Chinese Exclusion

About 20,000 Chinese workers came to the US during the Gold Rush in the 1850s.

• True

• False

Chinese workers did everything except....

• were paid less than white workers.

• had to sleep in tents.

• owned and operated laundromats.

• slept on rooftops.

Chinese workers were mostly

• women.

• children.

• men.

• School aged students like yourselves.

19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what?

• Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad
• Work in New York factories
• Contributions to the steel industry
• Contributions to John D. Rockefeller

War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of.......

• Pull Factors
• Push Factors
• Jump Factors
• Falling Factors

Chinese and Irish immigrants were instrumental in the construction of

• the transcontinental railroad
• the St. Louis Arch
• highways to the west
• gold and silver mines

Passed in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act did what?

• closed America to Chinese immigrants for the next ten years
• welcomed more Chinese immigrants to America to perform hard work
• allowed Chinese immigrants, but only under a very strict set of rules
• closed America to Chinese immigrants for three years then allowed a few at a time

This law specifically barred Chinese laborers from entering the US, and was in place for more than 60 years.

• The Chinese Exclusion Act
• The Ban on Foreign Labor Act
• The Asian Immigration Act
• The Chinese Labor Law

Which of the following was a major problem immigrants experienced once arriving to the United States?

• Discrimination based on nationality
• Unsanitary and unsafe living conditions
• Political corruption from certain politicians
• All of the above

What group of immigrants were arriving in large numbers on the West Coast in the middle to late 1800's?

• Greek

• Chinese

• British

• French