HDT 10/20/15 You have 5 minutes to finish the cartoon. It is due Wednesday

Thought Question Describe the details in the cartoon. What is the meaning of this political cartoon?

HDT 10/19/15 1.Describe the details in the picture. 2.What law is it referring to? 3. What is the message of the cartoon?

"The Magic Washer" This racist advertisement expresses anti- Chinese showing of Uncle Sam kicking the Chinese out and urging patriotic Americans to get along without Chinese labor by purchasing "Magic Washer" soap. It states, "Don't use this if you want to be dirty."

Coming to America Part One: Entering the ‘Golden Gate’

In the mid 1800s, many Asians were pushed out of Asia by poverty and famine. Especially China and Japan.

Chinese & Japanese people were pulled to the United States by the 1848 discovery of Gold in California.

But, their clothing styles… (Chinese)

(Japanese)

…haircuts… (Chinese)

…and cultural practices were exotic and shocking to most Americans at the time.

Chinese and Japanese immigrants entered anyway.

After arriving, Chinese and Japanese immigrants looked for work.

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Some looked for Gold alongside whites.

Chinese immigrants are most famous for working on the Continental Railroad. It connected the East and West Coasts of America by train. Chinese were 80% of the workforce!

Building the railroad was complicated…

…and dangerous.

It was backbreaking work.

Many died in dynamite explosions. Dynamite was used to clear tunnels and carve a path for the train.

It took seven years to build the Transcontinental Railroad.

But American laborers resented the Chinese because they were willing to work for cheap wages. Discrimination soon followed Daily murders-burning of businesses Special taxes on Chinese took ½ of wages Could not testify in court against a white individual (1850)

Laws…forced the shaving of their braids Could not attend Public Schools Using scientific sounding reasoning, some claimed that the Chinese were physically and mentally inferior Fled to San Francisco or back home

In response to these demands by unions and Anti-Asian groups… President Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

The Chinese Exclusion Act prohibited Chinese Laborers from entering the country First law to exclude immigration based on Ethnicity Some allowed: teachers, relatives, students

Some whites tried to ban Japanese immigration too, but failed.

Under the Chinese Exclusion Act, From , Chinese immigrants were detained and interrogated at Angel Island. U.S. officials hoped to deport as many as possible by asking obscure questions about Chinese villages and family histories

The Location of Angel Island More of a holding center rather than a immigration station…

Men and women were housed separately. Detainees spent much of their time in the barracks, languishing between interrogations. Living Conditions

Many wrote poems on the walls of the barracks to pass the time. The poetry discussed their hopes and dreams of America and their disappointment in the reality that is America.

Though restricted, Asian immigrants came by the boat load.

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New arrivals had to pass physical tests…

…examinations for signs of disease…

…and reading, writing and English speaking tests…

…before getting admitted to the United States.

Immigrants were detained weeks, months, sometimes even years. Word got back to China about the prolonged questioning, so people would try to mentally prepare before even crossing the Pacific Ocean.

Many of those admitted, moved to the same part of town and set up ethnic neighborhoods. Many still thrive today. This is a picture of Chinatown in San Francisco.

Read Angel Island Poetry

The authorities had deemed the writing graffiti and painted over it. The detainees again wrote the poems, then carved into the brushwork.

I clasped my hands in parting with my brothers and classmates. Because of the month, I hastened to cross the American Ocean. How was I to know that the western barbarians had lost their hearts and reason? With a hundred kinds of oppressive laws, they mistreat the Chinese. From now on, I am departing far from this building. All of my fellow villagers are rejoicing with me. Don’t say that everything within is Western styled. Even if it is built of jade, it has turned into a cage. Crossing the faraway ocean to arrive in America, Leaving behind my hometown, family and friends— Who would have expected to be stranded in a wooden building, Not knowing when I can hold up my head with pride.

Read the poems from Angel Island. Select one and complete the following: –Message –Purpose for writing it –Audience –Put this in your compbook under the HDT

“I Am” Example I am the young son of a pilot who’s missing in action I wonder if he had time to bail out I hear my mother talking and crying on the phone I see the somber face uniformed visitor in the living room I am the son of a pilot who’s missing in action I pretend he’s home in the kitchen or in the yard I feel weak and alone I touch his shoes and his books on the self I worry that I’ll never know if he is dead or alive I cry when I realize that he won’t be home next week I am the young son of a pilot who’s missing in action I understand that he went to war I say he will come back I dream of his voice I try to imagine other pilots and soldiers in the jungle I hope they find my father I am the young son of a pilot who’s missing in action You must include specific details about the Asian immigrant experience. You will be graded on the details. Variety of colors for the pictures