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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. Who did William Hoper find to be productive workers?

2. How did Hawaiian plantation owners treat their workers?

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

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

5. Where did Japanese women work in America?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the ultimate goal of Japanese immigrants when coming to America?

3. What jobs did Filipino women hold prior to coming to America?

4. What work did Chinese female immigrants find in America?

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

6. Why did Filipino workers strike and what was the outcome of the strikes?

7. Why did Filipinos immigrate to America?

8. What was the Chinese Six Companies?

9. How did Filipinos feel about their homeland?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role did Chinese female immigrants play in Takaki's book? How were women treated and what employment did they find?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What caused Filipino immigrants to arrive in America? Compare and contrast their experience with one other group of Asian immigrants. What were the Filipinos' experiences in California?

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