Ethnic Studies Post Thanksgiving Break

​ (a)   come from China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, India, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Brunei.

• Asians
• Pacific Islanders
• Chicanos
• Native Americans
• African Americans
• Arabs

​ (a)   come from Hawaii, the Marshall Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Mariana Islands.

• Asians
• Pacific Islanders
• Chicanos
• Native Americans
• African Americans
• Arabs

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Top 5 Asian Immigrants to the US

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(b) Not top 5 Asian Immigrants to US

• Japanese

• Cambodian

• Vietnamese

• Asian Indian

• Hmong

• Koreans

• Chinese

• Filipinos

Which group was helped build the Transcontinental Railroad from the West Coast?

• Irish Immigrants

• Chinese Immigrants

• Korean Immigrants

• Filipino Immigrants

What event in California history sparked Chinese immigration?

• The CA Mission System

• The 1906 Earthquake in San Fransisco

• The CA gold rush

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

Chinese Immigrants often lived in crowded neighborhoods like Chinatown in San Francisco.

• True

• False

Chinese immigrants faced no racism in the United States.

• True

• False

Many white Americans were angry because they felt that Chinese immigrants were stealing jobs.

• True

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