Aas 320 final exam prompts | AAS 320 | San Francisco State University
Aas 320 final exam prompts | AAS 320 | San Francisco State University.
Final Exam: The exam is due at 11:59 pm on December 18
Short Answer: (5 points each) Write a short paragraph (3 sentences) in response to each prompt.
- What was the role of the Chinese workers in the building of the Transcontinental railroad?
- What is Angel Island Immigration Station and what is its significance?
- Who was Wong Chin Foo?
- Who was Mary Tape?
- How was Chinatown turned into an “Oriental City”?
- What was the National Dollar Store strike?
- Why was the Chinese Exclusion Act repealed in 1943?
- What was the Mei Lun Yuen project and why was it important?
- Who was Vincent Chin?
- What was the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965?
Long Answer (25 points each): One a one page double spaced response (250 words) to each prompt below.
- Choose a quote each from two historical figures we studied in class. Explain the context of each quote and your takeaway from each.
- Choose two historical documents or photographs that you came across in the course of the semester. Explain what each of them are and what is your takeaway from it.
http://firstchineseamerican.com/
https://chsa.org/exhibits/online-exhibits/work-of-giants-the-chinese-and-the-building-of-the-first-transcontinental-railroad/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J68WVTK3sw&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=AsianImprovaRts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tklL7wrUAM&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=AsianImprovaRts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_ePwfdXAvc&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=AsianImprovaRts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlHrH-KCJYU&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=AsianImprovaRts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd9NkwbdSC4&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=AsianImprovaRts
Aas 320 final exam prompts | AAS 320 | San Francisco State University