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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. What Marxist term does Takaki give the Asian workforce?
(a) Laissez-faire.
(b) The industrial reserve army.
(c) The capitalist navy.
(d) Pravda.

2. Where did Chinese immigrants work in New England?
(a) Raking leaves.
(b) Maple fields.
(c) Shoe Factories.
(d) Tire Factories.

3. What does Takaki assert people think about America's population?
(a) That America is a melting pot.
(b) That the population is white.
(c) That the population is diverse.
(d) That the population is Asian.

4. What emotion did the picture brides feel when they met their husbands?
(a) Anger.
(b) Fear.
(c) Disappointment .
(d) Joy.

5. When did Hawaiian planters begin hiring nationalities other then the Chinese?
(a) When the drought came.
(b) When the population died down.
(c) When they became too dependent.
(d) When the workers demanded more vacation time.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the ethnic composition where the author grew up?

4. In what year were plans made for the transcontinental railroad?

5. What valley did the author grow up in?

(see the answer key)

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