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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, pgs. 132-178.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year were plans made for the transcontinental railroad?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1902.

2. Where did Takaki go to college?
(a) The East coast.
(b) The West coast.
(c) The Midwest.
(d) The South.

3. In Chapter 3, how does Takaki claim Chinese immigrants were victimized?
(a) Violence.
(b) Insurance fraud.
(c) Rape.
(d) Theft.

4. Why did Chinese immigrants go into debt easily?
(a) No access to internet to pay bills.
(b) Lack of knowledge of credit laws.
(c) High spending habits.
(d) Low wages.

5. Who signed a law prohibiting Japanese from migrating from Hawaii to the mainland?
(a) President Kennedy.
(b) President Ford.
(c) President Roosevelt.
(d) President Nixon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did immigrants think about Hawaii? Why did they go there?

2. On what type of Hawaiian plantations needed Asian laborers?

3. In what city in California did Chinese immigrants build China Town?

4. What did Takaki write that contributed to growth of the Asian population in America?

5. How long had Takaki's family been in America?

(see the answer key)

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