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Plantations
Miscellaneous
Manzanar
Immigration
100
Planters were developing an ___________ __________ labor force in order to create divisions among their workers and reinforce management control.
Ethically Diverse
100
Japanese workers placed these on their steps to remind them of their homeland.
Bonsai Trees
100
Japanese Americans did what to eliminate anything that might tie them to Japan?
Burned Possessions
100
What was one reason why Japanese began immigrating West?
Heavy taxes, economic hardships, loss of land, and hunger.
200
In 1904, the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association passed a resolution that restricted skilled positions to....
American citizens or those eligible to become American citizens
200
By 1920, 45% of Japanese living in Hawaii were this age and younger.
19
200
What is a cannery?
A factory where fish, vegetables, or other foods are canned.
200
The 1907 Gentleman's Agreement allowed women to emigrate under what stipulations?
They were to emigrate as family members, but not as laborers.
300
Japanese laborers organized themselves into "________ _______" based on ethnic membership.
blood unions
300
What are the four methods the Japanese used to obtain land?
contract, share, lease, and ownership
300
How long were the Japanese given to completely clear out of Terminal Island?
48 hours
300
By 1990 what percentage of Japanese industrial workers were women?
60%
400
To attempt to quell the striking of the Filipino and Japanese workers, planters did what? (3 things)
Bribed the Filipino Union Leader, enlisted Hawaiians, Portuguese, and Koreans as strike breakers, and served 48-hour eviction notices to the strikers.
400
The shift from grain to fruits and vegetables was fueled by what two events?
The completion of the railroad and the invention of the refrigerated car.
400
Despite opening in June 1944, these were closed for good only a year later in 1945.
Public schools for the Children of Manzanar
400
Planters promoted the __________ __________ as a means of labor control.
Japanese Family
500
This plantation dialect was a simple English that incorporated Hawaiian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Chinese phrases.
"pidgin English"
500
Who were the Nisei?
The children of the first generation of Japanese immigrants
500
Why was the closing of some internment camps viewed as a negative thing to the internees?
They had already adjusted to life in the camps and were afraid of going back to life in the West.
500
Although Japanese made up 40% of the population in Hawaii, they were a tiny minority in this mainland state.
California