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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 Hawaiian planters begin hiring nationalities other then the Chinese?

2. After the mining industry turned their back on the Chinese, what industry did they turn to?

3. Who did William Hoper find to be productive workers?

4. What is a credit ticket?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Americans react to Filipino immigration?

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

4. What were the working conditions of Filipino immigrants?

5. Describe the story of Lung On and Ing Hay.

6. What is the life of a first generation immigrant like in America?

7. How did WWII change America?

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

9. What did the McCarran-Watter Act declare?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Abiko Kyutaro and the Yamato Colony? How did this man have an impact on Asian Immigration? How did the American government try to stop his colony? Did they succeed?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe Takaki's life and what events led him to write this book. How does he incorporate his own life into his book?

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