Chinese Exclusion Act
Chinese exclusion act
The Chinese exclusion act was a movement that prohibited Chinese immigration; people used it as a discrimination against Chinese people. In one year Chinese immigration dropped from 40,000 to 23. This shows how people where violent and discriminant to Chinese fellows. In 1879 an anti-Chinese play was created by Henry Grimm; the point of the document was the problem of Chinese people taking over American jobs, this was written in San Francisco, CA. In 1879 there was an anti-Chinese sentiment, the railroad was completed, and a high number act of violence against the Chinese. The document targets the government figures and the America public. This document has a bias towards an argument against Chinese and the document was produced at a time when there was an economic downturn, the document convinced Americans that the Chinese were taking their jobs. Grimm has an anti-Chinese point of view that affects the meaning of the document. This document provides evidence reasoning why many American workers had anti-Chinese sentiment. For example, “china men plenty work, plenty money’’ this is one of the reasons why Chinese were treated badly. In this titled “the Chinese must go” claims that Chinese people are taking over American jobs, the white man has no work, no money and it is all blamed on the Chinese. While Henry Grimm insists that the Chinese are the reason for job loss in America, evidence in the document contradicts by stating that Chinese have no work and no money, this is demonstrated “ white man catchee plenty of money” in the play.
In the document “Political cartoon”, It is about the protection of Asians and how America should be equal to all men; it points out that America is supposed be equal to all men, the Irish and the German are just like any other Chinese in America, they are all immigrants, it should be fair. This document created in 1871 it correlates to the time when there was a lot of violence towards Chinese people and
The Chinese exclusion act was a movement that prohibited Chinese immigration; people used it as a discrimination against Chinese people. In one year Chinese immigration dropped from 40,000 to 23. This shows how people where violent and discriminant to Chinese fellows. In 1879 an anti-Chinese play was created by Henry Grimm; the point of the document was the problem of Chinese people taking over American jobs, this was written in San Francisco, CA. In 1879 there was an anti-Chinese sentiment, the railroad was completed, and a high number act of violence against the Chinese. The document targets the government figures and the America public. This document has a bias towards an argument against Chinese and the document was produced at a time when there was an economic downturn, the document convinced Americans that the Chinese were taking their jobs. Grimm has an anti-Chinese point of view that affects the meaning of the document. This document provides evidence reasoning why many American workers had anti-Chinese sentiment. For example, “china men plenty work, plenty money’’ this is one of the reasons why Chinese were treated badly. In this titled “the Chinese must go” claims that Chinese people are taking over American jobs, the white man has no work, no money and it is all blamed on the Chinese. While Henry Grimm insists that the Chinese are the reason for job loss in America, evidence in the document contradicts by stating that Chinese have no work and no money, this is demonstrated “ white man catchee plenty of money” in the play.
In the document “Political cartoon”, It is about the protection of Asians and how America should be equal to all men; it points out that America is supposed be equal to all men, the Irish and the German are just like any other Chinese in America, they are all immigrants, it should be fair. This document created in 1871 it correlates to the time when there was a lot of violence towards Chinese people and