Asians 1

The first Asians to immigrate to the U.S.

• were the Chinese.

• were the Japanese.

• were the Filipinos.

• were the Indonesians.

The two ethnic groups that built the transcontinental railroad

• were the Chinese and the French.

• were the Chinese and the English.

• were the Chinese and the Irish.

• were the Chinese and the German.

The Chinese Exclusion Act

• was passed in 1872.

• was passed in 1882.

• was passed in 1892.

• was passed in 1982.

The Chinese Exclusion Act

• was a fair law.

• ran for only a few years.

• was popular with the Chinese.

• was the nation's first immigration act.

Chinese immigrants worked on

• the Union Pacific Railroad.

• the Golden Pacific Railroad.

• the Central Pacific Railroad.

• the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.

What Asian immigrant group had many members settle in Hawaii?

• the Chinese

• Indians

• Australians

• the Japanese

All of the following are reasons why Asian immigrants were hated on the coast except

• Part of the hatred was just racism.

• Part of the hatred was fear over losing a job to an Asian.

• Part of the hatred was saying Asian immigrants lowered workers pay.

• Asians are clearly the smartest of all Americans.

What city had the most hatred for the Japanese moving there?

• San Francisco

• Los Angeles

• Portland

• Seattle

How did the mayor of San Francisco want to deal with the Japanese in 1906?

• He wanted to ban them from the city.

• He wanted them all arrested.

• He wanted to force them to move to San Francisco.

• He wanted to segregate San Francisco's schools.

Which president came up with the Gentleman's Agreement to slow Japanese immigration?

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• Dwight Eisenhower