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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what type of Hawaiian plantations needed Asian laborers?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Sugar cane.
(c) Rum.
(d) Gin.

2. How were the Japanese treated in America?
(a) Like equals.
(b) Like the enemy.
(c) Like strangers.
(d) Like brothers.

3. What were blood unions based upon?
(a) National origin.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Family ties.
(d) Wealth.

4. How many Chinese workers were hired to work on the railways in 1865?
(a) 9,000.
(b) 50.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 3.

5. What were the names of the secret societies formed to protect Asian members?
(a) Mongs.
(b) Tongs.
(c) The Mighty Steeds.
(d) The Free Masons.

6. Why did Hawaiian planters begin to hire nationalities other then Chinese?
(a) Other people applied for the job.
(b) To keep unions out.
(c) The Chinese immigration rates decreased.
(d) There was a strike.

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

8. What caused the strike with the Central Pacific Railroad to end?
(a) An agreement was reached.
(b) The Chinese people found a better company to work for.
(c) The Central Pacific Railroad threatened to hire black men instead.
(d) Central Pacific Railroad went bankrupt.

9. Why did Chinese immigrants begin to open laundromats?
(a) Familes could run the buisness.
(b) The initial capital was low.
(c) They were fired from the railroad.
(d) There was a great need for the service.

10. What industry did many Chinese immigrants move to the United States for?
(a) Gold mining.
(b) Steel mining.
(c) Coal mining.
(d) Diamond mining.

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

12. What was the reaction in Chapter 3, to the special taxes put upon Chinese immigrants?
(a) Tears.
(b) Cheers.
(c) A new president.
(d) Lawsuits and protests.

13. What organization supported Chinese immigrants and protested their poor treatment?
(a) Chinese Six Companies.
(b) FBI.
(c) Chinese Star Shooters.
(d) NAAPP.

14. How many Koreans arrived in America between 1903 and 1920?
(a) More then 8,000.
(b) 5,432.
(c) Less then 2,000.
(d) More then 12,000.

15. What made Chinese immigrants a threat to the mining industry?
(a) Their culture.
(b) Their pointy shoes.
(c) Their long hair.
(d) Their theivery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Asian workers issued that took the place of dollars?

2. In what year was a law passed that prohibited Japanese from owning land?

3. Who did the foreign miners' license tax apply to?

4. Where did Japanese immigrants believe they would end up living after a few years of work?

5. What was the Japanese community based upon?

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