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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 what year did the plantations in Hawaii deal with multiple strikes?

2. Where did Takaki go to college?

3. What organization supported Chinese immigrants and protested their poor treatment?

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

5. Who signed a law prohibiting Japanese from migrating from Hawaii to the mainland?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened when the Asian brides arrived in America? What were their reactions?

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

5. Describe the environment Takaki grew up in.

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

7. What was the major industry Filipino immigrants became involved in?

8. What did the McCarran-Watter Act declare?

9. Why did Takaki write this book?

10. Who were the only Chinese men allowed to bring their wives to the United States?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe the role of picture brides for immigrants. Also, describe the experience of the brides upon their arrival in America.

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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