Global Cultures
Behind the Wall
Day 5
Objectives
1. Identify various Asian objects.
2. Evaluate American perceptions of Chinese immigrants over the course of
American History.
3. Restate in your own words a definition of nativism.
Bell Work: Take three minutes to study for the Chinese Dynasty Timeline Quiz
Quotes from Confucius: “When anger rises, think of the consequences.”
Chinese Exclusion Acts: 1882-1943
Directions: Using your handout, answer the following questions on a separate sheet of
paper.
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Introduction
a. What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
b. What is nativism?
c. List one example of nativism present in today’s culture.
Conditions in China
a. What is a “push factor”?
b. List three “push factors.”
News of Gold Strikes Reaches China
a. In what year is gold discovered in California?
b. Besides mining, list two other jobs Chinese men acquired in the American
West.
c. Chinese men are forced to wear _____ or long braids down their back.
Chinese Work Force
a. By 1880, the Chinese make up ____ % of the Californian population.
b. Describe the credit-ticket system.
Gold Mountain
a. The Chinese call America the “Golden Mountain” because . . .
b. Who has a more difficult time in America—Chinese men or Chinese
women?
The “Chinese Question”
a. Why do Americans and other ethnic groups in America want the Chinese
immigration to America stopped?
Anti-Chinese Legislation
a. In the 1870s, ____ pieces of anti-Chinese legislation were passed at the
state and local levels.”
Violent Ant-Chinese Attacks
a. How did white laborers intimidate the Chinese laborers?
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The National Government Responds
a. Name the president who signed the Chinese Exclusion Act.
The Toll of Exclusion
a. True or False: The Chinese Exclusion Act spurred immigration to the
United States.
Surviving Exclusion
a. Name one industry in which the Chinese were able to maintain despite the
discrimination and exclusion acts.
“Paper Families”
a. What major event destroyed immigration records and statistics?
Repeal
a. Name the president who repealed the Chinese Exclusion Acts on 17
December 1943.
Assignment: Reach Chapter 2 of Dragonwings