Asian Americans in the United States

How many percent of the US population is Asian American?

• 25

• 6

• 12

• 3

The percentage of inhabitants with Asian backgrounds is particularly high in the Chinatowns of these cities (more than one answer):

• Chicago

• San Francisco

• Seattle

• Los Angeles

• New York City

Why did most immigrants from Asia initially come to the US?

• Because they found work in the States.

• Due to natural disasters.

• Because they wanted to live in bigger cities.

• Because of political reasons.

What kind of jobs did the first Chinese immigrants have in the US?

• laundrymen

• masseuse

• restaurants

• railroad workers

Which other country had a high influx of people from China and Japan?

• Canada

• Mexiko

• Alaska

• New Zealand

The period of time in which white Americans being against the immigration of Chinese people into the US and seeing them as a danger is called

(a)  

The immigration law passed in 1882 which made it harder for Chinese to enter the US is called the

(a)  

Which disaster resulted in the chance for many Chinese to stay in the US legally even though the Chinese Exclusion Act had just been passed?

• San Francisco earth and quake

• San Francisco fire and tsunami

• San Francisco tsunami and quake

• San Francisco earth quake and fire

When was the San Francisco earth quake and fire?

• 1893

• 1913

• 1892

• 1902

Many Chinese took advantage of the earth quake and fire in San Francisco and said that the documents, which would have proven them to be American citizens, were lost in the fire, even though these documents never existed in the first place. They stated the same for their children, even though sometimes they actually did not even have any children.

Then, people who were not really related to them (or maybe just a niece or nephew) then came to the US, claiming to be those children whose papers had been lost in the fire.

What are those people called?

(a)