Battle of Little Big Horn

The Battle of Little Big Horn took place on June 25, 1876. All the troops were led by a Lieutenant Colonel by the name George Armstrong Custer. The native Americans had been fighting with Custer and his troops since gold was discovered on their land. Custer and his troops fought against the Lakota Sioux and the Cheyenne. Both are to blame for the incident that occurred.

Many time the U.S Army asked the natives for permission to overtake the reservations. However, the Native tribes resisted after several occasions because the Army would make treaties and overlook them. Because of this many others joined their cause and helped them fight. There were about 10,000 men fighting along with their tribes. Ultimately they gathered around the Big Horn river ready for an attack, but Colonel Custer demanded that his troops retreat because he was afraid they would be outnumbered.

On July 25, Custer and his 600 troops wanted to surprise the attack the Native Americans around Big Horn River, but the Natives became aware and followed with about 3000trops. Sitting Bull, a chief, had a vision that his men would win. Fortunately, for him and his troops, he was correct and they easily were able to attack the U.S Army. However, the victory did not last long because the government took over the tribes within a few years and confined them to reservations.

Chinese Exclusion Act

        During the time of 1870-1880, there were many people migrating from Germany, England, and Ireland. They came to the United States because the Civil War had ended. In 1848 gold rush did not only attract those immigrants, but attracted many of the Chinese as well, who were considered hard workers. They worked hard and obeyed until the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in 1882 and they were the prohibited from doing various things.

          According to Document D, which is an excerpt from Lee Chew's Autobiography titled "The Biography of a Chinaman" gives the reason that the Chinese were excluded because many other immigrants were jealous of them. Because they were known as being honest and hard workers many hired them cause of that and that kept the owners from hiring other workers. In another example, Document C. a speech to workingmen of San Francisco from the year 1888, gives the reason that the Chinese were taking jobs away from the Americans. The citizens living in America wanted to banish the Chinese due to that reason.
          In document A, a Chinese play known as "The Chinese Must Go" from the year 1879 gives another reason that the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed similarly to Document C; they were taking the American jobs. The play also managed to show that the Chinese were getting ahead of the Americans and making more money then they were themself making. According to Document B, which is similar to Document D, is a political cartoon by Thomas Nast shown in the Harper's Weekly and shows how they wanted to get rid of the Chinese because they were disliked by many other immigrants. This political cartoon shows how many English, Irish, and German man want to kill the poor man, who is being protected by Columbia.