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A political cartoon mocking the United States for the exclusion of Jews in Russia while excluding the Chinese immigrants.
Why the author chose to create this cartoon.

Why the author decided to put the skeleton in the closet.

To show why the United States decided to keep the dark secrets inside the closet and he opened it unexpectedly.

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Chinese immigrants murdered because discrimination has been rising against the number of Chinese immigrants in California.
The perspectives missing are the Chinese people discriminated before the massacre.

What the people were thinking when they were mass killing the immigrants.

It would have a more pathos effect because the Chinese immigrants were discriminated for no reason except for coming into the United States looking for new opportunities.

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An application of a “lawfully domiciled Chinese merchant, teacher, or student,” 1923.
It doesn’t seem like the Chinese immigrant has a specific job yet.

We don’t know if the person got the job.

It would help with learning about the immigration process and about getting jobs for newcomers.

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This is a Member Certificate card of SamYup Association.
How the US government felt about Chinese newcomers getting jobs.

Chinese religious needs to form social and welfare organizations.

It would give more information about how the SamYup Association applied for more jobs to find services for more Chinese immigrants coming in.

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All were on the steam ship in Alaska heading for San Francisco. (April 29, 1876)
The racism from the Europeans to the Chinese.

The Chinese could sense the distrust.

It would explain the tension in the room where the Europeans were talking racist words towards the Chinese.

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1882 political cartoon of politicians showing “consensus” on the Chinese immigration concern by bashing a Chinese worker
The politicians didn’t care how the Chinese worker felt.

Why no one helped the Chinese worker.

It would give more emotion to how the Chinese worker felt being bashed when all the politicians were only thinking in their heads about how the Chinese immigration is bad.

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A document about unfair immigrants are treated

A “vicious system” and how the operation was looked upon without him
How was he deceived on the matter

Did he do anything to change it

It would probably make him more respected and others in the future would look up to him

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The Chinese Immigrants are being inspected when coming into the US

Only see men there with a symbol on the top right corner

What’s missing is what the Immigrants thought about the process

Also the process of going through these checks
It would give a full overview of the process they went through and along with restrictions of who they let in

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They don’t want Chinese Immigrants to come to the US so they put restrictions and created this Act

Chinese laborers are now banned from coming in
Full background on what started this

Who was behind on creating this/who passed it
It would give info on what they initially thought about the process and why they wanted to make it so they wouldn’t be allowed in

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The primary source documents on this page highlight pivotal moments in the course of American history or government. They are some of the most-viewed and sought-out documents in the holdings of the National Archives.

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The man is chasing the Chinese immigrant out

Going from San Francisco to China.
What the words on the treasure box mean

Why they make the immigrants hair like that. What the words on the treasure box mean. Why they make the immigrants hair like that, this would help explain this situation to those unaware of what happened during that time

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They are witnessing a man being investigated

He’s being questioned for a case not sure if he’s a suspect.

What’s missing is a bias from the author

Along with what the case is about(why he’s being questioned).
The text would be more clear if he gave more details about the case/opinion and not just the conversation

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The immigrant looks like a 🤬 because they were viewed as bad

Blocking them out with a fence while others are on the other side. Description of the picture

What he is balancing. If someone couldn’t understand propaganda it would make it complicated for them