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PLANTATION STUDY GUIDE

 

Who were the immigrants and why were they needed?

 

*7 major groups came

            -Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Puerto Ricans, Okinawans, Koreans and Filipinos

*Groups were needed for 5 reasons

            -They were considered cheap labor (worked for little pay)

            -Loss of Hawaiian workers due to diseases

            -Demand for sugar increased

            -Chinese had experience refining sugar

            -Able to control multiple groups by isolating them in the plantation

 

What was the assimilation experience that the groups experienced?

 

*Assimilation is when the minority or lesser group tries to become a part of the larger group

 

*Pidgin created because it was hard for the workers and lunas (supervisors) to communicate with one another

-Pidgin was a mixture of the different languages put together

            -Everyone could now communicate and work (orders were only given once instead of multiple times)

            -Created from English, Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese

            -Helped the lunas or foreman in charge

 

What was the inequity experience that immigrant groups experienced?

 

*Inequity is the act of being unfair

 

*Pay and type of jobs are 2 examples of inequity

            -Workers were paid differently even though they did the same job

                        +Filipino cane cutters 69 cents and Japanese cane cutters had 99 cents

                        +American carpenters got 4.36 and Japanese got 1.28

                        +American overseers earned $3.01 to the Japanese overseers who earned $1.25

            -The supervisory jobs given to people who had whiter skin (Europeans and Americans)

                        +41 mill engineers were European/Americans, 1 was Japanese, 1 Hawaiian and 2 were Part-Hawaiian

                        +Overseers: 313 of 377 were white

            -People couldnÕt go far if skin color wasnÕt white

*1904, Hawaiian Sugar PlanterÕs Association limited supervisory position to those that were American citizens

 

 

*What was the Cultural Diffusion that the immigrants experienced?

 

*Cultural diffusion is the spreading of ideas, traditions, practices, etc.

 

            -Food and traditions mainly spread

                        +Food: Chinese bao and char siu, Japanese sushi, rice cakes, tofu, and  musubi, Korean Kim Chee, Filipino adobo, Portuguese sausage and sweet bread

                        +Traditions: Chinese New Year, Japanese Obon and EmperorÕs Birthday

                        +Miscellaneous: sumo, chicken fights, firecrakcrs shamisens (stringed instrument) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLANTATION STUDY GUIDE

 

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Who were the immigrants and why were they needed?

 

*7 major groups came

            -Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Puerto Ricans, Okinawans, Koreans and Filipinos

*Groups were needed for 5 reasons

            -They were considered cheap labor (worked for little pay)

            -Loss of Hawaiian workers due to diseases

            -Demand for sugar increased

            -Chinese had experience refining sugar

            -Able to control multiple groups by isolating them in the plantation

 

What was the assimilation experience that the groups experienced?

 

*Assimilation is when the minority or lesser group tries to become a part of the larger group

 

*Pidgin created because it was hard for the workers and lunas (supervisors) to communicate with one another

-Pidgin was a mixture of the different languages put together

            -Everyone could now communicate and work (orders were only given once instead of multiple times)

            -Created from English, Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese

            -Helped the lunas or foreman in charge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What was the inequity experience that immigrant groups experienced?

 

*Inequity is the act of being unfair

 

*Pay and type of jobs are 2 examples of inequity

            -Workers were paid differently even though they did the same job

                        +Filipino cane cutters 69 cents and Japanese cane cutters had 99 cents

                        +American carpenters got 4.36 and Japanese got 1.28

                        +American overseers earned $3.01 to the Japanese overseers who earned $1.25

            -The supervisory jobs given to people who had whiter skin (Europeans and Americans)

                        +41 mill engineers were European/Americans, 1 was Japanese, 1 Hawaiian and 2 were Part-Hawaiian

                        +Overseers: 313 of 377 were white

            -People couldnÕt go far if skin color wasnÕt white

*1904, Hawaiian Sugar PlanterÕs Association limited supervisory position to those that were American citizens

 

 

*What was the Cultural Diffusion that the immigrants experienced?

 

*Cultural diffusion is the spreading of ideas, traditions, practices, etc.

 

            -Food and traditions mainly spread

                        +Food: Chinese bao and char siu, Japanese sushi, rice cakes, tofu, and  musubi, Korean Kim Chee, Filipino adobo, Portuguese sausage and sweet bread

                        +Traditions: Chinese New Year, Japanese Obon and EmperorÕs Birthday

                        +Miscellaneous: sumo, chicken fights, firecrakcrs shamisens (stringed instrument)