
What is the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
**Daily Double**
Older Asian Americans are this many times more likely to lean conservative than the youngest Asian Americans
What is 4x
A Chinese family from Mississippi was unable to send their children to public schools because THIS COURT CASE ruled that it is constitutional to segregate people of Asian descent and white descent.
What is Lum v. Rice (1927)
A now-defunct federal program that sought to counter the threat of economic espionage and trade secrets theft conducted by the "communist regime in China."
What is The China Initiative
In 1959, this individual became the first Asian American Senator to be elected in the U.S., representing Hawaii
Who was Hiram Fong
For almost half a century, affirmative action was regarded as legal under the constitution. In 2023, SCOTUS ruled that race-based affirmative action was unconstitutional in the court case Students For Fair Admissions v. __________
What is Harvard
"The belonging or engagement in a political community" is a definition for this term
What is Civic Identity
Out of any racial group in America, Asian Americans have the greatest income inequality. The top 10% of Asian Americans earn this many times more than the bottom 10%
What is 10.7 (10-11) times more
This Asian American Columbia University student, just 21 years old and a permanent resident, is one of many who was detained for "foreign involvement" in a mass deportation effort by the Trump Administration
Who is Yunseo Chung
These two individuals were co-authors of Title IX alongside Patsy Mink
Who were Birch Bayh and Edith Green
(Name 1, get half points)
**Daily Double**
On Trump's first day in office of his second term, he made it a priority to revoke Executive Order 14031. This EO was titled "Advancing Equity, Justice, and ____ for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders."
What is "Opportunity"