When reading Chapter Nine for Monday, please consider the following questions:
- What brought Chinese immigrants to the United States?
- How does Daniels define "immigrant," and what does he consider to be "the false and essentially racist notion" of some scholars?
- What was the "coolie trade"?
- Where did the Chinese settle and how did they finance their migrations?
- How did Chinatowns differ from other American ethnic enclaves?
- What are the Naturalization Act of 1870 and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
- What is a "paper son"?
- Where did Japanese immigrants settle, and what occupations did they have?
- Why were the Japanese initially treated differently from the Chinese, and how did that affect their demographics?
- What is the "Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907-8"?
- What is a "picture bride marriage," and was it unique to the Japanese?
- Why did Carroll Wright say that French Canadians were the "Chinese of the Eastern States"?
- How was French Canadian migration unique?
- What were French Canadian occupations in Canada, and what were they in the United States?
- Why was French Canadian acculturation so much slower than for any other immigrant group?
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