Texas State University San Marcos Chinese Exclusion History Essay
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Answer each question thoroughly. Chicago Manual Style, 12 font size, Times New Roman font,
total word count of 500 words (note- the words on the assignment instructions do NOT count
towards the 500 words).
Source: (Commons.wikapedia.org)
1. BACKGROUND
a. Read: https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/17-5-the-impact-of-expansionon-chinese-immigrants-and-hispanic-citizens
b. Answer: According to the chapter reading, what factors led to anti-Chinese sentiment in
America and the eventual Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882? List and explain at least three.
2. INTERPRET
a. View: Political cartoons are a common device for satirizing social issues of the time.
Study the example above carefully.
b. Answer: Describe the anti-Chinese sentiment expressed in this late 19th Century political
cartoon?
3. CONSIDER
a. Read: https://postalmuseum.si.edu/the-transcontinental-railroad-and-the-asianamerican-story
b. Answer: What does the site celebrate, and what, if any, does it condemn?
4. CONNECT
a. Read:
https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_187,_Prohibit_Undocumented_Immig
rants_from_Using_Public_Healthcare,_Schools,_and_Social_Services_Initiative_(19
94)
b. Answer: What was CaliforniaàProposition 187? Does the initiative express the same
anti-Chinese sentiment as 1882? Why or why not?
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