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 * What is your //general// belief about who or what is most responsible for causing the conflict?**

The causes were the predjudes and discrimination that the Americans had against the Chinese. The Chinese immigrants were moving to the Pacific coast and getting jobs that could have been jobs for Americans. The Government was mad that the Chinese were taking jobs from the Americans and then the Chinese Expulsion Act was put into place. I think that the Americans were the main cause of all this conflict.

**What is the relevant background information (i.e. who, what, when, where)?**

The two races that caused the conflict were the Americans and the Chinese. The conflict was mainly around discrimination and prejudice against the Chinese in America. The American government said that the Chinese must leave by November 1st 1882. However, their were many anti- Chinese riots in 1886. This mainly took place on the West coast because that is were all the new settlements and new jobs were.

**What were 3 factors that helped cause the conflict (politics, economics, geography, history)?**

The political factor was that the Anti- Chinese government said that all chinese people must leave Washington. The economy was hurt because the Chinese were taking jobs from the Americans, which left tons of Americans with no jobs. Washington has the Pacific Ocean and the Puget Sound nearby, so there are lots of fish. This caused more jobs to be made, which the Chinese took. History says that the anti- Chinese forced the Chinese out of the Washington and Oregon area.

**Explain why one factor is more important than the others.**

I think the main factor to this conflict is the economic part. The Chinese were taking jobs from Americans so the Government got angry. Some of the American workers did not want to have Chinese Americans in there workplace. So it was mainly predjudice and racism. A lot of Americans were unemployed and the government did not like that at all.

**How could the conflict have been avoided?**

If the Americans shared the land and jobs with the Chinese then this would not have happened. If they allowed people to become citizens, then the Chinese would have no reason to be sent else-where. My personal opinion was that the Chinese were anxious to get new jobs and expand. However the Americans were really over reacting to a natural ambition: to expand and explore. As humans we are very curious.


 * What sources of information have you used? **

"Anti-Chinese Histaria." __HistoryLink.__ September 26, 2007. Accessed on May 21, 2009. <http://

t Dale. Washington A state of Contrasts. Wenatchee, Directed Media Inc., 2008.

Crowley, Walt. "Anti- Chinese Activism". __History Link__