Chinese Immigration To Hawaii Research Paper

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Five populations that migrated to the Hawaiian Islands are the Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Filipinos. The Chinese started to arrive in 1852. They were brought in to labor the plantations. Many Chinese married Hawaiian women, resulting in Hawaiian-Chinese families. Foods that contributed to Hawaii by the Chinese are Rice, Manapua, and Char siu. The Japanese arrived to Hawaii in 1890 to work on the plantations as well. The Japanese made up 40% of the population of the Hawaiian Islands by the 1900’s and eventually the Federal Exclusion Act in 1924 halted any further immigration from Japan due to outgrowths. Foods that were contributed to Hawaii are Mochi, Musubi, and Mitsumame. The Portuguese arrived in 1878 because Hawaii’s plantations

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