Chinese Exclusion Act

Why did the Chinese come to America?

• For Education

• To work

• For land

What kind of work did the Chinese do in America?

• They worked construction

• They built railroads, worked in farms and factories.

• They were farmers

Why were other workers angry with the Chinese?

• They spoke a different language

• They earned more money

• They worked for less money than others, some people were racist against the Chinese.

How were people racist against the Chinese?

• They passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, a law that stopped Chinese workers from coming to the United States.

• They did not let them work on the railroads

• They would not let them speak Chinese

What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?

• A railroad

• 1882 law that prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers

• It stopped anyone from leaving China

What is a tenement?

• A type of work

• A crowded dirty apartment where many people live.

• A palace

What happened at Ellis Island

• People made railroads

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

• Immigrants were processed through immigration and could enter the United States

What was Angel Island

• An Island in New York where Immigrants lived

• An Island in California where immigrants from Asia entered the USA

• A place where the Chinese worked building the railroad

Why was the Chinese exclusion act racist?

• It did not allow laborers to immigrate.

• The Chinese worked on the railroad.

• It targeted immigrants from a specific country and nationality.

What is the message of this cartoon?

• That all immigrants were welcomed to the United States in 1900.

• That people did not welcome immigrants even though their ancestors were immigrants.

• That many people were racist against Chinese immigrants.