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Where did Hawaii import their workers from in the 1800s?
The first contract laborers came from China. The use of Japanese laborers began in 1885 and five years later the standard labor source was Puerto Rico.
Who settled in Japanese island?
The Japanese came in substantial numbers to Hawaii and the west coast of the United States. Many were employed in Hawaiian plantations. Some acquired farms on the mainland. Some became workers in factories or on railroads, although there were more Chinese employed in that capacity. Industries sought Japanese workers after the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, until the Japanese were blocked as well in 1907 under the Gentleman's Agreement.
What was the population of the state Hawaii in the 1800s?
About 300,000 people before the American tourists came. In the years that the Americans came, only about 37,000 people remained.
What territories came under US control in the late 1800s?
Alaska, Hawaii, Samoa, Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
What statement best describes Japanese immigration to the United States in the late 1800s?
Immigration by Japanese citizens during the late-1800s sharply declined. This was because Japanese, along with other Asian immigrants were denied citizenship and faced occasional violence when they came to the U.S.
What where the main reason Filipino immigrants came to Hawaii?
The Filipinos came to Hawaii because they believed that they would get rich working in Hawaii. During the time the Filipinos were under the Spanish rule. They Spanish treated the Filipinos poorly. They decided to go to Hawaii and live a wealthy life.
How did Hawaii come under the control of the US in the late 1800s?
Hawaii came under the control of the US in the late 1800's because the Hawaiian chiefs engaged in a conflict for power and control. The United States entered into the war and consequently placed Hawaii under martial law.
What caused the increase in Japanese immigration to the west coast in the late 1800s?
it was to show that the Japanese supported the Americans even though they had most of the property they owned seized and were put into camps in places like Arizona. even those with Japanese sons in the military were neglected and mistreted
What changed when the Japanese came to Hawaii?
Very little. They were generally isolated on the large Plantations for the first few years of their contracts as laborers.
Dd Japanese solders in the pacific thetre of wworld war2 take rest and relaxation in he hawaiian islands?
NO. Hawaii was territory of the USA. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii but never came close to capturing it, so they would not have visited it. They visited it once, to bomb it: but rest & relaxing was never on their minds !
Where were the immigrants from in the 1800s?
old immigrants in the late 1800s came from north western Europe
How many german's came to the US in the 1800s?
100,000
