Industrialization And Immigration

Industrialization and Immigration Document

Anti-Catholic Cartoon: “American River Ganges” Boycott Flyer: “America vs. Asia” Chinese Contract

“The Great Fear of the Period” Diary of Charles Bates

Chinese Exclusion Act

“Pacific Chivalry”

What Message is Being Conveyed?

Why Are Immigrants Good/Bad?

4 Pieces of Evidence that Support Your Ideas

Overall, is this Document Pro or Anti-Immigrant?

Diary of Charles Bates, November, 1874 “The Chinese immigration to this state [California] is one of the most crying evils, next to the corrupt system of government administration which afflicts the welfare of this country. Yes, the introduction of the yellow faced heathen is destined at no far distant day to be one of the greatest curses that will befall California, for they bring with them a train of evils over which we have no control. All the deep seated and malignant diseases peculiar and inherent to a race of beings form and reared in the midst of filth, and partaking of a diet that would soon prove fatal to a dog, are imported with them, and scattered throughout the length and breadth of our land. For a Chinaman will be a Chinaman no matter how much he is whitewashed as the darkie says. This is the way that the smallpox, leprosy, elephantiasis and many other kindred diseases not peculiar to our people are being gradually but surely transplanted to our shores by this race … What a gloomy prospect also is presented in the future for the growing generation of this [sic] white boys. The very fact of the existence of that brutish element the “hoodloom” especially here in San Francisco is mainly due to the crowding out from the many trades formerly filled by them as apprentices by the Chinese and thereby rendering them a public nuisance, instead of useful thriving citizens.”

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) An Act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese. Whereas in the opinion of the Government of the United States the coming of Chinese laborers to this country endangers the good order of certain localities within the territory thereof: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the expiration of ninety days next after the passage of this act, and until the expiration of ten years next after the passage of this act, the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States be, and the same is hereby, suspended; and during such suspension it shall not be lawful for any Chinese laborer to come, or having so come after the expiration of said ninety days to remain within the United States. SEC. 2. That the master of any vessel who shall knowingly bring within the United States on such vessel, and land or permit to be landed, any Chinese laborer, from any foreign port or place, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each and every such Chinese laborer so brought, and maybe also imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year. SEC. 3. That the two foregoing sections shall not apply to Chinese laborers who were in the United States on the seventeenth day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty, or who shall have come into the same before the expiration of ninety days next after the passage of this act, and who shall produce to such master before going on board such vessel, and shall produce to the collector of the port in the United States at which such vessel shall arrive, the evidence hereinafter in this act required of his being one of the laborers in this section mentioned; nor shall the two foregoing sections apply to the case of any master whose vessel, being bound to a port not within the United States, shall come within the jurisdiction of the United States by reason of being in distress or in stress of weather, or touching at any port of the United States on its voyage to any foreign port or place: Provided, That all Chinese laborers brought on such vessel shall depart with the vessel on leaving port. … SEC.7. That any person who shall knowingly and falsely alter or substitute any name for the name written in such certificate or forge any such certificate, or knowingly utter any forged or fraudulent certificate, or falsely personate any person named in any such certificate, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisoned in a penitentiary for a term of not more than five years.

Immigration Cartoon As you have seen, the issue of immigration to the United States was a hot topic. However, immigration is not a topic that has gone away; the issue of immigration (both legal and illegal) is still being debated in the United States today.

You will be taking over the role of a political cartoonist for the Baltimore Sun. The immigration debate is front and center in the minds of your readers right now, and so you decide to draw a cartoon illustrating your point of view. Here are the steps you need to follow: 1. Read the article provided. 2. Determine whether you agree or disagree with the following question: the United States allow more legal immigration? 3. Draw a political cartoon that shows your point of view. to draw it as you choose.

Should

You have free reign

a. For example, if you are pro-immigration, you might draw a cartoon showing how great life is for immigrants when they arrive. Or you might show anti-immigrant individuals as racist or unfeeling (remember… you’re trying to prove a point!) b. If you are anti-immigrant, you might want to draw a cartoon of immigrants taking American jobs. Or, you may want to try and show your audience the problems that can arise from too many immigrants, such as language issues. 4. The cartoon may be done in pencil or ink, and it does not have to be colored. You may draw it right on the back. It should include: a. At least 3 symbols b. A clear message (either for- or against immigration) c. Use the majority of the space d. Demonstrates that the student read and understood the article that was provided

It will be worth 10 points, and is due ____________________