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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 jobs did female Chinese immigrants hold according to Chapter 3?

2. What position did Asians hold on the occupational ladder, according to Takaki?

3. Who did the foreign miners' license tax apply to?

4. Where did Chinese immigrants work in New England?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Hawaiian men bring Asian women to Hawaii?

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

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

5. Who did The Chinese Six Companies support when China became a communist country?

6. How are Asians discriminated against in modern society?

7. Describe Takaki's college experience. How was he treated?

8. How did Chinese immigrants come to work on the Transcontinental Railroad in 1848?

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

10. Why did the sugar plantations treat their workers well? How did they treat them well?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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