Fake IDs
What did Chinese immigrants use to bypass the Exclusion Act?
Paper sons
Because of immigration restrictions, Chinese laborers often had to take work in what region, helping develop plantations and infrastructure?
Hawaii
What controversial practice allowed some Chinese to enter by falsely claiming US citizenship?
paper sons
When was the Chinese Exclusion Act signed?
1882
Rylie
Elisabeth
Kaori
What country did some Chinese immigrants still manage to enter?
Canada
Chinese farmers in California were essential in introducing large-scale cultivation of what popular fruit?
Oranges
While laborers were banned, what Chinese professionals were still permitted to enter?
Merchants, students, and diplomats
The Exclusion Act caused tensions between the US and what country?
China
List each affiliate's ethnicity in order
Rylie 02 - Vietnamese
Elisabeth 03 - Chinese
Kaori 04 - Filipina/Japanese
What 1906 distaster that destroyed birth records in San Francisco, allowing more Paper Sons to claim citiizenship?
Chinese laborers often performed this dangerous task while building railroads.
blasting tunnels with explosives
Chinese immigrants could still enter if they were related to what type of US citizen?
Native-born children/citizen
How many years was the Act originally set for?
10 years
What are the affiliates' majors?
Rylie - Biochemistry
Elisabeth - English
Kaori - Interior Architecture
Many Paper Sons entered the U.S. through what immigration station, often enduring harsh conditions and long detentions.
Angel Island
Despite their contributions to America's infrastructure, Chinese workers were often paid less and given more dangerous jobs than these workers of European decent.
Irish immigrants
What documents were Chiense immigrants required to carry at all time or risked deportation?
Residency certificates
Chinese immigrants already in the U.S. could not become what under the Exclusion Act?
A naturalized U.S. citizen
What are the affiliates' hometowns?
Rylie & Elisabeth - Chattanooga, TN
Kaori - Las Vegas, Nevada
What method was commonly used by Paper Sons to memorize their fake identities before immigration interviews?
Coaching Books
Chinese immigrants made up the majority of worker for what railroad?
Central Pacific Railroad
What 1888 law further restricted chinese immigrants by prohibiting reentry even if they had legal status?
Which President signed the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Chester A. Arthur
List the affiliates' birthdays
Rylie - 8/1/2006
Elisabeth - 3/17/2005
Kaori - 12/22/2003