Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Ronald Takaki
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 88 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Ronald Takaki
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 88 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. How many Chinese workers were hired to work on the railways in 1865?

2. What was the Japanese community based upon?

3. What did the blood unions become in 1920?

4. At what grade did education stop for plantation worker's children?

5. When did William Hoper open his sugar mill?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the coupon payment system work and what was wrong with it?

2. What law did California pass that was aimed at Japanese farmers?

3. In what neighborhoods did Korean immigrants live in?

4. What did Filipino immigrants do when they lived in Alaska?

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

6. What was the purpose of the taxes implemented on mining in the 1850s?

7. What did the McCarran-Watter Act declare?

8. What were the working conditions of Filipino immigrants?

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

10. How did WWII change America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the 1948 Displaced Persons Act and the 1953 Refugee Relief Act. Why did these acts come about and how did they change the immigration population in America?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

The Chinese Six Companies played a major role in the lives of Chinese immigrants. Explain how the Chinese Six Companies formed and their impact on Asian immigration.

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