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.