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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. When did William Hoper open his sugar mill?

2. Who received the highest wages in the Hawaiian plantations?

3. Why did Chinese workers strike while working on the railways?

4. On what island did the author grow up?

5. Why did Filipino immigrants come to Hawaii?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Asian immigrants tend to move to in America?

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

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

4. What law did California pass that was aimed at Japanese farmers?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What were the working conditions of Filipino immigrants?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How did the sugar mills influence Hawaii's economy? Describe how the sugar mills effected the local population and how immigration changed the industry.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the events surrounding the earthquake in 1906. How did this event change immigration? What illegal activities did it encourage?

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