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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, pg. 79-112.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year were plans made for the transcontinental railroad?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1934.

2. What did the husbands force their Japanese brides to wear upon their arrival to Hawaii?
(a) Western clothes.
(b) Kimonas.
(c) Hats.
(d) Maid outfits.

3. What is a credit ticket?
(a) The receipt of credit.
(b) How business owners traded workers.
(c) The bartering sysmtem on the islands.
(d) The borrowing of money for passage to Hawaii.

4. When Hawaii could not longer import Chinese workers, who did they entice to the workforce next?
(a) French.
(b) Japanese.
(c) Mexicans.
(d) Koreans.

5. What industry did many Chinese immigrants move to the United States for?
(a) Steel mining.
(b) Gold mining.
(c) Diamond mining.
(d) Coal mining.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many Koreans arrived in America between 1903 and 1920?

3. Why did Chinese immigrants begin to open laundromats?

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

5. What was the purpose of the taxes that were imposed on immigrants, according to Takaki?

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