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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. What caused the strike with the Central Pacific Railroad to end?

2. What were Chinese immigrants subjected to by American citizens, according to Chapter 3?

3. What location became the prime meeting spot for Chinese immigrants?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. During what years did Korean immigrants arrive in the United States and why?

2. How did the coupon payment system work and what was wrong with it?

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

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

5. In what neighborhoods did Korean immigrants live in?

6. Why did the Japanese limit Korean immigration?

7. How did Asian Indians tend to dress and how did this lead to racial slurs?

8. Why did Filipino workers strike and what was the outcome of the strikes?

9. What are blood unions and what did they later become?

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

Choose two chapter titles in Takaki's book and explain their relevance in context of the chapter and the entire book.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the 1948 Displaced Persons Act and the 1953 Refugee Relief Act. Why did these acts come about and how did they change the immigration population in America?

Essay Topic 3

Which country colonized Korea and what was Korea's opinion of that colonization? What is the Korean independence movement? How did the colonization of Korea lead to Korean immigration to America?

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