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

2. When did William Hoper open his sugar mill?

3. Why did very few Chinese immigrants return to China according to The Chinese Six Companies?

4. What jobs did female Chinese immigrants hold according to Chapter 3?

5. What were blood unions based upon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Japanese limit Korean immigration?

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

3. Explain the term 'paper son.'

4. How did WWII change America?

5. What ethnic group does Takaki assert is the fastest growing population in the United States and why?

6. Why did Chinese immigrants settle in California in the 1800s? What law effected this?

7. Why did the Korean immigrants not have their own community to live in?

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

9. What business did William Hoper run? Who did he hire to help run his business?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Abiko Kyutaro and the Yamato Colony? How did this man have an impact on Asian Immigration? How did the American government try to stop his colony? Did they succeed?

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

Chinese immigrants aided in building the American railroad. Explain how Chinese immigrants came to work on the railroad and what struggles they faced while doing so.

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