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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 Hawaii begin recruiting Filipino workers?

2. What were the Indian immigrants attempting to escape in India?

3. Where did Takaki go to college?

4. When was the foreign miners' license tax imposed?

5. What does Takaki assert people think about America's population?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What name does Takaki give to Asian labor forces and where does the name come from?

7. How did Filipinos feel about their homeland?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Why did Asian immigrants feel the need to strike? What conditions were they fighting for? Did any of their strikes succeed? Why did so many strikes fail?

Essay Topic 3

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

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