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    Chinese Exclusion Act

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    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

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    Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to be unwanted‚ unloved and considered bad luck? In the Autobiography Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah‚ you can get a good understanding about how it would feel. This book contains stories of abuse‚ abandonment and‚ importantly‚ love from her Aunt and her Grandfather. As examples when Adeline’s father used her pet duck for a training test for his dog (pg.82)‚ during a communist invasion her Father and Stepmother Niang tried to leave her in a boarding

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    Chinese Festival

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    Spring Festival Chinese New Year holds the most significant position among all Chinese festivals and holidays. The Chinese New Year is accompanied by a belief in good future. Chinese New Year is also called Spring Festival (1). Putting the spring festival scrolls up‚ hanging the lanterns‚ having reunion meals‚ having dumplings‚ sitting up late and waiting for the ring of the New Year are all Spring Festival’s customs. (2) Spring Festival is the day for family reunions

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    room. A suspect is forcefully dragged into the center of the room. Shaking with fear‚ he is asked to kneel down in front of the official. “Bang!” The official strikes the table and here the interrogation begins. This is a typical scene from ancient Chinese courts of law where the judge is settling a dispute or crime. He assumes every suspect on trial is guilty and the suspects have to prove their innocence‚ or else they may face severe punishment like beatings or decapitation. The job of the judge is

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    Chinese New Year

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    Aixuan Li 03/29/2012 Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is the most important festival of the traditional Chinese holidays. In China‚ it is known as "Spring Festival." People celebrate this day by enjoy the Dragon dances‚ Lion dances‚ fireworks‚ family gathering‚ family meal‚ visiting friends and relatives ‚ giving red envelopes‚ and decorating with duilian(usually represented as two lines of poems that match together to wish people good luck and was hung on the wall of the front

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    Chinese Revolution

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    Kai-shek’s coup marks the desertion of the national bourgeoisie from the revolution‚ which is the clash (emergence) of a Centre a national counter-revolution‚ and the conclusion of a deal between the Kuomintang Rights and the imperialists against the Chinese revolution.. -  Chiang Kai-shek’s coup signifies that in South China there will now be two camps‚ two governments‚ two armies‚ two Centre -- the revolutionary Centre in Wuhan and the counter-revolutionary Centre in Nanking. -  Chiang Kai-shek’s

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    believe in yourself why is anyone else going to believe in you?” Tom Brady once said. As one of the most famous football players in the world‚ he knows that sometimes you need to believe in yourself before anyone else can believe in you too. In Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah‚ YeYe and Aunt Baba demonstrated their belief in Adeline by showing her that she is special and that her education is important. With their support‚ Adeline was able to succeed even though she had a rough childhood.

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    The story of Chinese immigration in the U.S. dates all the way back to the early 1840s‚ at which point China was being ruled by the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty‚ a system of absolute monarchy that essentially made life for farmers and middle class merchants miserable by imposing incredibly high taxes and limiting their basic civil rights. Subsequently‚ during the mid 1800s‚ uprisings and rebellions occurred all throughout China‚ ultimately resulting in the deaths of over 20 million Chinese citizens‚ and

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    Chinese New Year

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    you celebrate Chinese New Year with your family and friends? Well in “Begin with a Bang” by Jasper Connor and “The Night Of Lights‚” by Brenda Comper‚ both discuss Chinese celebrations. Did you know that each tradition the Chinese people must perform has its own symbolic meaning? Chinese New Year is very different from other New Year celebrations. It has its own significance celebration and traditions. For example‚ in “Begin With A Bang” by Jasper Conner he talks about what Chinese people do in

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    Chinese Immigration & Exclusion Step: 1 What happened between the 1860’s‚ when Chinese were welcome‚ & 1882‚ when they were excluded? 1. They started getting worse treatment every year. 2. Many laws and acts were made against them. 3. The Chinese were feeling depressed and cheated out of their hard work. Step: 2 Based on this document‚ why did many white Americans support the Chinese Exclusion Act? Document A: Play White Americans supported the Chinese Exclusion Act because the Chinese

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