Nativism and the Chinese Exclusion Act

Nativism and the Chinese Exclusion Act

Open Ended

What do you think the point of this political cartoon is?

Nativism

• Definition: policy of protecting native born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants

• common political belief starting in the years mid 1800's

• many people were nativist towards the Irish and other Catholic groups because they often voted in large blocks (together) and the Pope was seen as a political figure

What did nativists do?

• tried to pass laws to make it harder for immigrants to become a US Citizen

• try to reduce the number of people who could come to the USA

• riots sometimes took place between immigrant Irish Catholics and nativists

Multiple Choice

Nativism is a thing that happened in history and cannot again.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which group faced nativist actions first?

• The Chinese

• The Irish

• The Russians

Poll

I think I know what nativism means.

• Yes

• No

• Sort of; I still have some questions

Nativism and the Chinese in America

• 1850 - Foreign Miners had to pay an extra tax in California

• 1854 - People v. Hall - Chinese people could not testify against white people

• 1871 - A white mob tortured and hanged 17 Chinese people in San Francisco

• 1877 - White mob killed 4 Chinese people and damaged property

• 1880 - Anti-miscegenation law - Chinese and whites could not marry

• 1882 - Chinese Exclusion Act passed

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Multiple Choice

Chinese people ___________ many discriminatory laws and actions.

• faced

• started

• eliminated

Open Ended

Why do you think many American people were attracted to nativist ideas?