David+B


 * What do you believe were the causes of the conflict?**

I think that the overline cause of the Chinese exclusion act is fear or jealousy. The main people that caused the conflict was the miners and railroad workers.

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

The chinese were being descriminated against ever since they came to america but it gradualy got worse and worse. The law that prohibited chinese imigration took place from 1882 to 1942 and ended because China was a valuable ally to the U.S.A. in World War 2. The USA passed the law to take place throughout the country but because the west coast had much more chinese people the law was mainly enforced there.

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

The three main factore that caused the conflict was the fact that many people thought that the chinese public were stealing american jobs. One more thing is that many people thought the chinese people had no soul and thought that they were the worsed rase of people in the world. The last reason is the chinese were grtting gold that could otherwise be found by the American public.

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

I think that the most important factor is the raisism and the fact that they thought they had no souls. The reason i think this is it is the foundation for the people to want them to leave. The fact that the chinese people didnt exept the christan religion was the main contribution to the therory that they had no souls. Also the idea of white supremisy was behined the raisism of the chinese people.

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

It could have been avoided if the American puplic would have been exepting of there differences and not to have been raises towards them. This also could ave been avoided if the chinese people exepted the American coulture.


 * What sources of information have you used? **

Lambert Dale, Clark Dustin Washington A State of Contrast East Winachee Washington Directed Media Inc Page Numbers-246-247

The Chinese Exclusion Act: A Black Legacy Menloschool Website Date- April 17, 2008 Menloschool Date May 20, 2009 []

The Chinese Exclusion Act, Twachignamericanhisorymd.net. 5-21-09, []