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Take Home MID-TERM Exam - SPRING 2021

PCC Asian Pacific American History - APA history 41

DUE Friday 4/28/2021 by 11:59pm by CANVAS - NO LATE EXAMS ACCEPTED…..

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You may use sources outside of the class readings, but you must have at least two resources from CLASS per essay question. This is not a GROUP Exam – Please work alone.

You may include citations for the essay questions using the Chicago Manuel of Style

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WARNING!!! Do not Plagiarize / Do not cut and paste from the internet. Cite your sources. Citations of your sources are required…..

(Hint: Answer ALL the questions as if the reader is not familiar with the subject.)

Essay Questions – Pick two to answer out of three below (minimum 1 page each – Double Spaced – Times Roman 12 pt. – references / citations are not considered part of the page count. Put them on a separate page. )

1) What was the difference between early Asian women who immigrated to Hawaii vs. to the American mainland?

2) What were some of the differences and similarities among the early Asian immigrant groups to America we have studied so far? (hint push pull)

3) Were Asian Pacific American early pioneers sojourners or settlers? Explain.

Short Answer Questions: (please answer in complete sentences)

a. What were the names of two main earliest Filipino settlements in North America?

b. Who was the first Chinese student to graduate from Yale and when?

c. What did the Gentleman’s Agreement accomplish?

d. What law/act was legislated and why were early Chinese Women almost excluded by it? When?

e. When and why did 2,000 early Chinese railroad workers strike?

f. What was “Dancing the Shrimp”?

g. Who was the Filipino listed among the original founders of Los Angeles but ended up in Santa Barbara?

h. What were the various religious makeup of the early South Asians referred to as Hindoos or Asian Indians?

i. Who was Larry Itliong?

j. What was the case of People vs. Hall?

k. Why were there separate ethnic camps on the Hawaiian plantations.

l. Why did some Buffalo Soldiers, like David Fagen, help the Pilipinos during the Philippine American War?

m. Who was Carlos Bulosan and what did he do?

n. What kinds of work did the Sakadas perform in Hawaii?

o. What is ment by “migrant” farm workers on the West Coast? (not international emigration)

p. What early Asian American actor and actress were silent movie big name stars?

q. Why did Korean labor immigration stop in 1905? And who stopped it.

r. What rank & duties were Filipinos in the U.S. Navy relegated to (up until around the Vietnam War?) What was the rank of African Americans in that same period in the U.S. Navy?

s. In the period we have studied so far when did Korea as a country stop appearing on the world maps and why?

t. What’s the difference between an Ethnic Enclave vs. Ethnoburb

u. What are Anti-Miscegenation Laws and when did they end in California?

v. Who was the only one killed in the Watsonville Riots and when.

w. What was the treaty that sold the Philippines to the U.S. and for how much?

x. What was the Picture Bride system and which 2 ethnic groups primarily used it?

y. What kinds (labor classifications) of immigrants were allowed into the U.S. with the change of immigration law in 1965 vs. earlier? What is Chain Migration?

z. Who were Durham Stevens and Chang In-hwan?

aa. Why and when was the Hawaiian Monarchy overthrown?