Exam 8: Asian Americans

Why did emigration from India occur in two distinct phases?

__________ is a social dysfunction that Asian immigrants experienced in the 18^th and 19th century.

Which state historically provided the most opportunity and protection for Asian immigrants?

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is significant because __________.

For Asian Indians, __________.

Unlike the Chinese, who had a tradition of being sojourners and who formed benevolent and protective associations, the Filipinos did not establish the support institutions usually found in immigrant communities. Explain why.

__________ brought an end to the forcible detention of the Japanese in 1945.

A very recent example of deviance in the Chinese community is __________.

Asian Indians have a __________.

Japanese-Americans' emphasis on conformity, aspiration, competitiveness, discipline, and self-control has resulted in __________.

Early Korean immigrants were recruited by the __________.

Legislators in all 50 states passed laws against miscegenation to prevent Asians from marrying whites.

The term "inscrutable" is __________.

In 1923, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that Asian Indians were__________.

__________ explains ethnic stereotypes as the dominant group's premature response to minority groups.

Generally, traditional Asian values emphasized __________.

Explain the differences in structural discrimination against the Japanese in Hawaii and on the mainland.

In the 1940s, legislators in 14 states passed laws against __________ (interracial marriage) to prevent Asians from marrying whites.

__________ was a major social problem affecting most Asian immigrants up through the 1940s.

After the Gentlemen's Agreement Act of 1908 curtailed Japanese emigration, the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association recruited laborers from __________.