Chinese Immigration Act (DBQ)
By Maxwell Merchant
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Last updated 8 months ago
17 Questions
Note from the author:
Adaptation of the Stanford Historical Education Group's Chinese Immigration and Exclusion Lesson Plan.
Essential Question: Why was Chinese immigration restricted in 1882?
Includes guiding questions broken down by document and a final assessment including a rubric assessing Washington State Social Studies Standard SSS1
1. Answer the 2 review questions
2. Review the timeline and documents below
3. Answer the guiding questions for the timeline and each document
4. Write an argumentative essay responding to the historical question, "Why was Chinese immigration restricted in 1882?"
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Review: Why did people immigrate from China to the Western US during the Gilded Age?
Review: Why did people immigrate from China to the Western US during the Gilded Age?
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Review: What did Chinese Americans experience after immigrating to the United States?
Review: What did Chinese Americans experience after immigrating to the United States?
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Read the timeline carefully. Write a hypothesis for why Chinese immigration was restricted in 1882.
Read the timeline carefully. Write a hypothesis for why Chinese immigration was restricted in 1882.
Who wrote the document?
Who wrote the document?
Who did this organization represent?
Who did this organization represent?
Why might the members of this organization have held these views?
Why might the members of this organization have held these views?
What evidence does this document provide about why Chinese immigration was restricted in 1882?
What evidence does this document provide about why Chinese immigration was restricted in 1882?
How might the economic conditions described Doc B have influenced the opinion of the Pioneer Laundry Workers in Doc A?
How might the economic conditions described Doc B have influenced the opinion of the Pioneer Laundry Workers in Doc A?
Does this document provide evidence about what led to the restriction of Chinese immigration in 1882? Why or why not?
Does this document provide evidence about what led to the restriction of Chinese immigration in 1882? Why or why not?
What is Pixley’s argument for ending Chinese immigration?
What is Pixley’s argument for ending Chinese immigration?
Where had Pixley been attorney general? How might this corroborate information in the timeline?
Where had Pixley been attorney general? How might this corroborate information in the timeline?
Where did Pixley give this testimony? What does this suggest about American voters’ opinions about Chinese immigration?
Where did Pixley give this testimony? What does this suggest about American voters’ opinions about Chinese immigration?
What evidence does this document provide about why Chinese immigration was restricted in 1882?
What evidence does this document provide about why Chinese immigration was restricted in 1882?
Who wrote the document? How was the author’s perspective different than the authors of the other documents?
Who wrote the document? How was the author’s perspective different than the authors of the other documents?
Despite the differences in perspective, how does the author’s letter corroborate Document A? How does it corroborate Document C?
Despite the differences in perspective, how does the author’s letter corroborate Document A? How does it corroborate Document C?
What evidence does this document provide about why Chinese immigration was restricted in 1882?
What evidence does this document provide about why Chinese immigration was restricted in 1882?
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Why was Chinese immigration restricted in 1882? Write a clear thesis sentence and support it with evidence from the documents and the timeline.
Why was Chinese immigration restricted in 1882?
Write a clear thesis sentence and support it with evidence from the documents and the timeline.
C1.11-12.2
SSS1.9-12.4