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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city in California did Chinese immigrants build China Town?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) San Jose.
(d) Tahoe.

2. After the mining industry turned their back on the Chinese, what industry did they turn to?
(a) Marketing.
(b) Farming.
(c) Financial.
(d) Industrial.

3. What does diversity in the work place accomplish according to Chapter 2?
(a) It makes a positive work environment.
(b) It prevents one block of immigrants from becoming too powerful.
(c) The bosses experience multiple cultures.
(d) It provides an educational experience.

4. What did immigrants think about Hawaii? Why did they go there?
(a) It was near the beach.
(b) Easy access to fishing.
(c) It had a low cost of living.
(d) It was paradise.

5. Who did the foreign miners' license tax apply to?
(a) Chinese workers that did not want to become citizens.
(b) Chinese workers that were citizens.
(c) Europeans.
(d) Africans.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Indian population begin to grow in Hawaii?

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

3. What did the blood unions become in 1920?

4. Why did Filipino immigrants come to Hawaii?

5. In Chapter 3, where does Takaki write that many Chinese immigrants settled?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Filipinos feel about their homeland?

2. What law did California pass that was aimed at Japanese farmers?

3. What was the purpose of the taxes implemented on mining in the 1850s?

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

5. What work did Chinese female immigrants find in America?

6. How did Americans react to Filipino immigration?

7. How did the second generation of Koreans born in America differ from their parents?

8. What were the effects of the big earthquake in 1906?

9. What was the Chinese Six Companies?

10. Where did Filipinos come from and why were they considered American citizens?

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