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Americans weren't fond of the Chinese they believed  they brought in diseases and weren't providing any help and this is said in the first two paragraphs of the letter written in Mr. Chongs letter

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The letter provided shows that they were made fun of and hated simply because they were from China and they had differences compared to whites but then later on used the Chinese to their advantage when they started the transcontinental railroad they used them by making them work on the railroad.

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What evidence does this document provide about why Chinese immigration was restricted in 1882?

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I think they were hated in general because they didn't like foreign people except Europeans

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Pedro Cosio #4 As The Chinese Came into California in search of gold came the awful laws against them along the way and just used them for labor when the transcontinental railroad was being built.

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Pedro Cosio #4 As The Chinese Came into California in search of gold came the awful laws against them along the way and just used them for labor when the transcontinental railroad was being built.

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I think the restrictions of Chinese people came from the hate the 'real' Americans held towards immigrants in general. They degraded them with saying things like they're "dirty" which then takes you to them being told they bring viruses. and if they didn't know things they were "uneducated'. They were blamed by Americans because they 'stole jobs.

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The letter written by Wong Ar Chong to a white abolitionist who is against the Chinese Exclusion Act gives us insight to what may have led to the Exclusion Act in 1882. Chong reveals that senators believe they are heathens and do not excercise Christianity but it is a free country. He also reveals that senators believe that Chinese people are not hardworking and Chong says they work as hard as everyone else if not harder. He also reveals that the government believes Chinese people do not pay taxes and keeps their money even though Chong says they all do. Finally the government also believes that Chinese are taking over and whites are out of jobs. Chong reveals that if they work through it instead of going through bankrupts everyone would have labor.

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1. Why do you think Wong Ar Chong was compelled to write this letter? What motives lead him to have to defend himself and all Chinese in American?

Because he feels attacked/insulted because of what Americans called the Chinese people so he writes the letter to defend him and his people after being oppressed just for being Chinese.

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1. Source the document by identifying who wrote it, the year, and what type of document is it.  Make two conclusions about what you notice about the year of the source and the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act.

Wong Ar Chong's letter is a primary source since it came from someone who experienced it. I have come to the conclusion that the only reason Chinese people were treated so poorly is from hatred, by this I mean that "Americans" believed they were superior and disliked the "invasion" of foreigners, despite the fact that they took as trespassers on "their" land. I believe they were discriminated against because of their own failures and not wanting to admit that they had done something wrong.

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In Wong Ar Chong’s Letter to William Lloyd Garrison he is expressing deep concern for the future and well being of Chinese Americans that have immigrated to the United States. The perspective of the letter seems to be coming from a hard working merchant seeking for help and support of white abolitionists to get his message spread through that Chinese people are hardworking and are the same as other people and should be treated as such. The author of the letter makes it pronounced that he is hardworking, pays as much taxes as everyone else, and smells like a normal person as everyone has a smell. He feels as if he should not be discriminated in society for this and is seeking help. He is coming from a place of financial struggles and points out if everyone works together the United States can use their labor and flourish economically.

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The timeline shows that they were in a war with Britain after the war the gold rush occurred so many Chinese went to California like many other people ,but they had taxes that were targeted towards them. After another war occurred and many fled after 20 million people parish and upon arriving their were no hospitality they were treated with disrespect. They kept getting beat down from getting hung to getting business broken destroyed to not be able to be legal citizens.

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I think the reason behind why Chinese immigrants was restricted was because they hated them they thought very low of them thought they didn't give the government as much money they didn't want them interfering with there women also as it said in 1880 . They thought they were bringing in diseases
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It was said that "China people pay no taxes in this country" and that they're "unhealthy"  and they bring "diseases." Ad all these labels brought negative reactions to them moving in for wanting new lives. The discrimination is part of the problem, as to why they were restricted.

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In my opinion and ideas based off of reading the text, I think Chinese Immigration was restricted in 1882 due to social and racial discrimination all throughout the west coast. For years Chinese Immigrants traveled to California and west to get their share in economic success in the gold rush. However, throughout the years United States citizens and its government placed many treaties and social laws to set them back. I think the main purpose of the Chinese Exclusion act of 1882 was to stop Chinese immigration from flooding California and taking over natural born citizens. In the 19th century many Chinese Immigrants worked on the transcontinental railroad that spanned across the United States. However, in times of economical decline both in the United States due to the great depression and China due to foreign wars both sides of the party could not equally benefit from this spread to the west. For years before the act was fully set into place white mobs commonly attacked Chinese immigrants in America and fought for them to be taken out of their 'land'.

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Upon observing the timeline of Chinese Immigration and exclusion, I am concluded to believe that Chinese immigrants came to America in seek of better life and opportunity. In China they lost the First Opium War to Britain and were in decline with many resources due to treaties. The discovery of gold in California spread to the east and many Chinese people became opportunists and immigrated west to seek financial fortune in the gold mining business. What stood out to me is how many times the United States set out to help the Chinese people with legal immigration and then made laws and treaties to set them back. Throughout trade interests and the illegal marriage of whites and asians, The Chinese Exclusion act made Chinese immigration near impossible.

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In the timeline I observed that Chinese people have continuously been attacked. They only sought of coming to America for better opportunities, like money and were met with violence. Some where murdered, their work places destroyed and then that was met with more "cruelty." I say cruelty because there hasn't been a "win" for them before. And after dying or losing a loved one they weren't allowed to be claimed as citizens, which was just another lose for them. They took continuous loses, not being able to work, which meant no money, no food, they were discriminated against for being foreign.

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Based on the document, what where some of the popular attitudes about Chinese people during this period.

- That they don't make an impact to the united states and that they were spreading diseases around.

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Why Chinese immigration was restricted in 1882 ? Sentence starters: I predict...My hypothesis is that...Based on the timeline, I infer that...

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Why Chinese immigration was restricted in 1882 ? Sentence starters: I predict...My hypothesis is that...Based on the timeline, I infer that...

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(Everyone in the group) What evidence does this document provide about why Chinese immigration was restricted in 1882?  

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(Everyone in the group) What evidence does this document provide about why Chinese immigration was restricted in 1882?  