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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did William Hoper find to be unproductive workers at his sugar mill?

2. What industry did many Chinese immigrants move to the United States for?

3. What Marxist term does Takaki give the Asian workforce?

4. What did the Filipino labor contracts include?

5. When was the foreign miners' license tax imposed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were the only Chinese men allowed to bring their wives to the United States?

2. Who is Abiko Kyutaro and what did he accomplish?

3. How did Hawaiian men bring Asian women to Hawaii?

4. What jobs did Filipino women hold prior to coming to America?

5. How did the Japanese become the largest voting block in Hawaii?

6. How did Filipinos feel about their homeland?

7. Why did Hawaiian business owners began hiring workers other then Chinese immigrants?

8. How were Chinese immigrants victimized?

9. What did the McCarran-Watter Act declare?

10. What was the major industry Filipino immigrants became involved in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the sugar mills influence Hawaii's economy? Describe how the sugar mills effected the local population and how immigration changed the industry.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the 1948 Displaced Persons Act and the 1953 Refugee Relief Act. Why did these acts come about and how did they change the immigration population in America?

Essay Topic 3

The Chinese Six Companies played a major role in the lives of Chinese immigrants. Explain how the Chinese Six Companies formed and their impact on Asian immigration.

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