All About Trask
What term does historian David Stannard use to describe the Jesuit and Franciscan missions?
Furnaces of Death
Where was the world's first hydrogen bomb tested?
Bikini Island
In the 20th century, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders served in World War I, and during World War II, thousands of Japanese Americans volunteered for and were drafted into segregated units. Approximately how many Congressional Medals of Honor were awarded for their heroism?
Over 20
What year was the Chinese Exclusion Act signed?
1882
The policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation, especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas.
Imperialism
What year did the United States government annex the Hawaiian Islands?
1898
Before nuclear testing, the Marshallese people enjoyed incredible longevity, with many of their people living more than one hundred years. According to Trask, what is the current life expectancy of Marshallese women?
40 Years
How many Chinese comprised the labor force for the Central Pacific Railroad's portion of the first Transcontinental Railroad?
20,000
In what year did the United States Congress institute "National Origins" quotas that favored immigration from Europe?
1924
A fear and hatred of anything perceived as foreign or strange.
Xenophobia
What percentage of Hawaiians make up the state's deaths for persons less than eighteen years of age?
75%
Which theorist is credited with developing the concept of peaceful violence?
Frantz Fanon
The Immigration Act of 1917, which designated much of Asia and the Pacific Islands as areas from which people could not enter the United States, except for Filipinos, is also known by what other name?
The Asiatic Barred Zone Act
What was the name of Erika Lee's grandparents' restaurant in Brooklyn, New York?
New Deal
Which United States President signed the Chinese Exclusion Act into law?
Chester A. Arthur
What percentage of O'ahu does the United States military control?
25%
According to Trask, what must occur before the Hawaiian Islands can be demilitarized?
Decolonized
What name was given to Chinese individuals who were able to pass the interrogation process at the U.S. Immigration Station?
"Paper Sons and Paper Daughters"
What economist observed that immigration population growth increases the demand for goods, which creates a need for more jobs and higher wages?
George Borjas
The process of deconstructing colonial ideologies of the superiority and privilege of Western thought and approaches
Decolonization
What is the nickname given to the workers who repair the nuclear-fueled ships and submarines at Pearl Harbor?
Sponges
Finish the quote:
Nuclearization is a unique kind of...
Racism
How much money was given as reparations to more than 80,000 surviving Japanese Americans who had been incarcerated during the war?
$20,000
In 1952, what percentage of the total United States immigration came from Europe?
96.7%
Which United States President advocated for a merit-based immigration policy?
Donald J. Trump