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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 unmarried Hawaiian men use to find brides in Japan?

2. According to Takaki, what is the occupational structure based on?

3. What was the American Land and Produce Company also known as?

4. Why did the Japanese limit Korean immigration to Hawaii, according to Chapter 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the McCarran-Watter Act declare?

2. What is the life of a first generation immigrant like in America?

3. What is partnership farming and who participated?

4. What major ruling by the courts in 1910 effected Asian Indians and who overturned the decision?

5. What name does Takaki give to Asian labor forces and where does the name come from?

6. What did Filipino immigrants do when they lived in Alaska?

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

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

9. How does Takaki assert that Asians are discriminated against in Chapter 1?

10. Approximately how many Asians arrived in Hawaii between 1850 and 1920, and where did they work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Asian immigrants feel the need to strike? What conditions were they fighting for? Did any of their strikes succeed? Why did so many strikes fail?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the work conditions many immigrants faced. Are they similar tp or different from the working conditions immigrants face today? Why was it difficult for immigrants to change working conditions?

Essay Topic 3

Define the 1910 The Alien Land Law. Who enacted this law effect and why? Why did America choose to enforce this act? What was America threatened with?

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